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.

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es-2	Este usuario tiene un conocimiento intermedio del español.

lad-1	Este usador tiene un nivel elementario de Judeo-Espanyol.

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Publications

Books

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

As publisher

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

Internet

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’)

As translator

As publisher

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.

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

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)

External links

Userboxes

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

Computer languages:

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This user can write HTML.

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.

hsc-3

This user is an advanced harpsichordist.

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.

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This user is interested in Judaism.

This user is interested in Sikhism.

This user is interested in the Baháʼí 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 family history.

This user is of Swedish ancestry.

This user is of Danish ancestry.

This user is of Sephardi Jewish ancestry.

This user is of Spanish ancestry.

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.

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This user is of Scottish ancestry.

This user is of English ancestry.

This user is of Welsh descent.

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.

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 accepts evolution as a biological fact.

This user enjoys skygazing and astronomy.

This user is interested in String Theory.

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.

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