The Fairytaler (Danish: Der var engang...) is a 2002 Danish animated television series based on the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.^[1] It was also the second anthology series adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's works right after Andersen Stories ended.

An English dub was eventually produced in later years.^[when?]

List of episodes

1. The Little Mermaid
2. The Emperor's New Clothes
3. The Nightingale
4. The Tinderbox
5. The Ugly Duckling
6. The Wild Swans
7. The Hardy Tin Soldier
8. The Travelling Companion
9. The Swineherd
10. The Flying Trunk
11. The Beetle
12. What the Old Man Does is Right
13. The Galoshes of Fortune
14. The Golden Treasure
15. The Professor and the Flea
16. The Fir-Tree
17. The Snow Queen, Part 1
18. The Snow Queen, Part 2
19. The Snowman (half-long episode)
20. The Bottleneck
21. Thumbelina
22. The Jumper (half-long episode)
23. Jack The Fool
24. It's Quite True (half-long episode)
25. Ollie Shuteye (half-long episode)
26. The Lovers (half-long episode)
27. Little Ida's Flowers (half-long episode)
28. The Princess and the Pea (half-long episode)
29. The Gardener and the Family (half-long episode)
30. Sausage Peg Soup (half-long episode)
31. The Old Street Lamp (half-long episode)

Broadcast

Toonavision began broadcasting the series in Canada in 2022.