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Jan-Petter Blom (born November 20, 1927 is an emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. He appeared to be a central figure in the development of Norwegian Social Anthropology and has made a pioneering scientific and organizational effort to promote Norwegian folk dance and folk music at home and abroad, not only academically but also in performing arts. Jan-Petter Blom was the first who identified and described the difference between Situational code-switching and Metaphorical code-switching through a study carried out with John J. Gumperz. Their study took place in the bidialectal community of Hemnesberget, a village in Northern Norway, and showed that bilingual speakers can code-switch while participants and settings remain the same. "

Academic Activity
Blom earned his Master Degree at the University of Oslo in 1961, where he was employed as a university lecturer at the Ethnographic Museum during same year. He was a fellow at Norwegian Research Council for Sciences and the Humanities (VANF) from 1962 to 1963. in 1963 he was employed in the first permanent position in Social Anthropology (University Lecturer) at the University of Bergen, being responsible for establishing the Department of social Anthropology with Frederik Barth. Blom was appointed lecturer in the same place in 1970 and professor from 1982 to 1996. In addition, he was Dean of the Faculty of Social sciences (1980-1983) and a member of the Academic college (1977-1983). He played a key role in the formation of the Grieg Academy at the University of Bergen, where he was a professor from 1996 to 1998 developing a field of study in ethnomusicology. Blom succeeded in working on a series of anthropological issues, concentrated on the field of Socio-linguistics and more specifically in ethnomusicology and ethnocorelogy, being a leading researcher in Norway.

Awards & Honors
For his great effords in Norwegian folk music and folk dance, he has been named honorary member of the Norwegian Folk Music League (1988) and in the National League of Players (2001), as well as being awarded the Rff Prize in 2007. In 2014 King Harald V appointed professor Blom to Knight Kingt 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian St. Olav's Order for his scientific and performing contribution and efforts in order to promote Norwegian folk dance and folk music.

Bibliohraphy

 * 1960 Diffusjonsproblematikken og studiet av danseformer, in Arne Martin Klausen (ed.) Kultur og diffusjon. Oslo, Universitetsforlaget, pp. 101-114
 * 1969 Ethnic and Cultural Differentiation, in F. Barth (ed). Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Culture Difference. Oslo, Universitetsforlaget
 * 1972 with J. J. Gumperz, Social Meaning in Linguistic Structure: Code-Switching in Norway. in J. J. Gumperz and D. Hymes (ed). Directions in Sociolinguistics – The Ethnography of Communication. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
 * 1978 Principles of Rhythmic Structure in Balkan Folk Music, Antropologiska studier, 25-26, Ethnomusicology Issue
 * 1981 with S. Nyhus and R. Sevåg (eds.): Norwegian Folk Music, Series I, Slåttar for the Dancing Fiddle, Vols. VI & VII, Oslo – Bergen Tromsø, Universitetsforlaget
 * 1985 Hvor gammel er fela?, in Arne Bjørndals hundreårs-minne. Bergen: Forlaget Folkekultur, pp. 191-208
 * 1986 and T. Kvifte, On the Problem of Inferential Ambivalense in Musical Meter, Ethnomusicology, Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology 30:3
 * 1993 Hva er folkemusikk (Kap. 1:7-15) og Rytme og frasering – forholdet til dansen (Kap 3:161-185), i B. Aksdal og S. Nyhus (red.): Fanitullen: Lærebok i Norsk folkemusikk, Oslo Universitetsforlaget
 * 2001 Folkemusikken - konsolidering og vekst, in Arvid. O. Vollsnes et al. (ed.) Norges Musikkhistorie 1-5. vol. 5. Oslo: Aschehoug og Co., pp. 84-91.
 * 2001 Folkemusikken - reorientering og mangfold, in Arvid. O. Vollsnes et al. (ed.) Norges Musikkhistorie 1-5. vol. 5. Oslo: Aschehoug og Co., pp. 167-172.
 * 2001 Folkemusikkens nye arenaer, in Arvid. O. Vollsnes et al. (ed.) Norges Musikkhistorie 1-5. vol. 5. Oslo:Aschehoug og Co., pp. 282-287.
 * 2000 Folkemusikken - modernisering, organisering og bevaring, in Arvid O. Vollsnes et al. (ed.) Norges musikkhistorie 1-5. vol. 4. Oslo: Aschehoug og Co, pp. 297-327.