Peter Erasmus Christian Kaalund

Kristian Kaalund

Peter Erasmus Christian Kaalund (19 August 1844 in Søllested – 4 July 1919 in 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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