Peter Erasmus Christian Kaalund
Kristian Kaalund
Peter Erasmus Christian Kaalund (August 19, 1844, Søllested – July 4, 1919, Frederiksberg; also spelled Kristian or Kålund) was a Danish philologist who specialized in Scandinavian studies.
He was the main librarian of the Arnamagnæanske håndskriftsamling, the collection of Icelandic manuscripts of Árni Magnússon. In 1907 Kaalund received the Order of the Dannebrog.
References
- Dahlerup, Verner: Kaalund, Peter Erasmus Kristian, entry in C. F. Bricka (ed.): Dansk biografisk lexikon: tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814; Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1887–1905; vol. IX (1895), p. 50f. URL last accessed 2007-09-16.
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