Peter Andreas Munch, usually known as P. A. Munch, was a Norwegian historian, known for his work on the medieval history of Norway. Munch's scholarship included Norwegian archaeology, geography, ethnography, linguistics, and jurisprudence. He was also noted for his Norse legendary saga translations.
Photograph of Peter Andreas Munch
P. A. Munch. Engraving by W. Obermann
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work, The Scream, has become one of Western art's most acclaimed images.
Munch in an undated photo
Self-Portrait with Palette (1926). Currently on view at the Clark Art Institute
Despair by Edvard Munch (1894) displays emotion that could be seen as related to dissociation or depression in borderline personality disorder.
Self-Portrait with Skeleton Arm, 1895, Munch Museum, Oslo