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The Snow Queen
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"The Snow Queen" is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a magical queen who kidnaps a boy named Kai, and his friend Gerda's journey to rescue him. First published in 1844, it remains one of Andersen's most famous stories and has influenced countless adaptations in literature, theater, and film.
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Within Vinony's link graph, The Snow Queen is referenced by 403 other articles, and connects out to The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King, Snow Queen and The Snow Queen and the Princess.
It sits within the topics 1844 short stories, Children's novellas and Danish children's novels.
Its subject is documented across 55 Wikipedia language editions.
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Hans Christian Andersen : The Snow Queen
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary fairy tale
- Author
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre
- fairy tale
- Country of origin
- Danish Realm
- Image
- Rudolf Koivu - Lumikuningatar.jpg
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- title
- The Snow Queen
- topic's main category
- Category:Works based on The Snow Queen
- Commons category
- The Snow Queen
- publication date
- 1844-12-21
- language of work or name
- Danish
- copyright status
- public domain
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- different from
- The Snow Queen
- form of creative work
- short story
- described at URL
- andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/register/info_e.html?vid=68
- time period
- Romanticism
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Encyclopedic overview
"The Snow Queen" (Danish: Snedronningen) is an 1844 original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection (Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samling). The story centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kai. The Snow Queen is written in a novel-styled narrative and divided into seven chapters, unlike Andersen's other stories.
The story is one of Andersen's longest and most highly acclaimed stories. It is regularly included in selected tales and collections of his work and is frequently reprinted in illustrated storybook editions for children.
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