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Hans Nansen

Hans Nansen

Illustration by Poul Steffensen from the Danish novel Gjøngehøvdingen by Carit Etlar which takes place during and after the Dano-Swedish War in 1657-1658. The Copenhagen mayor Hans Nansen has come to the house of Svend Poulsen but he isn't home so Hans Nansen sets down to wait for him. Ib Abelsøn and his sister Ane Marie don't like it because Hans Nansen won't tell who he is and Ib Abelsøn thus as

Poul Steffensen (1866-1923) · "Gjøngehøvdingen" by Carit Etlar (Carl Brosbøll, 1816-1900). Original from 1853, here reprint from 1909 by V. Pios Boghandel. · Public domain

Born
1598
Died
1667

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