''Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp'' is a

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Adam Oehlenschläger Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (; 14 November 177920 January 1850) was a Danish poet and playwright. He introduced romanticism into Danish literature. He wrote the lyrics to the song ''Der er et yndigt land'', which is one of the national anthe ...

. The play was published in ''Poetiske Skrifter, bind 2'' from 1805. The play is based upon the story of

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; , , ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of the original ...

One Thousand and One Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' (, ), is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights'', from the first English-language edition ( ...

. ''Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp'' is part of the

Danish Culture Canon The Danish Culture Canon () consists of 108 works of cultural excellence in eight categories: architecture, visual arts, design, design and crafts, film, literature, music, performing arts, and children's culture. An initiative of Brian Mikkelsen i ...

, maintained by the

Danish Ministry of Culture The minister for culture of Denmark () is the Danish political minister office responsible for culture, head of the Ministry of Culture of Denmark. The political responsibility for culture, as well as church and education, was with the kultus ...

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''Aladdin, eller Den forunderlige Lampe'' in the Archive for Danish literature

Omtale af ''Aladdin, eller Den forunderlige Lampe'' in the Danish Culture Canon
Plays by Adam Oehlenschläger Danish Culture Canon 19th-century Danish plays 1805 plays Plays set in deserts {{1800s-play-stub