Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Biography
January 15, 1812 – January 6, 1885
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar who, alongside Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, dedicated himself to collecting Norwegian folklore. Their collaborative life's work was so intrinsically linked that their compilations of folk tales are commonly referred to as simply 'Asbjørnsen and Moe'.
