Jacob Børretzen
Jacob Børretzen was a Norwegian hymnwriter and linguist.
Børretzen was born in Enge in Etne, Hordaland County, Norway, the son of Vilhelm Severin Børretzen and Sigrid Børretzen. He was the secretary of Norwegian Sami Mission and a member of the hymnal commission for the Sami hymnal Gir'ko-sál'bmagirji, which was published in 1957. He translated hymns into Sami, and is represented by a hymn he translated in the 1985 Norwegian hymnal and its supplement Salmer 1997. He also published the volume Liten samisk grammatikk in 1966.
His son was the author, illustrator, and translator Odd Børretzen.
