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Saxo's work is an important primary source for the study of Scandinavian myths and legends as well as a lively account of Danish history up to the author's own time. Other medieval literary works include the Danish ballads, recorded since the 16th century by aristocratic ladies in their manuscript albums.
This category contains general survey articles on broad periods of Danish language literature in Denmark and on the history of other literatures of Denmark. There are separate categories for literary movements and other more detailed topics.
Svend Hersleb Grundtvig (9 September 1824, Copenhagen – 14 July 1883, Frederiksberg) was a Danish literary historian and ethnographer. He was one of the first systematic collectors of Danish traditional music, and he was especially interested in Danish folk songs. He began the large project of editing Danish ballads.
Category: Danish literature. 59 languages. Anarâškielâ ... History of literature in Denmark (6 C) M. Literary magazines published in Denmark (10 P)
Vilhelm Rasmus Andreas Andersen (16 October 1864 – 3 April 1953) was a Danish author, literary historian and intellectual, who primarily focused on the study of Danish literature. He was one of the first to use the term " Golden Age of Culture " to refer to the 1800s, and his focus on bringing Danish literature to the public earned him great ...
The Danish language developed during the Middle Ages out of Old East Norse, the common predecessor of Danish and Swedish.It was a late form of common Old Norse.The Danish philologist Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen divided the history of Danish into "Old Danish" from 800 AD to 1525 and "Modern Danish" from 1525 and onwards.
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De la ligue hanséatique, 1805.. Paul Henri Mallet (20 August 1730 – 8 February 1807) was a Genevan writer and historian. He is best known for his Introduction to the History of Denmark, first translated into English by Thomas Percy as Northern Antiquities, which included the first translation into French of the medieval Edda.