Nikolaus Gjelsvik

Nikolaus Gjelsvik (11 April 1866 –14 November 1938) was a Norwegian jurist and law professor.

Nikolaus Gjelsvik
Born	(1866-04-11)11 April 1866 Vevring, Norway
Died	14 November 1938(1938-11-14) (aged 72)
Occupation	Jurist

He was born at Vevring in Sunnfjord. He served as a professor at the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo) from 1906.

Among his works are the books Innleiding i rettsstudiet from 1912, Lærebok i folkerett from 1915, and Lærebok i millomfolkeleg privatrett from 1918. He was a proponent for the Nynorsk language, took part in organisational work, and had leading positions in the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget and in the societies Noregs Ungdomslag and Noregs Mållag.^[1][2][3]

Marshals at his funeral were Nicolai Rygg and Ferdinand Schjelderup.^[4]