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The Snowman

1861 short story by Hans Christian Andersen
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The Snowman
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Summary

The Snowman is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (395 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Hans Christian Andersen[3]
  • Instance of: literary fairy tale[4]
  • Publisher: C.A. Reitzels Boghandel[5]
  • Genre: literary fairy tale[6], fairy tale[7]
  • Part of the series: Hans Christian Andersen bibliography[8]
  • Place of publication: Copenhagen[9]
  • Commons category: The Snowman (fairy tale)[10]
  • Language of work or name: Danish[11]
  • Country of origin: Denmark[12]
  • Catalog code: 821[13]
  • Publication date: March 2, 1861[14]
  • Has edition or translation: Sneemanden[15], Sněhulák[16], Bałwan ze śniegu[17]
  • Work available at URL: http://wayback-01.kb.dk/wayback/20101103123903/http://www2.kb.dk/elib/lit/dan/andersen/eventyr.dsl/hcaev105.htm[18], https://www.andersenstories.com/da/andersen_fortaellinger/sneemanden[19], https://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/?page_id=2243[20], https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheSnowMan_e.html[21], https://wiersze.co/lektury/basnie-andersen.pdf[22], https://www.andersenstories.com/it/andersen_fiabe/uomo_di_neve[23], https://www.andersenstories.com/fr/andersen_contes/le_bonhomme_de_neige[24], https://www.andersenstories.com/es/andersen_cuentos/el_hombre_de_nieve[25], https://www.andersenstories.com/de/andersen_maerchen/der_schneemann[26], https://www.andersenstories.com/nl/andersen_sprookjes/de_sneeuwman[27]
  • Described at URL: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/register/info_e.html?vid=151[28]
  • Published in: Nye Eventyr og Historier II[29]
  • Title: Sneemanden[30], Snemanden[31], The Snowman[32], Bałwan ze śniegu[33], Śniegowy bałwan[34], L'uomo di neve[35], Il pupazzo di neve[36], Neĝulo[37], Der Schneemann[38], El hombre de nieve[39], Le bonhomme de neige[40], De sneeuwman[41], De Snieman[42], 雪だるま[43]
  • First line: "Det skrupknager i mig, saa deiligt koldt er det!" sagde Sneemanden.[44]
  • Time period: Romanticism[45]
  • Last line: Saa tænker Ingen paa Sneemanden![46]
  • Copyright status: public domain[47]
  • Form of creative work: short story[48]

Why It Matters

The Snowman has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . pl.wikisource.org. pl.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . andersenstories.com. andersenstories.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . andersenstories.com. andersenstories.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . andersenstories.com. andersenstories.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . andersenstories.com. andersenstories.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wayback-01.kb.dk. wayback-01.kb.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wayback-01.kb.dk. wayback-01.kb.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'da', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fy', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pl', 'ur', 'zh']
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  2. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in → Nye Eventyr og Historier II
    Language of work or name → Danish
    Country of origin → Denmark
    Publisher → C.A. Reitzels Boghandel
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