Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel dronningens vagtmester by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1658-1660. The chicken boy palle has told svend poulsen, gøngegøvdingen, how ib abelsøn has been captured by the swedish soldiers at the gjorslev castle. Svend poulsen and his gønger who are disguised as swedish soldier themselve then goes to free him. When they arrives they are greeted by the german captain esner in swedish service. Captain esner is surprised by their arrival but svend poulsen tells him that he and his recruits has been out hunting gøngehøvdingen. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679) 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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