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 are on their way from the gjorslev castle to isefjord with the noble people who are fleeing from the swedes. After a long ride they arrives at the hut of the fisherman david to stay for the night. Meanwhile ib abelsøn ib abelsøn is standing guard but the swedish colonel per leijon is passing by returning from a hunt. He wont leave so they fights. Ib abelsøn tries to lift per leijon without luck before the latter lifts the surprised ib abelsøn himself. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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