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

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 anthems ...

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

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...

One Thousand and One Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...

. ''Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp'' is part of the Danish Culture Canon, maintained by the Danish Ministry of Culture.

External links

''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 {{1800s-play-stub