Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel dronningens vagtmester by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1658-1660. Svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, and his gønger who are disguised as swedish soldier has come to the gjorslev castle to free ib abelsøn who are held captured on the roof of the tower. The german captain esner in swedish service lets them come inside to a common supper. He gets a message however which exposes svend poulsen. But svend poulsen takes him prisoner and the two of them goes up in the tower. Here captain esner opens a hatch so that ib abelsøn can gets down. He thankfully hugs svend poulsen while captain esner looks at them. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679, at the right) was a real person but the story is fiction. The look of svend poulsen is also fantasy as there is no known portraits of him. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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