Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel dronningens vagtmester by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1658-1660. Svend poulsen, gøngehøvdingen, and his gønger who are disguised as swedish soldier has come to the gjorslev castle to free the captured ib abelsøn. The german captain esner in swedish service lets them come inside to a common supper. He gets a message and leaves the ding hall but svend poulsen follows him. Captain esner has become aware that svend poulsen is at the castle and after some acting between the two of them svend poulsen exposes himself and takes captain esner as a prisoner. Svend poulsen (app. 1610 - app. 1679, at the left) 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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