Rikard Berge
Rikard Berge was a Norwegian folklorist, museologist biographer and magazine editor. He was born in Rauland in Vinje, Telemark. Berge started writing down traditional folklore from the rural districts of Telemark from he was twelve years old. Among his works are biographies of the fiddlers Myllarguten and Håvard Gibøen, Norsk bondesylv from 1925, and the series Bygdedikting fraa Telemarki. He edited the magazine Norsk folkekultur from 1915 to 1935. He was curator of the County Museum of Telemark and Grenland from 1916 to 1951.
