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They regulate what is now the unofficial form '' Riksmål '', a more conservative and Danish -near form of Norwegian than the official ''Bokmål'', and among other things publish dictionaries and support the publishing of literature in Riksmål.

The Academy has 44 members, who are specialists in areas like Nordic, German, English and French language and literature, history, philosophy, law, political science, poetry etc. The President of the Academy is the conservative politician Lars Roar Langslet , who is former Norwegian Minister of Culture, and the ''Presidium'' also consists of John Ole Askedal, Professor of German, Tor Guttu, Associate Professor of Nordic languages and deputy chairman of the Riksmål Society, as well as Nils Heyerdahl, theatre director.

The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature is represented in the Norwegian Language Council (''Språkrådet''), which regulates the official ''Bokmål'' and ''Nynorsk'' languages.

In 1981 , the Academy merged with Riksmålsvernet , founded 1919 .


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  • http://www.riksmalsforbundet.no/akademi.html (In Norwegian)