Everything about Peter Christen Asbj Rnsen totally explained
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (
1812-
1885) was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and
Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (
1813-
1882) were collectors of
Norwegian folklore. They were so closely united in their lifes' work that their folk tale collections are commonly mentioned only as "
Asbjørnsen and Moe".
Asbjørnsen's early life
Asbjørnsen was born in
Christiania (Norway) on the
15 January 1812 descending from a family from
Otta in
Gudbrandsdalen, which is believed to have become extinct with his death. He became a student at the
university in
1833, but as early as
1832, in his twentieth year, he'd begun to collect and write down fairy tales and
legends. He later walked on foot the length and breadth of Norway, adding to his stories.
Moe's early life
Moe, who was born in
Ringerike (Norway) on the
22 April 1813, 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 the local museum for the Ringerike region, and contains memorabilia from both Asbjørnsen and Moe. They developed a life-long 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.
By this time, Asbjørnsen had become by profession a
zoologist, and with the aid of the
university in Oslo made a series of investigative voyages along the coasts of Norway, particularly in
Hardangerfjorden. Moe, meanwhile, having left
Christiania University in
1839, had devoted himself to the study of
theology, and was making a living as a tutor in Christiania. In his holidays he wandered through the mountains, in the most remote districts, collecting stories.
In
1842-
1843 the first installment of their work appeared, under the title of
Norske Folkeeventyr (
Norwegian Folk Tales), which was received at once all over
Europe as a most valuable contribution to comparative
mythology as well as
literature. A second volume was published in
1844, and a new collection in
1871. Many of the
Folkeeventyr were translated into
English by Sir
George Dasent in
1859.
In
1845 Asbjørnsen also published, without help from Moe, a collection of Norwegian
fairy tales (
huldreeventyr og folkesagn). In
1856 Asbjørnsen called attention to the deforestation of Norway, and he induced the government to act on this issue. He was appointed forest-master, and was sent through Norway to examine in various countries of the north of Europe the methods observed for the preservation of
timber. From these duties, in
1876, he retired with a pension; he died in Christiania on the
6 January 1885.
Animated films and theme park
In the
20th century, Norwegian filmmaker
Ivo Caprino made a long row of puppet films based on the Asbjørnsen fairy tales, where Asbjørnsen featured in the introduction to each film. Caprino also built a theme park in
Hunderfossen near
Lillehammer where these fairly tales play a central role.
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