Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)

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H.C. Andersen was born in 1805. His father (Hans Andersen) was a poor shoemaker and his mother a ...

Born: April 2, 1805
Died: August 4, 1875 (age 70)

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Known For

Frozen Writer (2013)
The Little Mermaid Writer (1989)
The Little Mermaid Writer
Known For

The Homesman Soundtrack (2014)
Writer

The Match Girl's Confession (2018)
Ida's Flowers Funeral (2018)
The Little Mermaid (2018)
Little Match Girl (2018)
Der Schweinehirt (2017)
CBeebies: The Snow Queen (2017)
L'histoire d'une mère (2016)
Little Mermaid (2016)
The Little Match Girl (2015)
The Last Swipe (2015)
Matchstick Girl (2015)
GivingTales (2015)
Little from the Fish Shop (2015)
The Silver Moonlight (2015)
The Snow Queen (2014)
The Little Match Girl (2014)
The Ravine of the British (2014)
Duch nad zlato (2013)
Daft Punk feat. Julian Casablancas: Instant Crush (2013)
The Little Mermaid (2013)
Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (2013)
Frozen (2013)
A Princesa e a Ervilha (2012)
Grantræet (2011)
Des Kaisers neue Kleider (2010)
The Sleeping Beauty (2010)
The Ugly Duckling (2010)
Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (2010)
The Snow Queen (2010)
De vilde svaner (2009)
The Red Shoes (2009)
The Steadfast Tin Soldier (2008)
O Soldadiño de Chumbo (2008)
Petit Claus et grand Claus (2008)
Dyuymovochka (2007)
O dívce, která slápla na chléb (2007)
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (2007)
The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006)
The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006)
The Little Matchgirl (2006)
The Tin Soldier (2005)
Bästa knattefilmerna 5 (2005)
The Fairytales (2004-2005)
Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (2005)
Klods Hans (2005)
The Snow Queen (2005)
L'effraie (2005)
Prinsessen på ærten (2005)
Konen med æggene (2005)
The Red Shoes (2005)
Gli abiti nuovi del granduca (2005)
Historien om en mor (2005)
The Snow Queen (2005)
John & Aage: Toppen og bolden (2005)
Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (2005)
Fjernsyn for voksne (2005)
Le rossignol (2005)
Klods Hans v/ Drengene fra Angora (2005)
Filmmagasinet special: Svinedrengen the movie (2005)
The Governor's New Clothes (2005)
Once Upon a Time... (2005)
H.C. Andersen: Thumbelina (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Swineherd (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Traveling Companion (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Princess on the Pea (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Nightingale (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Puppet-Show Man (2005)
H.C. Andersen: Little Claus and Big Claus (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Woman with the Eggs (2005)
H.C. Andersen: Clumsy Hans (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Sweethearts (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Emperor's New Clothes (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep (2005)
H.C. Andersen: What the Old Man Does Is Always Right (2005)
H.C. Andersen: Heartache (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Tinder Box (2005)
H.C. Andersen: It's Quite True! (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Naughty Boy (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Steadfast Tin Soldier (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Little Match Girl (2005)
H.C. Andersen: The Ugly Duckling (2005)
Young Andersen (2005)
H.C. Andersen - historien om en digter (2005)
Kaj og Andrea (1999-2005)
Mit livs eventyr (2005)
The Emperor's New Clothes (2004)
Ruma ankanpoikanen (2004)
Tiny (2004)
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (2003)
Historia de una madre (2003)
Snow Queen (2002)
The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina (2002)
Lort & Lagkage (2002)
Devcátko se sirkami (2001)
Teatr telewizji (1998-2001)
The Snow Queen (2000)
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka (2000)
Disney's The Little Mermaid 2 (2000)
Jack the Fool (1999)
Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (1999)
The Little Mermaid (1998)
Stories from My Childhood (1998)
Stín (1998)
H.C. Andersen's The Long Shadow (1998)
The Snow Queen (1997)
The Ugly Duckling (1997)
Angel (1996)
The Snow Queen (1995)
The Tin Soldier (1995)
Pod vrbou (1994)
The Wild Swans (1994)
The Detective and the Death (1994)
Thumbelina (1994)
Císarovy nové saty (1994)
Domovníkov syn (1993)
The Little Mermaid (1992-1993)
Thumbelina: A Magical Story (1992-1993)
The Tinderbox (1993)
The Snow Queen (1992)
The Tin Soldier (1992)
Thumbelina (1992)
The Little Mermaid (1992)
Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid (1992)
Solovey (1991)
Timeless Tales from Hallmark (1990-1991)
Ten (1991)
Novoe plate korolya (1990)
The Emperor's New Clothes (1990)
Swans (1990)
Vandronik (1990)
The Little Match Girl (1990)
The Red Shoes (1990)
Strom pohádek: Pasácek a císarova dcera (1989)
Der Tölpelhans (1989)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
O Malence (1988)
Strom pohádek: Divoké labute (1988)
Domovoy i khozyayka (1988)
Snezhnaya koroleva (1988)
Mikola a Mikolko (1988)
Death and the Mother (1988)
Big Underground Ball (1987)
The Nightingale (1987)
Omkring Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren (1987)
The Little Match Girl (1987)
Metsluiged (1987)
The Emperor's New Clothes (1987)
Faerie Tale Theatre (1983-1987)
Istoriya o devochke, nastupivshey na khleb (1986)
The Tin Soldier (1986)
The Secret of the Snow Queen (1986)
The Little Match Girl (1986)
The Snow Queen (1986)
Galose stastia (1986)
O aftokratoras kai to aidoni (1985)
Rabbit Ears: The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1985)
El (1984)
Osenniy podarok fey (1984)
Tommelise (1984)
The Red Shoes (1983)
The Little Match Girl (1983)
O brokátové ruzi a slavíku z perleti (1982)
The Snow Queen: A Skating Ballet (1982)
Svinopas (1980)
Zaltvyksles (1980)
Solovey (1980)
The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
Zenés TV színház (1979)
The Fir Tree (1979)
Tales from a Flying Trunk (1979)
The Story of a Mother (1979)
Terra d'escudella (1978)
Thumbelina (1978)
The Magic Pony Ride (1977)
Children of Agony (1977)
The Princess and the Pea (1977)
The Snow Queen (1976)
The Little Mermaid (1976)
The Little Mermaid (1976)
Stoikiy olovyannyy soldatik (1976)
Mia fora ki enan kairo (1976)
The Swineherd (1975)
H.C. Andersen på danske herregårde (1975)
Die Schneekönigin (1975)
Evighedens frø - H.C. Andersens sidste år (1975)
The Little Mermaid (1975)
Jackanory Playhouse (1975)
Grote Klaas en kleine Klaas (1974)
The Little Mermaid (1974)
O kalikantzaros, o bakalis ki o foititis (1974)
The Little Match Girl (1974)
The Little Mermaid (1974)
Magic Adventure (1973)
Rejsekammeraten (1972)
Les habits neufs du Grand-Duc (1972)
Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972)
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes (1972)
Der kleine und der große Klaus (1971)
Ten (1971)
Andersen Stories (1971)
Die Prinzessin und der Schweinehirt (1970)
Thumbelina (1970)
Snedronningen (1970)
Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (1970)
Nattergalen (1970)
Along Came a Soldier (1969)
Kresadlo (1968)
Andersenovy pohádky (1968)
The Little Mermaid (1968)
Staraya, staraya skazka (1968)
Lille Claus og Store Claus (1968)
En nat i Roskilde (1968)
Andersen monogatari (1968)
Off to See the Wizard (1968)
The Emperor's New Clothes (1967)
The Snow Queen (1967)
Jackanory (1966-1967)
El mago de los sueños (1966)
Fantasía... 3 (1966)
Udivitelnaya istoriya, pokhozhaya na skazki (1966)
A Bola de Fogo (1966)
The Daydreamer (1966)
Pastushka i Trubochist (1965)
Le rossignol (1965)
Dyuymovochka (1964)
Die Schneekönigin (1964)
Nuestro amigo el libro (1964)
Svinya-kopilka (1963)
Mr. Piper (1963)
The Story of a Mother (1963)
Le livre muet (1962)
The Wild Swans (1962)
Camera Three (1962)
Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærten (1962)
Des Kaisers neue Kleider (1962)
Das Kleid (1961)
The Princess and the Pea (1961)
Sreca dolazi u 9 (1961)
The King's New Clothes (1961)
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958-1961)
General Electric Theater (1960)
Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (1960)
The Gentle Flame (1959)
Das Feuerzeug (1959)
Pasácek vepru (1958)
Unser Sandmännchen (1958)
The Emperor's New Clothes (1958)
Hidden Pages (1958)
Svinaherden (1958)
Gadkiy utyonok (1957)
The Snow Queen (1957)
Las campanas de Teresa (1957)
The Emperor's Nightingale (1957)
Kom toch eens kijken (1956)
Complainte de la Petite Sirène (1955)
Mathias Wieman erzählt die Geschichte vom Tannenbaum (1955)
The Snow Queen (1955)
Tales of Hans Anderson (1954-1955)
Kinderstunde (1955)
Ole Lukøje (1955)
Ole Lukøje (1955)
The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1955)
The Little Match Girl (1954)
Däumlienchen (1954)
La piccola fiammiferaia (1953)
Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (1953)
Ningyohime (1953)
The Princess and the Swineherd (1953)
Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (1953)
The Emperor's New Clothes (1953)
The Princess and the Pea (1952)
La jeune fille aux allumettes (1952)
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
The Princess and the Swineherd (1951)
Elddonet (1951)
Mr. H.C. Andersen (1950)
Kejserens nye klæder (1949)
The Story of a Mother (1949)
The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Little Soldier (1948)
Le briquet magique (1946)
Magic Lighter (1946)
L'angelo del miracolo (1945)
Hvad Fatter gør - (1945)
El viejo don Sueño (1941)
Die schwedische Nachtigall (1941)
Ugly Duckling (1939)
Little Red Shoes (1937)
Numskull Jack (1937)
The Butterfly (1937)
The Little Match Girl (1937)
The Top and the Ball (1937)
For the Children (1937)
The Chinese Nightingale (1935)
The Brave Tin Soldier (1934)
The Ugly Duckling (1931)
Store Klaus og lille Klaus (1930)
Lead Soldier (1928)
Die chinesische Nachtigall (1928)
The Little Match Girl (1928)
The Chinese Nightingale (1927)
Armes kleines Mädchen (1924)
Thumbelina (1924)
Talende film (1923)
The Flying Koffer (1922)
Meseország (1922)
Lykkens galoscher (1921)
The Emperor's New Clothes (1919)
Die Galoschen des Glücks (1919)
The Seven Swans (1917)
The Little Match Girl (1914)
Kolingens galoscher (1912)
The Little Match Seller (1912)
Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (1910)
Poor Little Match Girl (1908)
Ib and Little Christina (1908)
Writer

The Little Match Seller (1902)
Soundtrack

The Homesman (2014)
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1979 (2014)
Sorrow and Joy (2013)
Player (2013)
Spise med Price (2010)
Le rossignol (2005)
Majorens oppasser (1964)
Tre önskningar (1960)
My People Are Not Yours (1944)
When Ladies Meet (1941)
Karl Fredrik Reigns (1934)
When Ladies Meet (1933)
Soundtrack

Fridas visor (1930)
Archive footage

A Royal Family (2003)
Christines billedbog (1985)
Andersen hos fotografen (1975)
Archive footage

H.C. Andersen på danske herregårde (1975)
H.C. Andersen som billedkunstner (1969)

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Did You Know

Trivia

Although Andersen had many crushes on women and several infatuations he never married, and actually lived alone.

Quotes

Travelling expands the mind rarely.

Star Sign

Aries

Personal Details

Born

April 2, 1805
Odense, Denmark

Died

August 4, 1875 (age 70)
Copenhagen, Denmark

Height:

6' 0¾" (1.85 m)

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