Rikard Berge

Rikard Berge (7 November 1881 – 26 September 1969) was a Norwegian folklorist, museologist biographer and magazine editor.

Biography Rikard Gjermundsen Berge was born in Rauland Municipality (now in Vinje Municipality) in Telemark county, Norway. He was the son of Geirmund Hallvordsson (1857–1926) and Sigrid Rikardsdotter Berge (1854–1943).

In 1907 Berge helped establish the Kviteseid District Museum and in 1909 the Fyresdal Local History Museum. He was curator of the Telemark Museum from 1916 to 1951.

Berge wrote mostly about of folk culture and music. He published two journals: Norsk bondesylv from 1925 and the series Bygdedikting fraa Telemarki (23 volumes, from 1907 to 1933). Among his works are biographies of the fiddlers Myllarguten (1908) and Håvard Gibøen (1932). He also edited the magazine Norsk folkekultur from 1915 to 1935.