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{{Short description|Norwegian botanist}}
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| image         = Axel Blytt.jpg
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| caption       = From an excursion with Asta Lundell, Ove Dahl, [[Axel Blytt]] and [[Thekla Resvoll]].
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1862|1|29|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Orkdal]], Norway
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1940|9|17|1862|1|29|df=y}}
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| nationality   = Norwegian
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| occupation    = Botanist
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'''Ove Christian Dahl''' (29 January 1862{{spaced ndash}}17 September 1940) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in [[Orkdal]]. He graduated in philology from the [[University of Oslo|University of Kristiania]] in 1886, and then worked as a teacher. His interests eventually turned towards [[botany]], and he was appointed at the [[Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo|Botanical Museum in Kristiania]] from 1893 to 1922, the first years as assistant to professor [[Axel Blytt]]. He is particularly known for his plant geographical works, and also for completing Blytt's Norwegian flora in 1906. This flora was the only such work in Norway until the 1940s. His later years were tragic, and he spent his last eighteen years at a psychiatric institution.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Ove Dahl |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Anders |last=Danielsen |authorlink= |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ove_Dahl/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ove Dahl |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Ove_Dahl |language=Norwegian |accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref>
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