Andersen, H.C.
Hans Christian Andersen, 1805 - 1875. dansk digter og forfatter, der er verdensberømt for sine eventyr. Han var kendt for sine buketter og papirklip, og menes at have opfundet det flettede danske julehjerte. Han er en af den danske guldalders hovedpersoner.
Født: 2.4.1805 i Odense
Gift: ugift
H. C. Andersen sværmede for flere kvinder i sit liv. Riborg Voigt var H.C. Andersens første store kærlighed. Hun var dog allerede forlovet. En anden var Jonas Collinsdatter Louise, der blev gift med juristen W. Lind, hvilket var et stort slag for H.C. Andersen. Den mest berømte er den svenske operasanger Jenny Lind.
Død: 4. 8.1875 på Roligheden i København
Familie
H.C. Andersen blev født i Odense (Skt. Hans sg.), død i Kbh. (Frels.), begravet sst, (Ass.). Forældre: skomagersvend, senere friskomager Hans Andersen (1782–1816) og Anne Marie Andersdatter (1775–1833, gift 2. gang 1818 med friskomager Niels Jørgensen Gundersø, 1787–1822).
Billedet fra ca. 1860 umiddelbart efter HCA besøgte Skagen
HCA's gravsted i København
Hans Christian Andersen, 1805 - 1875. Danish poet and author, world-famous for his fairy tales. He was known for his bouquets and papercuts, and is believed to have invented the braided Danish Christmas heart. He is one of the protagonists of the Danish Golden Age.
Born: 2.4.1805 in Odense
Married: unmarried
Hans Christian Andersen had several crushes on women in his life. Riborg Voigt was H.C. Andersen's first great love. However, she was already engaged. Another was Jonas Collinsdatter Louise, who married the lawyer W. Lind, which was a great blow to Hans Christian Andersen. Andersen. The most famous is the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind.
Died: 4.8.1875 at Roligheden in Copenhagen
Family
H.C. Andersen was born in Odense (Skt. Hans sg.), died in Copenhagen. (Frels.), buried there, (Ass.). Parents: cobbler's apprentice, later grocer Hans Andersen (1782-1816) and Anne Marie Andersdatter (1775-1833, married 2nd time 1818 to grocer Niels Jørgensen Gundersø, 1787-1822).
Locations in Skagen
Brøndums Hotel
Relations
Ane Hedvig Brøndum
Anna Ancher (Brøndum)
Biografi i relation til Skagen
H.C. Andersen havde i begyndelsen af august 1959 været på Børglum, var derfra taget til Løkken og videre over Hjørring til Frederikshavn.
En forkølelse udsatte her rejsen videre til Skagen i seks dage, men den 17. august drog han nordpå sammen med den unge student Carl Julius Uldall, søn af C.V. Uldall som var H.C. Andersens vært i Frederikshavn.
Fra Frederikshavn til Skagen
C.V. Uldall og hans søn kørte Andersen fra Frederikshavn til Jerup. Da selskabet kom til Jerup, blev Andersen og Uldall af en bonde kørt til Skagen langs med strandkanten. På turen sad Andersen i den side af vognen, der vendte ud mod vandet.
Selv skriver digteren i sin dagbog:
"Vi nåede Jerup, hvor konsul Kall (i Frederikshavn) havde anvist mig en gårdmand Lars Nielsen til at køre til Skagen for 3 rigsdaler. ... Vejret var mageløst godt, stille og solskin; kørte nu med bonden lige ned til stranden, og her gid det som var det en amfibierejse, halvt i vandet, halvt på landet, Carl Uldall var mest på på det tørre, jeg ude i Kattegat. ... snart kom Skagens kirke frem, så fyrene. Vi holdt uden for byfogedens bolig (i Vesterby); hr Hoffmeyer (byfogeden) sagde mig, at jeg var indbudt at bo hos pastor Bruun, men da jeg nu havde een med, tog jeg til værtshuset (Brøndums gæstgiveri), der var helt ude i den anden ende af byen. (i Østerby)"
På Brøndums gæstgiveri
Erik og Ane Brøndum havde året før (1858) søgt og fået bevilling til at drive gæstgiveri i den gamle købmandsgård.
Til Brøndums ankom Andersen onsdag den 17 august om eftermiddagen. Her fik de efter H.C. Andersens mening, to lukaf, som skibskahytter.
"Mod aften kom hr. Hoffmeyer, jeg var træt, han blev, jeg bød ham at spise med os. Endelig kom theen, men da vi skulle have fisken, gik klokken til sidst mod elleve; jeg blev utålmodig, ærgerlig. Værten (Erik Brøndum) sat hele tiden i stuen hos os, og så røg han tobak, så der stod en damp, og blandede sig i samtalen. Hoffmeyer brød op uden aftensmad..."
Fru Brøndum, der gerne ville gøre det så godt som muligt for den sjældne og berømte gæst, havde sendt pigen til Nordstrand efter friske rødspætter. Men det tog rigtig lang tid, og H.C. Andersen blev som han skriver utålmodig og ærgerlig. Det tog så hårdt på fru Brøndum som på det tidspunkt var gravid med sit 5. barn, at hun måtte gå i seng, og om natten fødte hun datteren Anna - lidt for tidligt.
Senere omtalte han rødspætterne i eventyret ’En historie fra klitterne’: ’Fade med Fisk bleve satte på Bordet, Rødspætter, som en Konge kunne kalde Pragt-Ret.
Fru Brøndum mente at Annas fødsel i forbindelse med digterens besøg var årsag til hendes kunstneriske evner.
Sightseeing
H.C. Andersen var ikke vildt begejstret for servicen på Brøndums, men hans følgeskab fejlede ikke noget, og det samme gjaldt for omgivelserne ved Skagen. Under sit ophold så Andersen Grenen, fyrtårnet og Gammel Skagen, og om sine indtryk af Skagen skrev Andersen i sin dagbog:
“Gaderne ere indhegnede med Snore bagved ligge smaa Kartoffel Agre, eller Pletter med Korn; Espalie af tørrede Fisk udenfor Husene, paa disse Skibstømmer benyttet, hist og her et lille Skuur, hvis Tag er Skroget af en Baad. Gaden med dybt Sand, Byen uendelig lang; med Klitter, Kartoffelager og Kornager, Børn sove i Sandet“.
Biography in relation to Skagen
H.C. Andersen had been at Børglum in the beginning of August 1959, had gone from there to Løkken and on via Hjørring to Frederikshavn.
A cold postponed the journey to Skagen for six days, but on 17 August he went north with the young student Carl Julius Uldall, son of C.V. Uldall who was H.C. Andersen's landlord in Frederikshavn.
From Frederikshavn to Skagen
C.V. Uldall and his son drove Andersen from Frederikshavn to Jerup. When the party reached Jerup, Andersen and Uldall were driven by a farmer to Skagen along the shore. On the trip, Andersen sat on the side of the wagon facing the water.
The poet himself writes in his diary:
"We reached Jerup, where consul Kall (in Frederikshavn) had instructed me to take a farmer Lars Nielsen to Skagen for 3 rigsdaler. ... The weather was magically good, calm and sunny; we drove with the farmer right down to the beach, and here it was as if it was an amphibious voyage, half in the water, half on land, Carl Uldall was mostly on the dry, I out in the Kattegat. ... soon Skagen church appeared, then the guys. We stopped outside the town bailiff's residence (in Vesterby); Mr Hoffmeyer (the town bailiff) told me that I was invited to stay with Reverend Bruun, but as I now had one with me, I went to the inn (Brøndum's inn), which was at the far end of the town. (in Østerby)"
At Brøndum's inn
Erik and Ane Brøndum had applied for and been granted a licence to run an inn in the old merchant's farm the previous year (1858).
Andersen arrived at Brøndum's on the afternoon of Wednesday 17 August. Here, according to H.C. Andersens opinion, two sheds, as ship cabins.
"Towards evening Mr. Hoffmeyer, I was tired, he stayed, I asked him to dine with us. At last the tea came, but when we were to have the fish, the clock finally struck eleven; I became impatient, annoyed. The host (Erik Brøndum) sat with us all the time in the sitting-room, and then he smoked tobacco, so that there was a vapour, and interfered with the conversation. Hoffmeyer broke up without supper..."
Mrs. Brøndum, who wanted to make things as good as possible for the rare and famous guest, had sent the girl to Nordstrand for fresh plaice. But it took a very long time, and H.C. Andersen became, as he writes, impatient and annoyed. It took such a toll on Mrs Brøndum, who was pregnant with her fifth child at the time, that she had to go to bed, and that night she gave birth to her daughter Anna - a little too early.
Later, he referred to the plaice in the fairy tale 'A Tale from the Dunes': 'Dishes of fish were set on the table, plaice, which a king might call 'splendour-ret'.
Mrs Brøndum believed that Anna's birth in connection with the poet's visit was the cause of her artistic abilities.
Sightseeing
H.C. Andersen was not overly enthusiastic about the service at Brøndums, but his companionship did not fail him, and the same was true of the surroundings at Skagen. During his stay, Andersen saw Grenen, the lighthouse and Gammel Skagen, and wrote about his impressions of Skagen in his diary:
"The streets are fenced with cords, behind which lie small potato fields, or patches of grain; shelves of dried fish outside the houses, on which ship timbers are used, here and there a small shed, the roof of which is the hull of a boat. The street with deep sand, the town infinitely long; with dunes, potato stores, and cornfields, children sleeping in the sand."
Links og litteratur
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