Johan Elsness (born 27 February 1947) is a Norwegian linguist and politician for the Conservative Party.

Elsness is a professor of English language at the University of Oslo, Norway. He issued the book The perfect and the preterite in contemporary and earlier English on De Gruyter Mouton in 1997.[1]

He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Østfold during the term 1989–1993. In total he met during 68 days of parliamentary session.[2] He resides in Halden, where he has been active in the Roman Catholic community.[3]

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  1. ^ Brinton, Laurel J. (1999). "[Book review]". English Language & Linguistics. doi:10.1017/S1360674399220278.
  2. ^ "Johan Elsness" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  3. ^ "Katolsk mangfold". Halden Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 6 February 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2024.