Peter Andreas Munch

About

Norwegian historian, scholar, and co-founder of the Norwegian Nationalist School of Historiography. In 1970, he published a work entitled The Song Tradition of Tristan da Cunha, and he also translated thirteenth-century Norse literature.

Before Fame

He studied law at the Royal Frederick University in Oslo, Norway.

Trivia

During the Norwegian nationalist period, he published a book of Norse mythology.

Family Life

He was the son of Edvard Storm Munch and Johanne Hofgaard.

Associated With

He was the uncle of acclaimed painter Edvard Munch.