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