Born on 8 July 1922 in
Trondhjem,
Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, Eva Sivertsen was the daughter of John Ludvig Sivertsen (1879–1970) and Ragna Oline Moe (1891–1992). She enrolled at the department of English in the
University of Oslo in 1943. In 1957 she started her teaching career as a lecture at the department of English in the
University of Oslo. Between 1961 and 1992, she served as the professor of English linguistics at the
Norwegian College of General Sciences, earlier known as the Norwegian Teachers' College, which was part of the
University of Trondheim. For a period of 15 years, she headed the department of English at Trondheim University. She also served as a
rector of the University of Trondheim from 1975 to 1981. She was the member of the
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, a Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. She was also associated with the
Norsk Tipping and the Norwegian Lottery Association. She held several administrative responsibilities in a number of professional organizations including the Norwegian Adult Education institute, the Norwegian UNESCO Committee, the Research Council for the Norwegian School Board and the Council for Humanistic Research. She was awarded an
honorary doctorate from the
University of Strathclyde in 1980. To recognize her distinguished services, she was conferred the
Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav in 1982. She died in Trondheim on 22 November 2009. ==References==