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The Flying Trunk

fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 19 October 1839
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Summary

The Flying Trunk is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Hans Christian Andersen[3]
  • Instance of: literary fairy tale[4]
  • Genre: fairy tale[5]
  • Part of the series: Hans Christian Andersen bibliography[6]
  • Commons category: The Flying Trunk[7]
  • Language of work or name: Danish[8]
  • Country of origin: Denmark[9]
  • Publication date: 1839[10]
  • Has edition or translation: Létací vak[11]
  • Title: Den flyvende Kuffert[12], Fluganta kofro[13], Latający kufer[14]
  • Copyright status: public domain[15]

Why It Matters

The Flying Trunk has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Denmark Hans Christian Andersen literary work public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'br', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'k
    Sitelink count → 20
    Bookbrainz work id → 74534c62-2143-49d0-9ac3-250a0bd7d11b
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Part of series → —
    Part of the series → Hans Christian Andersen bibliography
    Publication date → +1839-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:دی فلائینگ ٹرنک]]"
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