Thrond Sjursen Haukens, who started gathering folk material after meeting Peter Christen Asbjrnsen 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.
After meeting Peter Christen Asbjrnsen during a collection expedition in Hardanger in the summer of 1870, Haukens also started gathering folk material in the district. 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. 
