Claim: Thrond Sjursen Haukenæs, who started gathering folk material after meeting Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, a Norwegian writer and scholar, during a collection expedition in Hardanger in the summer of 1870, published a request in several newspapers in Western Norway for people in Hardanger, Voss, and neighboring villages to send him manuscript collections with oral traditions in 1882.
Evidence: Thrond Sjursen Haukenæs (March 4, 1840 – November 14, 1922) was a Norwegian folklore collector and an author, publisher, and distributor of his own works. After meeting Peter Christen Asbjørnsen during a collection expedition in Hardanger in the summer of 1870, Haukenæs also started gathering folk material in the district. Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (15 January 1812 – 5 January 1885) was a Norwegian writer and scholar. In 1882 he published a request in several newspapers in Western Norway for people in Hardanger, Voss, and neighboring villages to send him manuscript collections with oral traditions.