Gjøngehøvdingen 054, Poul Steffensen

Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel gjøngehøvdingen by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1657-1658. Captain manheimer, a german mercenary hired by the swedish army, and svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen. Svend poulsen pretends to be a sexton, who leads manheimer down in the burial chamber of vor frue kirke in vordingborg. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679) was a real person but the story is fiction. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..