He was born in Vesterbro, then a suburb of Copenhagen. His father, Joachim Conrad Oehlenschläger (1748–1827) was at that time organist of Frederiksberg Church and … See more

Adam Oehlenschläger married Christiane Georgine Elisabeth Heger (1782-1841) in 1810. She was the sister of Kamma Rahbek See more

• In 1829 he was publicly laurel-crowned in Lund Cathedral as the "king of Nordic Poetry" and the "Scandinavian King of Song" by Esaias Tegnér, Bishop of the Diocese of Växjö (1782–1846).
• On his seventieth birthday (14 November 1849) a public … See more

Adam Oehlenschläger was one of the principal pioneers of the romantic movement in Europe. With the exception of Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), no Danish writer before 1870 … See more

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References
Sources
• Beaumont, Antony (1985). Busoni the Composer. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-13149-2.
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