Celebrates his birthday at Nysø. H.C. Andersen reads fairy tales, and a play by J.L. Heiberg is performed. Present are the Stampe family and Nicolai Søtoft, Julie and Carl Vilhelm Raben-Levetzau, Juliane and Benjamin Wolff, Charlotte and Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard. Songs by Andersen, Søtoft and Henrik Stampe.

Primary sources

• Song dated 19.11.1843 by H.C. Andersen.
• Song dated 19.11.1843 by Henrik Stampe.
• Song dated 19.11.1843 by Nicolai Søtoft.

Other references

• H.C. Andersen: Mit Livs Eventyr, Copenhagen 1951 (1855), Vol. 1, p. 264-265.
• Rigmor Stampe (ed.): Baronesse Stampes Erindringer om Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen 1912, p. 228-232.

Last updated 01.09.2019