The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Moe, Jörgen Ingebretsen

MOE, mō, Jörgen Ingebretsen, Norwegian folklorist and poet: b. Ringerike, 22 April 1815; d. Christiansund, 27 April 1882. He is most noted for collecting, in collaboration with his companion Asbjörnsen, Norwegian sagas and folklore published under the titles &lsquo;Norske Folkeaeventyr&rsquo; (1842-44; enlarged ed., 1882), in an English version by Dasent (1859); &lsquo;Samling af Sange, Folkevïser og Stev&rsquo; (1840; enlarged ed., 1869, with melodies by Lindeman). His &lsquo;I Brönden og Kjaernet&rsquo; (1851) containing juvenile stories and sermons are greatly admired, based, as they are, on folk poems. &lsquo;Samlede Skrifter&rsquo; (Christiania 1877) is a collection of his works excepting the folk stories. Consult Halvorsen, J. B., &lsquo;Norsk Forfatter-Lexikon&rsquo; (Vol. IV, Christiania 1896).