Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (born 1812)

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore. They were so closely united in their lives' work that their folk tale collections are commonly mentioned only as "Asbjørnsen and Moe".

January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 360 days remain until the end of the year.