Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel gjøngehøvdingen by carit etlar which takes place during og efter the dano-swedish war in 1657-1658. Svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, and the copenhagen mayor hans nansen in the timuli which serves as svend poulsens hideout. Svend poulsen reads a letter hans nansen has gotten from king frederik iii saying that the reader should help hans nansen. Hans nansen adds that the king has recommended svend poulsen to help with bringing money to copenhagen through the swedish lines. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679) and hans nansen (1598-1667) were real persons but the story is fiction. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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