Editing Jens Baggesen (section)

==Legacy==
Baggesen's many-sided talents achieved success in all forms of writing, but his [[Danish politics|political]], [[Danish philosophy|philosophical]], and [[literary criticism|critical]] works fell out of favor by the mid-19th century. His [[satire]] is marred by his egotism and passions, but his comic poems are deathless. His finished and elegant style was very influential on later [[Danish literature]], in which he is regarded as the major figure between [[Ludvig Holberg|Holberg]] and [[Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger|Oehlenschläger]]. His greatest success, however, has proven to be the simple song ''{{lang|da|Da Jeg Var Lille}}''<ref>{{citation |last=Baggesen |first=Jens |contribution=Da jeg var lille |contribution-url=http://www.kalliope.org/en/digt.pl?longdid=baggesen2001082701 |title=Samtlige Værker, ''Vol. I'' |date=1801 |url=http://www.kalliope.org/en/vaerktoc.pl?fhandle=baggesen&vhandle=1801 |language=da |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091254/http://www.kalliope.org/en/vaerktoc.pl?fhandle=baggesen&vhandle=1801 |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> ("There Was a Time when I Was Very Little")<ref>{{citation |contribution=There Was a Time when I Was Very Little |contribution-url=http://www.bartleby.com/library/poem/512.html |title=Library of the World's Best Literature |url=http://www.bartleby.com/library/ <!--|location=New York |publisher=Warner Library Co. |date=1917 |editor-last=Warner |editor-first=Charles Dudley -->}}</ref> which was known by heart among Danes a century after his death. It outlived all of his epics.<ref name="Gosse 1911"/>

There is a statue of Baggesen on Havnepladsen in [[Korsør]], unveiled on 6 May 1906 by Professor [[Vilhelm Andersen]]. The local [[Best Western]] hotel is also named after him.