Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark, on 2 April 1805. He had a stepsister named Karen. His father, also named … See more

A very early fairy tale by Andersen, "The Tallow Candle" (Danish: Tællelyset), was discovered in a Danish archive in October 2012. The story, written in the 1820s, is about a candle that does not feel appreciate… See more

In "Andersen as a Novelist", Søren Kierkegaard remarks that Andersen is characterized as "a possibility of a personality, wrapped up in such a web of arbitrary moods and moving through an elegiac … See more

In early 1872, at age 67, Andersen fell out of his bed and was severely hurt; he never fully recovered from the resultant injuries. Soon afterward, he started to show signs of liver cancer.
He died on … See more

• The Hans Christian Andersen Museum or H.C. Andersens Hus, is a set of museums/buildings dedicated to Hans Christian Andersen in Odense, Denmark, some of which, at various times in history, have functi… See more

Andersen's fairy tales include:
• "The Angel" (1843)
• "The Bell" (1845)
• "Blockhead Hans" (1855)
• "The Elf Mound" (1845)… See more

• Kjøbenhavnsposten, a Danish newspaper in which Andersen published one of his first poems
• Pleated Christmas hearts, invented by Andersen
• Vilhelm Pedersen, the first illustrator of Andersen's fairy tales… See more