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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

1812 - 1885

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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (15 January 1812 – 5 January 1885) was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore. They were so closely united in their lives' work that their folk tale collections are commonly mentioned only as "Asbjørnsen and Moe". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Christen Asbjørnsen is the 1,259th most popular writer (up from 1,279th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 69th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen is most famous for his collection of folk tales, which he published with Jørgen Moe. The collection includes Norwegian Folk Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, and The Golden Key.

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Among writers, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 1,259 out of 7,302. Before him are Valerie Solanas, Josef Čapek, John of Ruusbroec, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Ivan Kotliarevsky, and Émile Gaboriau. After him are Siegfried Kracauer, John Tzetzes, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Rodolphe Töpffer, Madame d'Aulnoy, and Vittorio Alfieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 15. Before him are Augustus Pugin, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Moses Hess, and Sigismond Thalberg. After him are Ascanio Sobrero, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Alfred Krupp, Robert Browning, Pertevniyal Sultan, and Paul Abadie. Among people deceased in 1885, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 14. Before him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Carl Spitzweg, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Rosalía de Castro, and L'Inconnue de la Seine. After him are Charles George Gordon, Thomas Andrews, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Edmond François Valentin About, Ferdinand Hiller, and Henri Milne-Edwards.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 82 out of 1,039. Before him are Max Manus (1914), Alexander Kielland (1849), Nordahl Grieg (1902), Johan Halvorsen (1864), Halfdan the Black (810), and Eric II of Norway (1268). After him are Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Morten Harket (1959), Dag Solstad (1941), Alf-Inge Håland (1972), Johan Svendsen (1840), and Jan Garbarek (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 12. Before him are Jostein Gaarder (1952), Ludvig Holberg (1684), Jon Fosse (1959), Jonas Lie (1833), Alexander Kielland (1849), and Nordahl Grieg (1902). After him are Dag Solstad (1941), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Jørgen Moe (1813), Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), and Arne Garborg (1851).

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