.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Danish. (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Danish Wikipedia article at [[:da:Kongens Fald]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ((Translated|da|Kongens Fald)) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.
Cover of a 1906 Swedish version of the book

The Fall of the King (Danish: Kongens Fald) is a novel by Danish author Johannes V. Jensen, published in three parts from 1900 to 1901. It tells the story of Mikkel Thøgersen and the social entanglements which bring him into the service of king Christian II of Denmark.

Summary

The Death of Spring (Foraarets Død)

Begins at around 1497 and ends with the defeat of the Danish army at Dithmarschen in 1500.

The Great Summer (Den store Sommer)

Takes place twenty years later, from the Stockholm Bloodbath in 1520 to the fall of the king in 1523.

The Winter (Vinteren)

The third and last part opens twelve years after, at the time of the Count's Feud in 1536, and ends at Mikkel's death.

Critical acclaim

The Fall of the King was named best Danish novel of the 20th century by the newspapers Politiken and Berlingske Tidende, independently of each other, in 1999 [1] and was in 2006 included in the controversial Culture Canon published by the Ministry for Culture. On this list of significant Danish works of art, The Fall of the King was ranked alongside works by Hans Christian Andersen, Søren Kierkegaard, Karen Blixen and others.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Århundredes danske bog". litteraturpriser.dk. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  2. ^ "Kulturministeriet: Siden blev ikke fundet (404)". kulturministeriet.dk. Retrieved 2014-08-08.

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