Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
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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
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
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen monument in Oslo
"The Three Princesses of Whiteland" is a Norwegian fairy tale, collected by Norwegian writers Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their collection of folktales and legends Norske folkeeventyr.
He would come to three princesses buried up to their necks in sand
So the king lent the man a pair of snowshoes to reach his brother.