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Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

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born

April 22, 1813 in Hole, Norway

died

March 27, 1882

gender

male

genre

Children's Books

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Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was born at the farm of Mo, at Hole in Ringerike. He was the son of local farmer and politician Engebret Olsen Moe.

He is best known for the Norske Folkeeventyr, a collection of Norwegian folk tales which he edited in collaboration with Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. He first met Asbjørnsen while the two were preparing for exams at Norderhov and soon found they had a shared interest in folklore.

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Books by Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

Average rating: 4.27 · 434 ratings · 56 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Norwegische Märchen by Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, P. Chr. Asbjørnsen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Bumper Book of Norwegian Folk Tales 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales the Annotated Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar, Madame Leprince de Beaumont, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe 4.49 avg rating — 241 ratings	My rating:
	Norwegian Folktales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, Jorgen Moe 3.98 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Time for Trolls: Fairy Tales from Norway (Tanum's Tokens of Norway) by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, Joan Roll-Hansen (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions	My rating:
	East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon by George Webbe Dasent, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1988	My rating:
	Norwegian Folk Tales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, Erik Werenskiold (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 1888 — 61 editions	My rating:
	The Man Who Kept House by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, Svend Otto S. (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	Norwegian Fairy Tales by Peter Christian Asbørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, Jenny E. Gillot (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Popular Tales from the Norse: With an Introductory Essay on the Origin and Diffusion of Popular Tales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, George Webbe Dasent, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating: