Hans Christian Andersen
Writer, Actor
April 2, 1805 — August 4, 1875 (70 years)
Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children: his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality.
Andersen's fairy tales, of which no fewer than 3381 works have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.
His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and "Thumbelina".
His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.
Andersen's fairy tales, of which no fewer than 3381 works have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.
His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and "Thumbelina".
His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | The Snow Queen · as Novel |
| 2015 | Frozen Fever · as Novel |
| 2013 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | The Snow Queen · as Novel |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Historien om en mor · as Novel |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Ruma ankanpoikanen · as Novel |
| 2003 | Historia de una madre · as Novel |
| 2002 | |
| 2000 | |
| 1998 | The Rose Seller · as Novel |
| 1994 | El detective y la muerte · as Novel |
| 1989 | Der Tölpelhans · as Novel |
| 1987 | Metsluiged · as Novel |
| 1987 | The Secret of the Snow Queen · as Novel |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | The Little Match Girl · as Novel |
| 1985 | Osenniy podarok fey · as Novel |
| 1980 | The King and the Mockingbird · as Novel |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | The Constant Tin Soldier · as Novel |
| 1975 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Along Came a Soldier · as Novel |
| 1968 | A Very Old Story · as Novel |
| 1968 | The Little Mermaid · as Novel |
| 1966 | |
| 1963 | The Piggy Bank · as Novel |
| 1962 | The Wild Swans · as Novel |
| 1957 | The Snow Queen · as Novel |
| 1953 | Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern · as Novel |
| 1952 | H.C. Andersens sagor · as Novel |
| 1941 | |
| 1931 |
| 2023 | |
| 2014 | A Lego Brickumentary · as Self - WriterOn Plex |
| 2003 | A Royal Family · as Self |
| 2003 | Late Night With Thomas and Harald · as Gammel Programleder |
| 2027 | Frozen III · as Original Story |
| 2025 | North · as Story |
| 2025 | Snezhnaya koroleva · as Fairy Tale By |
| 2025 | Adorable Humans · as Adaptation |
| 2024 | The Little Mermaid · as Book |
| 2024 | Once Upon a Princess · as Original Story |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid and the Sea Monster · as Original Story |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid · as Story |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid · as Original Story |
| 2022 | Snøbarnas Juletime · as Original Story |
| 2021 | The New Little Mermaid: Ocean Girl · as Original Story |
| 2019 | Frozen II · as Original Story |
| 2018 | The CBeebies Christmas Show: Thumbelina · as Inspired By The Tale FromOn Plex |
| 2018 | The Little Mermaid · as Inspired By The Fairytale |
| 2017 | Der Schweinehirt · as Fairy Tale |
| 2017 | CBeebies: The Snow Queen · as Original StoryOn Plex |
| 2016 | A Frozen Christmas · as Stories: "the Fir Tree", "the Brave Tin Soldier"On Plex |
| 2016 | Little Mermaid · as Original Story |
| 2016 | La petite marchande d'allumettes · as Author |
| 2015 | Little from the Fish Shop · as Book |
| 2015 | The Silver Moonlight · as Short Story: "the Little Mermaid" |
| 2014 | The Snow Queen · as Based On The Fairy Tale By |
| 2014 | The Ravine of the British · as Inspired By The Writings Of |
| 2013 | The Little Mermaid · as Original Story |
| 2013 | The Little Match Girl · as Fairy Tale |
| 2013 | The Snow Queen · as Based On "the Snow Queen" By |
| 2013 | Frozen · as Author |
| 2011 | Grantræet · as Original Story |
| 2010 | Des Kaisers neue Kleider · as Fairy Tale |
| 2010 | The Princess and the Pea · as Fairy Tale |
| 2010 | The Sleeping Beauty · as Story |
| 2009 | The Wild Swans · as Fairy Tale |
| 2008 | The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning · as Fairy Tale |
| 2008 | O Soldadiño de Chumbo · as Original Material |
| 2006 | The Ugly Duckling and Me! · as Story |
| 2006 | The Ugly Duckling and Me! · as Fairytale |
| 2006 | The Little Matchgirl · as Original Story |
| 2006 | The Hour of Fairytales · as Story |
| 2005 | The Snow Queen · as Short Story |
| 2005 | The Snow Queen (2005) · as Story |
| 2005 | Le rossignol · as Original Story |
| 2005 | The Governor's New Clothes · as Story |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Ugly Duckling · as Fairy Tale: "den Grimme Ælling" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Sweethearts · as Fairy Tale |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Nightingale · as Fairy Tale |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Steadfast Tin Soldier · as Fairy Tale: "den Standhaftige Tinsoldat" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep · as Fairy Tale: "hyrdinden Og Skorsteensfeieren" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: Little Claus and Big Claus · as Fairy Tale: "lille Claus Og Store Claus" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Little Match Girl · as Fairy Tale: "den Lille Pige Med Svovlstikkerne" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Tinder Box · as Fairy Tale |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: Clumsy Hans · as Fairy Tale: "klods-Hans" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Puppet-Show Man · as Fairy Tale |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Traveling Companion · as Fairy Tale: "reisekammeraten" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: Thumbelina · as Fairy Tale |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Princess on the Pea · as Fairy Tale: "prindsessen Paa Ærten" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: It's Quite True! · as Fairy Tale: "det Er Ganske Vist!" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Emperor's New Clothes · as Fairy Tale: "keiserens Nye Klæder" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Swineherd · as Fairy Tale |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: What the Old Man Does Is Always Right · as Fairy Tale: "hvad Fatter Gjør, Det Er Altid Det Rigtige" |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Woman with the Eggs · as Fairy Tale |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: Heartache · as Fairy Tale |
| 2005 | H.C. Andersen: The Naughty Boy · as Fairy Tale: "den Uartige Dreng" |
| 2005 | Young Andersen · as Autobiography |
| 2003 | Snezhnaya koroleva · as Original Story |
| 2003 | The Fairytaler · as Fairy Tale |
| 2002 | Snow Queen · as Original Story |
| 2002 | Snow Queen · as Short Stories |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina · as Characters |
| 2001 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale · as Book: "the Fairy Tale Of My Life" |
| 2000 | Animated Tales of the World · as Story |
| 2000 | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea · as Fairy Tale |
| 1999 | Fantasia 2000 · as Based On A Story: "the Steadfast Tin Soldier" [segment: "piano Concerto #2"] |
| 1999 | Oyayubihime · as Original Story |
| 1999 | Kaj & Andrea (1999) · as Fairy Tale: "den Grimme Ælling" |
| 1999 | Jack the Fool · as Fairy Tale |
| 1998 | H.C. Andersen's The Long Shadow · as Fairy Tale |
| 1998 | The Little Mermaid · as Original Story |
| 1998 | Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood · as Short Story |
| 1997 | The Ugly Duckling · as Story |
| 1996 | The Ugly Duckling's Christmas Wish · as Original Story |
| 1996 | The Snow Queen's Revenge · as Original Story |
| 1995 | The Tin Soldier · as Original Story |
| 1995 | Everything Untold About Love · as Story |
| 1995 | The Snow Queen · as Original Story |
| 1994 | World Fairy Tale Series · as Original Story |
| 1994 | Thumbelina · as Original Story |
| 1994 | Císarovy nové saty · as Book |
| 1994 | The Wild Swans · as Story |
| 1993 | The Tinderbox · as Fairy Tale |
| 1992 | The Snow Queen · as Original Story |
| 1992 | The Little Mermaid · as Based On The Fairy Tale By |
| 1992 | Thumbelina · as Adapted From: The Classic Tale "thumbelina" By |
| 1992 | The Little Mermaid · as Original Story |
| 1992 | Thumbelina · as Fairy Tale |
| 1991 | The Magic Riddle · as Based On: Classical Folklore And The Original Fairy Stories Of |
| 1991 | Ten · as Story |
| 1991 | Adventures of the Little Mermaid · as Original Story |
| 1990 | Little Mermaid's Island · as Original Story By |
| 1990 | Vandronik · as Book |
| 1990 | The Little Match Girl · as Story |
| 1990 | Timeless Tales: Thumbelina · as Original Story |
| 1990 | Timeless Tales: The Ugly Duckling · as Original Story |
| 1990 | Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes · as Original Story |
| 1990 | Timeless Tales from Hallmark · as Story |
| 1990 | The Emperor's New Clothes · as Tale |
| 1990 | The Red Shoes · as Story |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid · as Author |
| 1988 | Death and the Mother · as Original Story |
| 1987 | The Little Match Girl · as Story |
| 1987 | The Emperor's New Clothes · as Story |
| 1986 | The Snow Queen · as Original Story |
| 1986 | The Story of the Girl Who Stepped on Bread · as Story |
| 1984 | Tommelise · as Short Story |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre · as Story |
| 1982 | Kontraste · as Story |
| 1981 | The Nightingale · as Story |
| 1980 | Solovey · as Book |
| 1979 | Tales from a Flying Trunk · as Original Story |
| 1979 | The Ugly Duckling · as Story |
| 1979 | The Red Shoes · as Story |
| 1978 | Thumbelina · as Original Story |
| 1977 | The Princess and the Pea · as Book |
| 1976 | The Little Mermaid · as Book |
| 1976 | The Little Mermaid · as Book |
| 1976 | World Famous Fairy Tales · as Based On A Story By |
| 1975 | Thumbelina · as Story |
| 1975 | Number One · as Inspired By |
| 1975 | The Little Mermaid · as Original Story |
| 1974 | The Little Mermaid · as Short Story |
| 1973 | Lemmi und die Schmöker · as Story |
| 1972 | Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny · as Story |
| 1972 | The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes · as Short Story |
| 1971 | Der kleine und der große Klaus · as Story |
| 1971 | Ten · as Story |
| 1968 | Andersen monogatari · as Short Story |
| 1967 | The Snow Queen · as Original Story |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard · as Story: The Little Mermaid |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer · as Story |
| 1965 | The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep · as Original Story |
| 1965 | Jackanory · as Fairy Tale |
| 1964 | Le petit Claus et le grand Claus · as Original Story |
| 1964 | Die Schneekönigin · as Based On Motifs By |
| 1964 | Thumbelina · as Story |
| 1961 | Das Kleid · as Story |
| 1961 | Sreca dolazi u 9 · as Story |
| 1961 | The King's New Clothes · as Story |
| 1960 | Mr. Piper · as Fairy Tale |
| 1960 | Mel-O-Toons · as Story |
| 1959 | The Gentle Flame · as Story: "the Little Match Girl" |
| 1959 | Klassische Folgen vom DDR Sandmännchen · as Creator |
| 1959 | Das Feuerzeug · as Original Story |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook · as Original Story |
| 1956 | Gadkiy utyonok · as Story |
| 1955 | The Steadfast Tin Soldier · as Book |
| 1954 | Camera Three · as Fairy Tales |
| 1954 | Däumlienchen · as Story |
| 1953 | Television Theater · as Story |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater · as Story |
| 1952 | The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird · as Original Story |
| 1951 | Elddonet · as Novel: "fyrtøiet" |
| 1949 | The Emperor's Nightingale · as Short Story |
| 1948 | The Little Soldier · as Story |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes · as Original StoryOn Plex |
| 1946 | Magic Lighter · as Story |
| 1939 | Ugly Duckling · as Story |
| 1937 | The Little Match Girl · as Fairy Tale |
| 1935 | The Chinese Nightingale · as Story |
| 1928 | The Little Match Girl · as Story |
| 1922 | The Flying Koffer · as Story |
| 1914 | The Little Match Girl · as Story |
| 1912 | Der Tod und die Mutter · as Novel: The Story Of A Mother |
| 1910 | Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern · as Fairy Tale |
| 1902 | The Little Match Seller · as Story |