Erik Hansen (18 September 1931 â 2 September 2017) was a Danish linguist.
He was a professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1975 to 2000 and chaired the Danish Language Council from 1985 to 2002. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1998.
His books include Reklamesprog (1965), Sprogiagttagelse (1967), Ping- og pampersprog (1971), Skrift, Stavning og Retstavning (1981), Rigtigt dansk (1988) and Grammatik over det danske sprog (2011, with Lars Heltoft). In 2001 the Festschrift Sproglige ÃÂ¥bninger was issued in his honor, and a collection of his texts were published as Glæden ved grammatik.