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The Goblin and the Grocer

literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published on November 30, 1852
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Summary

The Goblin and the Grocer is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (278 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Hans Christian Andersen[3]
  • Instance of: literary fairy tale[4]
  • Genre: literary fairy tale[5], fairy tale[6]
  • Part of the series: Hans Christian Andersen bibliography[7]
  • Place of publication: Copenhagen[8]
  • Commons category: The Goblin and the Grocer[9]
  • Language of work or name: Danish[10]
  • Country of origin: Denmark[11]
  • Catalog code: 619[12]
  • Publication date: November 30, 1852[13]
  • Has edition or translation: Q108859527[14], Q19145033[15], Ropucha. Krasnoludek[16]
  • Work available at URL: http://wayback-01.kb.dk/wayback/20101103123813/http://www2.kb.dk/elib/lit/dan/andersen/eventyr.dsl/hcaev057.htm[17], https://www.andersenstories.com/da/andersen_fortaellinger/nissen_hos_spaekhokeren[18], https://www.andersenstories.com/en/andersen_fairy-tales/the_goblin_and_the_huckster[19], https://www.andersenstories.com/it/andersen_fiabe/il_folletto_del_droghiere[20], https://wolnelektury.pl/katalog/lektura/krasnoludek.html[21], https://www.andersenstories.com/es/andersen_cuentos/el_duende_de_la_tienda[22], https://www.andersenstories.com/de/andersen_maerchen/das_heinzelmannchen_bei_dem_kramer[23], https://www.andersenstories.com/nl/andersen_sprookjes/het_kaboutertje_bij_de_winkelier[24]
  • Described at URL: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/register/info_e.html?vid=110[25]
  • Title: Nissen hos Spekhøkeren[26], Nissen hos spækhøkeren[27], The Goblin and the Grocer[28], The Goblin at the Grocer's[29], The Goblin and the Huckster[30], Il folletto in casa dello speziale[31], Krasnoludek u kupca[32], Krasnoludek[33], Het kaboutertje bij de spekslager[34], Nissen og kolonialhandleren[35], Домовой у лавочника[36], Տնային ոգին ու նպարավաճառը[37]
  • First line: Der var en rigtig Student, han boede paa Qvisten og eiede Ingenting; der var en rigtig Spekhøker, han boede i Stuen og eiede hele Huset, og ham holdt Nissen sig til, for her fik han hver Juleaften et Fad Grød med en stor Klump Smør i! det kunde Spekhøkeren give; og Nissen blev i Boutiken og det var meget lærerigt.[38]
  • Time period: Romanticism[39]
  • Last line: Og det var ganske menneskeligt! - Vi andre gaae ogsaa til Spekhøkeren - for Grøden.[40]
  • Copyright status: public domain[41]
  • Form of creative work: short story[42]

Why It Matters

The Goblin and the Grocer has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

Denmark Hans Christian Andersen literary work public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . kultura.tychy.pl. kultura.tychy.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wolnelektury.pl. wolnelektury.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wayback-01.kb.dk. wayback-01.kb.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wayback-01.kb.dk. wayback-01.kb.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work, literary fairy tale
    Place of publication → Copenhagen
    Form of creative work → short story
    Language of work or name → Danish
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