Magnus Brostrup Landstad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Magnus Brostrup Landstad

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1802

Place of Birth: Måsøy, Northern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1880

Profession: composer, priest, poet, musicologist, collector of fairy tales, folk song collector

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Magnus Brostrup Landstad (7 October 1802 – 8 October 1880) was a Norwegian parish priest and provost, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853.