Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (15 January 1812 – 5 January 1885) was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and
Background
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was born in
Jørgen Moe, who was born in Ringerike, met Asbjørnsen first when he was fourteen years old, while they were both attending high school at Norderhov Rectory. The building is today the site of Ringerikes Museum, the local museum for the Ringerike region, and contains memorabilia from both Asbjørnsen and Moe. They developed a lifelong friendship. In 1834 Asbjørnsen discovered that Moe had started independently on a search for the relics of national folklore; the friends eagerly compared their results, and determined for the future to work in concert.[4][5]
Career
Asbjørnsen became by profession a
In 1842–1843 the first installment of their work appeared, under the title of
In 1845 Asbjørnsen also published, without help from Moe, a collection of Norwegian
Writing style
It was usually said of their work that the vigour came from Asbjørnsen and the charm from Moe, but the fact seems to be that from the long habit of writing in unison they had come to adopt almost precisely identical modes of literary expression.[4]
Legacy
In the 20th century, Norwegian filmmaker Ivo Caprino made a series of puppet films based on the fairy tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe. Asbjørnsen is featured in the introduction to each film. Caprino also built a theme park in Hunderfossen Familiepark near Lillehammer where these fairy tales play a central role.[6]
Since 2008 Asbjørnsen has appeared on the reverse of the Norwegian 50 krone banknote.[7]
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ a b Reimund Kvideland. "Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Eventyrsamler, Forfatter, Zoolog". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Ørnulf Hodne. "Jørgen Moe, Geistlig, Forfatter, Folklorist". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Edvard Beyer. "Asbjørnsen og Moe". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Gosse 1911, p. 715.
- ^ "Peter Jørgen Moe og folkeeventyrene". Ringerikes Museum. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ "Hunderfossen Family park". Hunderfossen Familiepark. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ "50-Krone Note". Norges Bank. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
Attribution
- public domain: Gosse, Edmund (1911). "Asbjörnsen, Peter Christen". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 715. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
Other sources
- Gjefsen, Truls Peter Christen Asbjørnsen – diger og folkesæl (Andresen & Butenschøn. Oslo: 2001)
- Liestøl, Knut P. Chr. Asbjørnsen. Mannen og livsverket. (Johan Grundt Tanum. Oslo: 1947)
External links
- Digitized books by Asbjørnsen in the National Library of Norway
- Works by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Peter Christen Asbjørnsen at Internet Archive
- Works by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- English translation of Norske Folkeeventyr: "Popular Tales From the Norse" translated by George Webbe Dasent, Third Edition, 1888 Archived 2018-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Peter Christen Asbjørnsen at Library of Congress, with 145 library catalogue records