Wilhelm Munthe

Abraham Wilhelm Støren Munthe (20 October 1883 – 18 December 1965) was a Norwegian librarian and author.

[1] Munthe finished his examen artium at Kristiania Cathedral School in 1902.

He studied middle age palaeography and diplomatics at the University of Berlin from 1913 to 1914, and Old Norse handwritings at the libraries of Uppsala, Stockholm and Copenhagen from 1915 to 1916.

Among Munthe's works are De norske bibliotekers historie from 1927, American Librarianship from a European Angle from 1939, Litterære falsknerier from 1942, and the 1947 essay Norwegian Libraries during the War.

He co-edited the journal Nordisk tidskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen for many years, and served as president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 1947 to 1951.