Det Norske Veritas | Det Norske Teatret | Norske Skog | Den norske Creditbank | Painted by Eilif Peterssen in 1892: An evening at the Norwegian Society (''En aften i Det norske Selskab''). The man with the raised glass in the foreground is Johan Herman Wessel | Norske Talenter | Norske Løve Fortress | Norske Løve | Det Norske Veritas (DNV, Norway) | Det Norske Luftfartrederi | Den norske Bank |
In 1853 he was appointed professor of English literature and modern history at King's College London and in 1859 he translated Popular Tales from the Norse (Norske Folkeeventyr) by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, including in it an "Introductory Essay on the Origin and Diffusion of Popular Tales."