...The Pincushion
Sewn by Hans Christian Andersen for Mrs. Bunkeflod who lived with her children across the street from the childhood home of Hans Christian Andersen in Munkemøllestræde. In her home Hans Christian Andersen was introduced to classic literature. The shoemaker's son had sewn the pincushion as a birthday present to the widowed lady - thanking her for her open home. Mrs. Bunkeflod was married to the priest and hymn writer Hans A. Bunkeflod who died in 1805. The pincushion was found in the estate after Miss Emilie Bunkeflod. The residences of the Eilschou dwellings - opposite the childhood home of Hans Christian Andersen - where Mrs. Bunkeflod lived are now placed in Den gamle By (The Old Village) in Århus.
...The well-known Christmas song "Barn Jesus i en Krybbe laae" (The Jesus Child Lay in a Manger)
is written by Hans Christian Andersen. The song is printed in the cycle of poems, Aarets tolv Maaneder, tegnede med Blæk og Pen (The Twelve Months of the Year, Drawn by Ink and Pen), from 1832. The song is set to music by composers such as Niels W. Gade, J.C. Gebauer, and - which is less known - Robert Schumann.
2002-2004
Photo: The Hans Christian Andersen Museum/Odense City Museums
On 11 April 2002, the alderman Jørgen Lund ceremoniously breaks the ground for the planned new Hans Christian Andersen Museum. The following two years the museum was rebuilt and equipped with new exhibitions. On the picture below from the left: The workshop leader and the staff: Ove Bechsgaard, Finn Jørgensen, Kasper Jensen, Else Nørlund, and lying on the floor, curator Ejnar Stig Askgaard. The new museum was opened by her Majesty the Queen Margrethe II on June 4 2004, and the following month, the newly wed crown prince could show the museum to his new wife, crown princess Mary.
Photo: The Hans Christian Andersen Museum/Odense City Museums
Photos: The Hans Christian Andersen Museum/Odense City Museums