ABSTRACT
The natural scientist Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851) was one of the most significant and influential personalities of his age and together with the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768-1844), the poet Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75), and the thinker Søren Kierkegaard, constituted the small handful of figures from the “Danish Golden Age” who achieved international and even world fame.
