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...812 - 5 January 1885) 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 ". Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (født 15. januar 1812 i Christiania, død 5. januar 1885 i Christiania) var en norsk folkeminnesamler, forstmann og naturviter. Gjennom sitt samarbeid med ungdomsvennen Jørgen Moe ble han den ene parten i forfatterparet Asbjørnsen og Moe , som hovedsakelig er kjent for sin innsamling og nedtegning av norske folkeeventyr. Other articles where Peter Christen Asbjørnsen is discussed: Asbjørnsen and Moe: " Asbjørnsen, the son of a glazier, became a private tutor in eastern Norway at age 20. There he began to collect folktales. Moe, the son of a rich and highly educated farmer, graduated with a degree in theology from the Royal Frederick University (now the… Genealogy for Peter Christen Asbjør...