Facts about...

...The Nyhavn Room

Hans Christian Andersen lived in the apartment in Nyhavn 18 from October 23 1871, until he on June 12 moved to the Melchior Familys country house “Rolighed” as a guest confined to his sickbed. There he was affectionately nursed, until he on August 4 died of cancer of the liver. Until 1873 his hostess in Nyhavn was Thora Hallager (1821-84), Denmark’s first professional female photographer, who is shown here on the picture. From 1873 and on the hostess was Miss Clara Ballin (1824-87).

 
 
Did you know that...

...Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales

are translated into languages as Nepalese, Turcoman, and Urdu.

 
 

Picture gallery Hans Christian Andersen

 

 

 

 

C.A. Jensen’s portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, 1836 (laterally reversed).

Watercolour portrait of Hans Christian Andersen painted by the German artist Carl Hartmann during Andersen’s stay at Gråsten Castle (Gråsten Slot) in November 1845.

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, about 1850.

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, 1860 (enlarged segment). Photographer: Franz Hanfstaengl.

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, visiting card, 1862. Photographer: Georg E. Hansen.

Hans Christian Andersen, Zarah Krieger, Agnes Frijs, Henriette Frijs og Clara Frijs. Photographed during Andersen’s stay at Frijsenborg in July 1863. Photographer: Henrik Tilemann.

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, visiting card. Photographed at Frijsenborg in June 1865. Photographer: Henrik Tilemann.

Hans Christian Andersen, Henriette Frijs, Andrea Haffner, Sophie Wilhelmine Caroline Haffner, Thyra Frijs, Zarah Krieger, Agnes Frijs, Wolfgang Haffner, Waldemar Haffner, Thyra Haffner, Clara Frijs. Photographed at Frijsenborg in June 1865. Photographer: Henrik Tilemann.

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, 1867. Photographer: I.B. Melchior.

Hans Christian Andersen lying on a rug in Rolighed’s Garden (Roligheds have), Østerbro, in front of a group of members of the Melchior family, 1867. Photographer: I.B. Melchior.

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, visiting card, 1869. Photographer: Thora Hallager.

The caption runs as follows: “I have seen Gods world, there, I have cried and laughed, wither away, roses, red and white. Hans Christian Andersen” (From “Et Besøg I Portugal 1866” (A visit to Portugal 1866).

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, 1874. Photographed in Nyhavn 18, Copenhagen, where Andersen lived in his last years. Photographer: C. Weller.