Norwegian Folktales is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as Asbjørnsen and Moe, after the collectors.
Cover art to 1914 edition, artist: Theodor Kittelsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen 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".
Portrait of Asbjørnsen by Knud Bergslien, 1870
Norske folke- og huldreeventyr. Andet oplag (1896) (Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen)
Specimen of Brisinga endecacnemos collected and named by Asbjørnsen, in the Natural History Museum, Dublin
Image: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen monument in Oslo