Svend Grundtvig
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Svend Hersleb Grundtvig (9 September 1824,
Biography
His father arranged his education, employing a series of home tutors to teach him Icelandic, Latin, Danish and Anglo-Saxon while personally instructing him in
When 19, after his father accompanied him on a study tour to England, Grundtvig published Danish translations of English and Scottish ballads before devoting his life to the collection and study of Danish folk tales and ballads. In a manifesto in 1844, he encouraged Danish men and women to record national ballads still in popular usage. He was the first editor of the multi-volume
In 1854, he extended this call to all types of folklore, building up a nationwide network of collaborators, soon resulting in his three-volume work Danske Minder (1854–61). In 1876, he published Danske folkeæventyr, the first of three volumes of Danish folk tales.[3][4]
Own works
Grundtvig's published works, all in Danish, include:
- Engelske og skotske folkeviser, 1842–1846
- Gamle danske minder i Folkemunde, 1854–61
- Danske Kæmpeviser, 1867
- Danske Folkeæventyr, 1876–83
- Danmarks Folkeviser i Udvalg, 1882
References
- ^ "Svend Grundtvig", Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ ISBN 9780803238862.
- ISBN 978-0-313-33443-6.
- ^ "Svend Grundtvigs eventyr og den mundtlige tradition" Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, Dansk Folkemindesamling. (in Danish) Retrieved 27 November 2011.
Literature
- Grundtvig, Sven, Jesse Grant Cramer (translator): Danish Fairy Tales. Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1912, 118 p.
- Grundtvig, Sven, Gustav Hein (translator): Danish Fairy Tales. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1914, 219 p.
