Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (born January 15, 1812 in Kristiania , † January 6, 1885 ibid) was a Norwegian writer , forester , scientist and collector of Norwegian fairy tales .

Life

Asbjørnsen was born in Kristiania, but its roots were in Gudbrandsdalen , an area with a rich folk tradition. As a student he met Jørgen Moe , with whom he traveled all over Norway, collecting and recording folk tales. They published them from 1841 onwards. Inspired by Jacob Grimm , they tried to reproduce what they had heard as true to the original as possible, thereby making a contribution to the Norwegian language. The publications of Asbjørnsen's collections were widespread and strengthened Norwegian national consciousness. But then Asbjørnsen ended this activity and worked as a forester from 1858 to 1876. In addition, he wrote numerous scientific papers.

His portrait adorns the Norwegian 50 kroner banknote.

Works

  • Norske Folkeeventyr (1841–1844)
  • Norske Huldreeventyr og Folkesagn (1845–1848, German 1881)

literature

  • V. Dons: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen . In: Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Forhandlinger 19, 1930, pp. 27 * –41 * ( PDF file )
  • Truls Gjefsen: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. Diger og folkesæl . Andresen u. Butenschøn, Oslo 2001. ISBN 82-7694-085-4
  • Marte Hvam Hult: Framing a national narrative. The legend collections of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen . Wayne State Univ. Press, Detroit, Me. 2003. ISBN 0-8143-3006-1
  • Knut Liestøl: P. Chr. Asbjørnsen. Men and livsverket . 2nd ed. Norli, Oslo 1984.
  • Harald Müller: voice and pen - oral tradition of Norwegian folk tales and their written down by Asbjørnsen and Moe . Meysenburg, Essen 1998. ISBN 3-930508-06-0
  • Aase Birkenheier : With aspen Cinderella in the land of trolls. 30 Norwegian folk tales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe . (New translation into German), Edition Hamouda, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-940075-71-0 .

fairy tale

Film adaptations

photos

Kay Nielsen , Theodor Kittelsen and Gerhard Munthe created important fairy tale pictures for the Norwegian collections of Asbjørnsen and Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe .

Web links

Wikisource: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen  - Sources and full texts
Commons : Peter Christen Asbjørnsen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nordische Volksmärchen II. Part translated by Klara Stroebe / Eugen-Diederichs- Verlag; Jena 1922 and cf. also trolls, animals, good-for-nothing - Theodor Kittelsen's Nordic fairy tale world; Urachhaus publishing house; Stuttgart, 2009; ISBN 978-3-8251-7632-7
  2. ^ Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe : Norwegian fairy tales - from the Norwegian by Friedrich Bresemann; Greno-Verlag mb H., Nördlingen, 1985, series Die Other Bibliothek
  3. ↑ Nordische Volksmärchen II. Part translated by Klara Stroebe / Eugen-Diederichs- Verlag; Jena 1922 and cf. also trolls, animals, good-for-nothing - Theodor Kittelsen's Nordic fairy tale world; Urachhaus publishing house; Stuttgart, 2009; ISBN 978-3-8251-7632-7
  4. ^ Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe  : Norwegian fairy tales translated by Friedrich Bresemann; therein: East of the sun and west of the moon pp. 217–226; Greno-Verlag, Nördlingen, 1985
  5. ↑ cf. Trolls, animals, good-for-nothing - Theodor Kittelsen's Nordic fairy tale world; Urachhaus publishing house; Stuttgart, 2009; ISBN 978-3-8251-7632-7
personal data
SURNAME Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer, forester, scientist and collector of Norwegian fairy tales
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Kristiania , Norway
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1885
Place of death Kristiania , Norway