Editing Adam Oehlenschläger (section)

==Legacy==
[[Image:Oehlenschlaeger and Tegner.jpg|right|thumb|''Oehlenschläger crowned with laurel by Tegner at Lund Cathedral''  <br /> by Constantin Hansen (1866)]]
Adam Oehlenschläger was one of the principal pioneers of the [[romantic movement]] in Europe.
With the exception of [[Ludvig Holberg]] (1684–1754), no Danish writer before 1870 has exercised so wide an influence. 
His work awoke among his countrymen an enthusiasm for the poetry and religion of their ancestors. 
He supplied his countrymen with romantic tragedies at a time when all eyes were turned to the stage. 
His plays fulfilled the stage requirements of the day, and were popular beyond all expectation. 
He performed to an extent that his name remains to this day synonymous with Scandinavian romance.
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The earliest are the best: Oehlenschlager's dramatic masterpiece being his first tragedy, ''Hakon Jarl''.  Although his inspiration came from Germany, he is not much like a German poet, except when he is consciously following Goethe; his analogy is rather to be found among English poets than his contemporaries. {{refn|group=note|name=first}}