Gjøngehøvdingen 054 - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Dansk: Illustration af Poul Steffensen til Carit Etlars roman Gjøngehøvdingen, der foregår under den Første Karl Gustav-krig i 1657-1658. Kaptajn Manheimer, a tysk lejesoldat i den svenske hær, og gøngehøvdingen Svend Poulsen. Svend Poulsen giver sig ud for at være en graver, der fører Manheimer ned i gravkammeret under Vor Frue Kirke i Vordingborg. Svend Poulsen (ca. 1610 - ca. 1679) var en virkelig person, men historien er fiktion.
English: Illustration by Poul Steffensen from the Danish novel Gjøngehøvdingen by Carit Etlar which takes place during the Dano-Swedish War in 1657-1658. Captain Manheimer, a German mercenary hired by the Swedish Army, and Svend Poulsen, Gøngehøvdingen. Svend Poulsen pretends to be a sexton, who leads Manheimer down in the burial chamber of Vor Frue Kirke in Vordingborg. Svend Poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679) was a real person but the story is fiction.
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