Gottlieb Mohnike

Gottlieb Christian Friedrich Mohnike (6 January 1781 – 6 July 1841) was a German pastor and philologist who was a native of Grimmen.

He studied theology at the Universities of Greifswald and Jena, afterwards spending several years as a private instructor on the island of Rügen.

Mohnike was a founder of Nordic philology, being remembered for his translation and edition of the Heimskringla and Færeyinga saga.

He published several translated works by the Swedish poet Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846), that included Die Frithjofs Sage.

Throughout his career he maintained friendships and correspondence with writer Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860) and philosopher Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780-1860).