Rikard Berge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian folklorist and writer
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Place of Birth: Rauland, Eastern Norway, Norway
About Rikard Berge
- Rikard Berge (7 November 1881 – 26 September 1969) was a Norwegian folklorist, museologist biographer and magazine editor.
- He was born in Rauland in Vinje, Telemark.
- Berge started writing down traditional folklore from the rural districts of Telemark from he was twelve years old.
- Among his works are biographies of the fiddlers Myllarguten and Håvard Gibøen, Norsk bondesylv from 1925, and the series Bygdedikting fraa Telemarki (23 volumes, from 1907 to 1933).
- He edited the magazine Norsk folkekultur from 1915 to 1935.
- He was curator of the County Museum of Telemark and Grenland from 1916 to 1951.
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