Feb 24, 2024 · The historical epic drama ‘The Promised Land’ introduces us to Ludvig Kahlen, a retired soldier with a burning ambition in his heart. He seeks to cultivate the Jutland heath, a barren and inhospitable landscape, hoping to gain a …

work already mentioned, calls the writers explorers. They are the ‘Livingstones’ of their time – they set out into the dark undiscovered regions of Jutland, into ‘the desert’ as the Heath is often called, and, like anthropologists, describe the special nature and culture they meet as they go. To be able to do this, they have to alie

The heath is the Jutlanders’ special place, perhaps the very Jutland topos, the basic symbol of the idea of “exploring Jutland” that is depicted and presented in, among other works, Steen Bo Frandsen’s abovementioned Opdagelsen af Jyl-land (Frandsen 1996).

The Jutland heath was, in a certain sense, created by Danish writers. It was writers such as Steen Steensen Blicher, Meir Goldschmidt, hans Christian Andersen, Jeppe Aakjær, and Johannes V. Jensen who, in their literary depictions, gave the heath a voice, image, and form that made it accessible as a place of experience for their own and future ...

For centuries, the Jutland peninsula in Denmark was covered by heathland. From the end of the eighteenth century, the heath and its few residents were described to the middle classes in Copenhagen as 'Denmark's wilderness'. The heath was …

Feb 15, 2024 · Kahlen’s mission to grow potatoes in the infertile heath on the Jutland peninsula – to make a garden in the wilderness – triggers an attritional war with the jumped-up lordling Frederik Schinkel, who claims that he, not King Frederick II, owns the land.

Discover the story of Jutland's transformation after 1864. From heathlands to agricultural revolution with shelterbelts, the Heath Society, and new technology. Visit MARK Museum and explore how history shaped the present.

Jan 1, 2016 · For centuries, the Jutland peninsula in Denmark was covered by heathland. From the end of the eighteenth century, the heath and its few residents were described to the middle classes in...

Frandsen, J. N. (2018). The Jutland Heath as a Literary Place of Inheritance: Hans Christian Andersen, St. St. Blicher, and Jeppe Aakjær. The Bridge, 41 (2), 91-108.

By Johs. Nørregaard Frandsen. This article examines a number of texts that were central to the construction of the Jutland heath as literary place of inheritance.