Hans Christian Andersen
Born 2nd April 1805, Odense, Funen, Kingdom of Denmark.
Died 4th August 1875 (age 70), Østerbro, Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen Watercolour by Carl Hartmann
Hans Christian Andersen, in Scandinavia AKA as H. C. Andersen, was a prolific Danish writer of plays, travelogues, novels, poems, but is best known for his classic fairy tales.
Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales have been translated into more than 125 languages and have become culturally embedded in the West’s collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.
Some of Andersen’s most famous fairy tales include “The Emperor’s New Clothes“, “The Little Mermaid“, “The Nightingale“, “The Snow Queen“, “The Ugly Duckling“, “Thumbelina” and many more worthy additions to the Classic Literature Library.
His stories have inspired ballets, animated and live-action films and plays.
Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen Painting by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann
Hans Christian Andersen – The Tinder-box (1835)
Hans Christian Andersen – Little Claus and Big Claus (1835)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Real Princess or The Princess and the Pea (1835)
Hans Christian Andersen – Little Ida’s Flowers (1835)
Hans Christian Andersen – Little Tiny or Thumbelina (1835)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Saucy Boy (1835)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Travelling Companion (1835)
Hans Christian Andersen – This Fable Is Intended for You (1836)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Talisman (1836)
Hans Christian Andersen – God Can Never Die (1836)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Little Mermaid (1836)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Emperor’s New Clothes (1837)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Goloshes of Fortune (1838)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Daisy (1838)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Brave Tin Soldier (1838)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Wild Swans (1838)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Garden of Paradise (1838)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Flying Trunk (1838)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Storks (1838)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Elf of the Rose (1839)
Hans Christian Andersen – What the Moon Saw (1840)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Wicked Prince (1840)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Metal Pig (1842)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Shepherd’s Story of the Bond of Friendship (1842)
Hans Christian Andersen – A Rose from Homer’s Grave (1842)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Buckwheat (1842)
Hans Christian Andersen – Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream God (1842)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Swineherd (1842)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Angel (1844)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Nightingale (1844)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Ugly Duckling (1844)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Top and Ball (1844)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Fir Tree (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Snow Queen (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Little Elder-tree Mother (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Elfin Hill (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Red Shoes (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Jumper (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Shepherdess and the Sweep (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – Holger Danske (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Bell (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – Grandmother (1845)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Darning-Needle (1846)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Little Match-seller (1846)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Sunbeam and the Captive (1847)
Hans Christian Andersen – By the Almshouse Window (1847)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Old Street Lamp (1847)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Neighbouring Families (1847)
Hans Christian Andersen – Little Tuk (1847)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Shadow (1847)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Old House (1848)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Drop of Water (1848)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Happy Family (1848)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Story of a Mother (1848)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Shirt-collar (1848)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Flax (1849)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Phoenix Bird (1850)
Hans Christian Andersen – A Story (1851)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Pigs (1851)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Puppet-show Man (1851)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Dumb Book (1851)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Old Grave-stone (1852)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Conceited Apple-branch (1852)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Loveliest Rose in the World (1852)
Hans Christian Andersen – In a Thousand Years (1852)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Swan’s Nest (1852)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Story of the Year (1852)
Hans Christian Andersen – On Judgment Day (1852)
Hans Christian Andersen – There is no Doubt about it (1852)
Hans Christian Andersen – A Cheerful Temper (1852)
Hans Christian Andersen – A Great Grief (1853)
Hans Christian Andersen – Everything in the Right Place (1853)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Goblin and the Huckster (1853)
Hans Christian Andersen – Under the Willow Tree (1853)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Pea Blossom (1853)
Hans Christian Andersen – She was Good for Nothing (1853)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Last Pearl (1854)
Hans Christian Andersen – Two Maidens (1854)
Hans Christian Andersen – In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea (1855)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Money-box (1855)
Hans Christian Andersen – A Leaf from Heaven (1855)
Hans Christian Andersen – Jack the Dullard (1855)
Hans Christian Andersen – Ib and Little Christina (1855)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Thorny Road of Honor (1856)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Jewish Maiden (1856)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Bell-deep (1857)
Hans Christian Andersen – A String of Pearls (1857)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Bottle Neck (1858)
Hans Christian Andersen – Soup from a Sausage Skewer (1858)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Old Bachelor’s Nightcap (1858)
Hans Christian Andersen – Something (1858)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Last Dream of the Old Oak (1858)
Hans Christian Andersen – The A-B-C Book (1858)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Marsh King’s Daughter (1858)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Races (1858)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Philosopher’s Stone (1859)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Wind’s Tale (1859)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Story of the Wind (1859)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf (1859)
Hans Christian Andersen – Ole the Tower-keeper (1859)
Hans Christian Andersen – Anne Lisbeth (1859)
Hans Christian Andersen – Children’s Prattle (1859)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Child in the Grave (1859)
Hans Christian Andersen – Two Brothers (1859)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Pen and the Inkstand (1860)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-Cock (1860)
Hans Christian Andersen – Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind (1860)
Hans Christian Andersen – A Story from the Sand-hills (1860)
Moving Day (1860)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Butterfly (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Bishop of Borglum and his Warriors (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Mail-coach Passengers (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Beetle who went on his Travels (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – What the Old Man Does is Always Right (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Snow Man (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Portuguese Duck (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The New Century’s Goddess (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Ice Maiden (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Psyche (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Snail and the Rose-tree (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Old Church Bell (1861)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Silver Shilling (1862)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Snowdrop (1863)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Teapot (1864)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Bird of Popular Song (1865)
The Will-O-The Wisp Is In The Town, Says The Moor Woman (1865)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Windmill (1865)
Hans Christian Andersen – In the Nursery (1865)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Golden Treasure (1865)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Storm Shakes the Shield (1865)
Hans Christian Andersen – Delaying is not Forgetting (1866)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Porter’s Son (1866)
Hans Christian Andersen – Our Aunt (1866)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Toad (1866)
Hans Christian Andersen – Vænø and Glænø (1867)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Little Green Ones (1868)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Goblin and the Woman (1868)
Hans Christian Andersen – Peiter, Peter and Peer (1868)
Hans Christian Andersen – Godfather’s Picture Book (1868)
Hans Christian Andersen – Which is the Happiest? (1868)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Dryad (1868)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Days of the Week (1869)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Court Cards (1869)
Hans Christian Andersen – Luck May Lie in a Pin (1869)
Hans Christian Andersen – Sunshine Stories (1869)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Comet (1869)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Rags (1869)
Hans Christian Andersen – What One Can Invent (1869)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Thistle’s Experiences (1869)
Hans Christian Andersen – Poultry Meg’s Family (1869)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Candles (1870)
Hans Christian Andersen – Great-Grandfather (1870)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Most Incredible Thing (1870)
Hans Christian Andersen – Danish Popular Legends (1870)
Hans Christian Andersen – What the Whole Family Said (1870)
Hans Christian Andersen – Lucky Peer (1870)
Hans Christian Andersen – Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine! (1871)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Great Sea-Serpent (1871)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Gardener and the Manor (1871)
Hans Christian Andersen – What Old Johanne Told (1872)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Gate Key (1872)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Cripple (1872)
Hans Christian Andersen – Aunty Toothache (1872)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Flea and the Professor (1873)
Hans Christian Andersen – Croak (1926)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Penman (1926)
Hans Christian Andersen – Folks Say— (1949)
Hans Christian Andersen – The Poor Woman and the Little Canary Bird (1949)
Hans Christian Andersen – Urbanus (1949)
