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Liestøl, Knut

Liestøl, Knut (1881–1952),
Norwegian folklorist, professor at Olso University 1917–51, minister of church and education 1933–5, director of the Norwegian Collection of Folklore 1914–51. His most important contributions to folklore studies include Norske trollvisor och norrøne sogor (Norwegian Fairy Songs and Old Scandinavian Sagas, 1915) and Norske aettesogor (Norwegian Clan Sagas, 1922). In his studies, Liestøl combined philological and folkloristic approaches with high artistic quality. He was especially interested in the evolution and regularities of folklore texts. He wrote a biography of P. C. Asbjørnsen in 1947 and of Moltke Moe in 1949.

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