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1998–2003 Danish animated television series
The Fairytaler
GenreAnimation
Anthology
Fantasy
Adventure
Cartoon series
Written byHans Christian Andersen
Directed byJørgen Lerdam
Voices ofHenrik Koefoed
Ditte Gråbøl
Thomas Mørk
Søren Spanning
Kaya Brüel
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nicola Coughlan
Narrated byHenrik Koefoed
Country of originDenmark
United Kingdom
Germany
Original languagesDanish
English
German
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (31 segments)
Production
Running time25 min.
Production companyEgmont Imagination
Original release
Release2002 (2002) –
2003 (2003)

The Fairytaler (Danish: Der var engang...) is a 2002 Danish animated television series based on the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. It was also the second anthology series adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's works right after Andersen Stories ended.

An English dub was eventually produced in later years.

List of episodes

  1. The Little Mermaid
  2. The Emperor's New Clothes
  3. The Nightingale
  4. The Tinderbox
  5. The Ugly Duckling
  6. The Wild Swans
  7. The Hardy Tin Soldier
  8. The Travelling Companion
  9. The Swineherd
  10. The Flying Trunk
  11. The Beetle
  12. What the Old Man Does is Right
  13. The Galoshes of Fortune
  14. The Golden Treasure
  15. The Professor and the Flea
  16. The Fir-Tree
  17. The Snow Queen, Part 1
  18. The Snow Queen, Part 2
  19. The Snowman (half-long episode)
  20. The Bottleneck
  21. Thumbelina
  22. The Jumper (half-long episode)
  23. Jack The Fool
  24. It's Quite True (half-long episode)
  25. Ollie Shuteye (half-long episode)
  26. The Lovers (half-long episode)
  27. Little Ida's Flowers (half-long episode)
  28. The Princess and the Pea (half-long episode)
  29. The Gardener and the Family (half-long episode)
  30. Sausage Peg Soup (half-long episode)
  31. The Old Street Lamp (half-long episode)

Broadcast

Toonavision began broadcasting the series in Canada in 2022.

References

  1. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 104–105. ISBN 9781476672939.

External links

Hans Christian Andersen
Bibliography
Short story collections
Short stories
Novels
Plays, operas
Poems and songs
Other works
Works inspired by
Andersen's life and works
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