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 there to free him. The german captain esner in swedish service believes that they are real soldiers and let them come in. He leads them to a common supper in the dining hall and the swedish trumpeter blows a march while the others walks inside. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679, in the middle) 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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