Norwegian fairy tales recorded and retold by Peter Kristen Asbjørnsen (1812-1885) were translated into Russian by the spouses Anna Vasilievna Gansen (1869-1942) and Peter Gottfridovich Gansen (1846-1930). One hundred and fourteen drawings in the book were performed by Norwegian artists Peter Nikolai Arbo (1831-1892), Eric Theodor Verenschöll (1855-1938), Hans Fredrik Gude (1825-1903), Karl Reinhold Kalmander (1840-1922), Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1857-1914), Vincent Stoltenberg Löhde erhe (1837-1892), Hjalmar Eilif Emmanuel Peterssen (1852-1928), Otto Ludwig Sinding (1842-1909), Adolf Tiedemand (1814-1876) and Gerhard August Schneider (1842-1873).