newcomers

Today the Scandinavian 78 welcomes two new candidates.

(1)  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian who saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust (more than Schindler, if what I've heard is accurate).  He joins a growing list of eminent 20th century Scandinavian humanitarians.  I believe he will rank high in the 78.

(2)  Peter Christen Asbjornsen & Jorgen Moe seem to have worked mostly in close collaboration, therefore feel justified for including the partnership as a single entry.  They traveled throughout Norway collecting every bit on folklore they could find, and preserved it in writing in a landmark and highly influential book.

Asbjornsen & Moe are particularly exciting since the suggestion came from a real live Norwegian (albeit through an intermediary). 

Since starting this project, I have discovered red hairs in my beard.  True story.