His complete works have been translated into more than 130 languages! Hans Christian Andersen wrote novels, songs, poems and travel books, but is best known for his fairy-tales for children. Virtually every child in the world knows stories such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Ice Queen" and "The Nightingale". Yet the themes and morals of his tales are often just as relevant for adults.

If you would like to know more about Hans Christian Andersen, then visit the official website of the Hans Christian Andersen Institute at Odense University. Here you can find a complete list of his works, a detailed biography and much more besides.

Hans Christian Andersen did more than writing fairy-tales.

He loved to make paper cuttings, and made an enormous number. Those which still exist are remarkable, and often rather bizarre. We have used some of them to create our screen-saver.