Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel gjøngehøvdingen by carit etlar which takes place during and after the dano-swedish war in 1657-1658. Svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, the lady-in-waiting julie parsberg and captain kai lykke. Svend poulsen has been on his way to visit his beloved julie parsberg but is taken by surprise when he see her together with kai lykke. He keeps his harm back however and greets them as they pass by. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679) and kai lykke (1625-1699) were real persons 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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