The Snow Queen

literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1844
VisualArtwork literary_work Q11880
The Snow Queen
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The Snow Queen

Summary

The Snow Queen is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,731 views/month, #280 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Snow Queen authored Hans Christian Andersen[3].
  • The Snow Queen's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Snow Queen's instance of is recorded as literary fairy tale[5].
  • The Snow Queen's genre is literary fairy tale[6].
  • The Snow Queen's genre is fairy tale[7].
  • The Snow Queen's part of the series is recorded as Hans Christian Andersen bibliography[8].
  • The Snow Queen's Commons category is recorded as The Snow Queen[9].
  • The Snow Queen's language of work or name is recorded as Danish[10].
  • The Snow Queen's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of Denmark[11].
  • The Snow Queen was released on December 21, 1844[12].
  • The Snow Queen's characters is recorded as Kay[13].
  • The Snow Queen's characters is recorded as Gerda[14].
  • The Snow Queen's characters is recorded as The Snow Queen[15].
  • The Snow Queen's characters is recorded as robber‐maiden[16].
  • The Snow Queen's characters is recorded as Old Lady who Knew Magic[17].
  • The Snow Queen's characters is recorded as Reindeer Bae[18].
  • The Snow Queen's has edition or translation is recorded as De Sneeuwkoningin[19].
  • The Snow Queen's has edition or translation is recorded as Neĝa Reĝino[20].
  • The Snow Queen's has edition or translation is recorded as Královna sněhu[21].
  • The Snow Queen's has edition or translation is recorded as La reina de las nieves[22].
  • The Snow Queen's has edition or translation is recorded as Q108848532[23].
  • The Snow Queen's has edition or translation is recorded as Q108860157[24].
  • The Snow Queen's has edition or translation is recorded as Q108842822[25].
  • The Snow Queen's has edition or translation is recorded as Q133940255[26].
  • The Snow Queen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Works based on The Snow Queen[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ee54cd74-d6dc-4c50-9ef3-d1fab9ff5315[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Snow Queen authored Hans Christian Andersen[3].

Publication

The Snow Queen was released on December 21, 1844[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Danish[10]. Genres include literary fairy tale[6] and fairy tale[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as Hans Christian Andersen bibliography[8].

Subject and Themes

The Snow Queen's part of the series is recorded as Hans Christian Andersen bibliography[8].

Material and Period

The Snow Queen dates from the Romanticism[30].

Why It Matters

The Snow Queen ranks in the top 0.98% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,731 views/month, #280 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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