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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Born

in Christiana, Norway

January 15, 1812

Died

January 06, 1885

Genre

Children's Books

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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 collections are commonly mentioned only as "Asbjørnsen and Moe".

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Average rating: 4.16 · 20,861 ratings · 841 reviews · 206 distinct works • Similar authors

	East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe , Naomi Lewis (Retelling) 4.27 avg rating — 3,004 ratings — published 1845 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Norwegian Folktales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe , Erik Werenskiold (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 696 ratings — published 1868 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Time for Trolls: Fairy Tales from Norway by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe , Joan Roll-Hansen (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1962 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe , Marcia Brown (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1917 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saga Six Pack 4 - In The Days of Giants, Halfdan the Black, True & Untrue, Sigurd the Crusader and his Brothers, Little Annie the Goose-girl and King Alfred's Viking by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Abbie Farwell Brown , George Webbe Dasent 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe , Kay Nielsen (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Runaway Pancake 4.15 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1844 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saga Six Pack 5 - Erling the Bold, Big Peter and Little Peter, The Saga of Harald Hardrade, The Master Thief, A Sea Queen's Sailing and Bruin and Reynard by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, R.M. Ballantyne , George Webbe Dasent 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe , Tiina Nunnally (Translation) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asbjørnsen og Moe: Norske folkeeventyr I–III by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Norske folkeeventyr (2 books)
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen,

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

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Quotes by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

“A great White Bear waits outside. He has faithfully promised to make us all rich if he can but have our youngest daughter.”
― Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North

tags: bear, daughter, father, white

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Favorite retelling of "East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon"

East

Edith Pattou

20 votes, 37.0%

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

Jessica Day George

12 votes, 22.2%

Ice

Sarah Beth Durst

7 votes, 13.0%

East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

4 votes, 7.4%

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Mercer Mayer

3 votes, 5.6%

Mistress of the Wind

Michelle Diener

3 votes, 5.6%

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Susanna Davidson

2 votes, 3.7%

Once Upon a Winter's Night

Dennis L. McKiernan

1 vote, 1.9%

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Jackie Morris

1 vote, 1.9%

The Princess and the White Bear King

Tanya Robyn Batt

1 vote, 1.9%

54 total votes

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