Olve Utne (b. 1965), Cand.philol. (graduate degree) in Musicology with main weight on ethnomusicology from the University of Oslo, Norway; undergrad. degree (Cand.mag.) also includes Linguistics (equiv. 37.5 US credits), Lexicography and Nordic languages.

[edit] Publications

[edit] Books

[edit] As author

• 1994 - Olve Utne og Anne Kleivset: Songen hennar Magnhild : Magnhild Havdal Almhjell (1894–1985). Tuddal (Buen Kulturverkstad), 1994. (Book, 112 pp. + music cassette)
• 1996 - Olve Utne: Nokre aspekt ved tonalitet og transkripsjonsmåte i eit folkemusikalsk materiale frå Nordmøre. Oslo (Institutt for musikk og teater, Univ. i Oslo), 1996. (98 pp.)
  • 2006 Nokre aspekt ved tonalitet og transkripsjonsmåte i eit folkemusikalsk materiale frå Nordmøre. 2. utgåva. West Hempstead (Hassafon), 2006. (128 pp.) (ib. | hf.)
• 2006 - Olve Utne: סִידּוּר לִימּוּד ־ סֵֽדֶר תְּפִלּוֹת כְּמִנְהַג ק”ק סְפָרַדִּים עִם תּֽוֹסָפוֹת מִמִּנְהָגֵי אִיטַלְיָינִים וְאַשְׁכְּנַזִּים עִם תַּרְגּוּם לָדִינוֹ וְאַנְגְּלִית וְעִם הֲלָכוֹת וּמִנְהָגִים מֵאֶת אֵֽלִיָּה אֽוּתְנֶה. א’ עֶֽרֶב שַׁבָּת. = Siddúr Limmúd : a traditional-egalitarian learning siddur based on Sefaradí, Italiani & Ashkenazi sources, and with full transliteration, translations, instructions and explanations. I: Friday night. Hassafon Publishing, 2006. (hardcover | paperback | spiral)

In progress (Titles are work titles and, while being copyrighted as intellectual property, may be subject to change.)

• סִידּוּר לִימּוּד ־ סֵֽדֶר תְּפִלּוֹת מָסוֹרְתִי–שִׁווְיוֹנִי כְּמִנְהַג ק”ק סְפָרַדִּים עִם תּֽוֹסָפוֹת מִמִּנְהָגֵי אִיטַלְיָינִים וְאַשְׁכְּנַזִּים עִם תַּרְגּוּם לָדִינוֹ וְאַנְגְּלִית וְעִם הֲלָכוֹת וּמִנְהָגִים מֵאֶת אֵֽלִיָּה אֽוּתְנֶה = Siddúr Limmúd : a traditional-egalitarian learning siddur based on Sefaradí, Italiani & Ashkenazi sources, and with full transliteration, translations, instructions and explanations by Olve Utne
• The Converso Oratorio : musical representation of religious texts amongst the Western European Sefaradím

[edit] As publisher

• 2005 - Grace Aguilar: The Vale of Cedars, or The Martyr. Rockville Centre (Hassafon Publishing), 2005.[1]

[edit] Internet

[edit] As author

• 2001 - Olve Utne: «Jødisk musikktenkning i middelalderen : musikkens plass i jødisk filosofi, religion og vitenskap fra Philo til Gersonides» - Essay på musikkvitenskap hovedfag, 1991
  • (graduate paper (37 pp.); transl. of title: ‘Jewish musical thought in the Middle Ages : the rôle of music in Jewish philosophy, religion and science from Philo to Gersonides’)
• Hassafon - Scandinavian resource site for Jewish culture and religion
  • (contents in English, Norwegian (mainly nynorsk), Swedish and Danish with some Hebrew, Ladino and Yiddish)
• 2001 - Olve Utne: Jiddisch-norsk ordbok
  • (‘Yiddish/Norwegian online dictionary’)
• 2002 - Olve Utne: Innføring i HTML
  • (‘Introduction to HTML’)

[edit] As translator

• 2005 - Mišná: Massèkhet Berakhót (Norwegian (nynorsk))
• 2005 - Mišná: Massèkhet Berakhót (Norwegian (bokmål))

[edit] As publisher

• 2000: Hans Grøn Bull: «Et og Andet om Edøe-Præstegjeld paa Nordmøer» (1817)
• 2000: Edvard Langset (1867–1924): Folke-eventyr fraa Nordmør (1921)
• 2000: I.C.L. Lengnick: Grove tydske Løgne opdagede under en genealogisk Undersøgelse (1859)
• 2002: A.H. Bystrøm og Jakob Norby: Nyt norsk skole-atlas (ca 1900)
• 2002: P.E. Sivertsen: Maalet i Hemna (1906)

[edit] On the English Wikipedia ...

On the English Wikipedia, I participate in WikiProject Judaism, and I also try to keep an eye on Scandinavia, Classical music, Indian music, Sikhism and various articles concerning Linguistics, Philosophy, Food etc.

[edit] Articles

Articles I have started and/or contributed significantly to include:

• Academy for Jewish Religion
• Ark (synagogue)
• Hanukkah
• Hanukkah rituals
• Kashrut
• Rodi language (Skøiersprog, Western Norwegian Romani)
• Romanoar (Tavringar, Romanifolk)
• Spanish and Portuguese Jews
• Tallit
• Tzitzit
• Zeved habat

[edit] Gallery

Trifolia sp.. (Photo: Olve Utne, Rockville Centre, NY, July 2005.)	Echinacea purpurea flower with small, unidentified spider and ant. (Click on picture to view.) (Photo: Olve Utne, Rockville Centre, NY, July 2005.)	The lake of Stuvdalsvatnet in Moskenes, Lofoten, Norway. (Photo: Olve, 1994)	A man is holding a maṣṣáh. Illustration from the Copenhagen Haggadah an illuminated manuscript with calligraphy and illustrations by Philip Isac Levy, Hamburg/Altona, 1739.
Sephardi ḥaróset with apples, raisins, figs, pine kernels, red wine, orange juice and cinnamon. (Photo: Olve)	Temani (Yemeni Jewish) style shofar made from a kudu horn. (Photo: Olve)	Small Ashkenazi shofar from ram’s horn. (Photo: Olve)

[edit] External links

• Skrivarstuå - my “main” web site
• Hassafon - Scandinavian resource site for Jewish culture and religion (contents in English, Norwegian (mainly nynorsk), Swedish and Danish with some Hebrew, Ladino and Yiddish)
• Safon.org — a wiki version of Hassafon on its way up.

[edit] Userboxes

For a list of userboxes “hosted” here, see User:Olve Utne/Userboxes.
 

Languages:	nn Denne brukaren har norsk som morsmål, og skriv nynorsk.	nb Denne brukeren har norsk som morsmål, og skriver bokmål.
sv-3 Denna användare behärskar svenska flytande.	da-2 Denne brugers kendskab til dansk er på mellemniveau.	non-2 Þessum njót er stirt norrœnt mál.
fo-1 Hesin brúkarin hevur grundleggjandi kunnleika til føroyskt.	is-1 Þessi notandi hefur grundvallarkunnáttu á íslensku máli.	en-5 This user is able to contribute with a professional level of English.
sco-2 This uiser can contreibute wi a middlin level o Scots.	nl-1 Deze gebruiker bezit beginnende kennis van het Nederlands.	af-1 Hierdie gebruiker het 'n basiese begrip van Afrikaans.
nds-1 Disse Bruker hett grundleggen Plattdüütsch-Kenntnis.	de-2 Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.	es-1 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.
pt-1 Este usuário/utilizador pode contribuir com um nível básico de português.	lad-1 Este uzuario puede kontrivuir kon un nivel báziko de djudeo-spanyol.	he-2 משתמש זה מסוגל לתרום ברמה בינונית של עברית.‏
tmr‑1 משתמש הדא ממלל ארמיא דתלמודא בבלאה בדרגא פשיטא.‏	la-1 Hic usor simplici latinitate contribuere potest.	yi-2 דער באַניצער איז אַ װײַטהאַלטער פֿון ייִדיש.
hi-1 यह सदस्य हिन्दी भाषा का प्रारंभिक ज्ञान रखते हैं।	Search user languages
Computer languages:	<html> This user can write HTML.	.css This user can write Cascading Style Sheets.
Music:	vln-4 This user is a professional violinist.	vla-4 This user is a professional viola player.
pno-3 This user is an advanced pianist.	tuba-2 This user is an intermediate tuba player.	rec-2 This user is an intermediate recorder player.
This user fancies Celtic music.	This user enjoys classical music.	This user enjoys Indian classical music.
This user enjoys folk music.	This user enjoys klezmer.	This user enjoys bhangra.
Education:	This user has a Cand.Philol. degree in musicology from the University of Oslo.	This user has a Cand.Mag. degree in music and linguistics from the University of Oslo.
Philosophy:	This user is interested in religion.	This user is interested in politics.
This user is interested in Judaism.	This user is interested in Sikhism.	This user is interested in the Bahá'í Faith.
	This user is interested in Neo-Tribalism.	This user is interested in issues related to religious pluralism.
This user is interested in recycling issues.	This user is interested in environmentalism.	This user supports the use of wind power and electric vehicles.
This user is interested in public transport issues.	This user is interested in issues of democracy.	S This user is interested in sociocracy.
History: This user is interested in the Renaissance period.	This user is interested in ancient Israel.	This user is interested in the Middle Ages.
	This user is interested in the Baroque period.	This user is interested in the Romantic period.
Genealogy: (After 1200 CE)	This user is of Norwegian ancestry.	This user is interested in his or her family history.
This user is of Swedish ancestry.	This user is of Danish ancestry.	This user is of Sephardi Jewish ancestry.
This user is Spanish.	This user is of Portuguese ancestry.	This user is of German ancestry.
(Before 1200 CE)	This user is a Norseman.	This user is of French ancestry.
This user is of Scottish ancestry.	This user is of English ancestry.	This user is of Welsh ancestry.
This user is of Czech ancestry.	This user is of Polish ancestry.	This user is of Ukrainian ancestry.
This user is of Armenian ancestry.	This user is of Hungarian ancestry.
Pets:	This user takes care of one or more rabbits.	This user is owned by one or more cats.
Food:	This user enjoys cooking.	pev This user is a pescetarian.
This user is a cereal killer.	This user is a waffle eater.	This user observes the dietary laws of Kashrut.
This user practically inhales jalapeños.	This user would likely die without eating the occasional curry.	This user drinks mint tea (Touareg Tea).
Other interests:	This user is a Naturalist.	This user believes in Evolution.
This user enjoys skygazing and astronomy.	This user is interested in strings.	This user is a backgammon player.
This user enjoys backpacking.	This user enjoys watching the weather.	This user prefers warm weather
This user enjoys sailing and boating.	This user is a railfan.