Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (14 November 177920 January 1850) was a Danish poet and playwright.
Three years later, he attracted the notice of the poet Edvard Storm (1749–1794) and as a result Öhlenschläger received an introduction into Scandinavian mythology. Oehlenschläger was confirmed in 1795, and was to have been apprenticed to a tradesman in Copenhagen.
In 1797 he made his appearance on the boards in several successive parts, but soon discovered that he possessed no real histrionic talent.
Jurist Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860) who would later marry his sister Sophie, persuaded him to quit the theatre, and in 1800 he entered the University of Copenhagen.
The result of his new enthusiasm speedily showed itself in a somewhat hasty volume of poems, published in 1803, now chiefly remembered as containing the piece called Sanct Hansaften-Spil. The next two years saw the production of several exquisite works, in particular the epic of Thors Reise til Jotunheim, the poem in [called Langelandsreisen, and the bewitching fantasy Aladdin (1805).
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (14 November 177920 January 1850) was a Danish poet and playwright.
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