Hand-painted greeting cards · Since the family began

Fairytale cards with H.C. Andersen motifs.
Hand-painted in watercolour.
Printed with care. Now with booklet and audiobook.

Twenty of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved tales, illustrated by Marius Guldager and printed as greeting cards. Each one comes with a booklet containing the story itself and the corresponding audiobook.

The Collection

Twenty fairytales

  • Thumbelina

    A girl no bigger than her mother's thumb sets out to find a companion.

  • The Princess and the Pea

    A prince searching the world for a truly real princess.

  • The Little Mermaid

    Far out in the deep blue, the Sea King's youngest dreams of the world above.

  • The Fir Tree

    A small tree so eager to grow up that it forgets the forest around it.

  • The Ugly Duckling

    An awkward little bird who turns out to be something else entirely.

  • The Steadfast Tin Soldier

    Twenty-five tin brothers, and one with only a single leg.

  • The Little Match Girl

    On the last evening of the year, a barefoot girl strikes one small flame after another.

  • Clumsy Hans

    A country lad who rides off to win a princess with little more than wit.

  • The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep

    Two porcelain figures escape an old carved chest.

  • The Elf Mound

    Lizards, trolls and gnomes gather for a most unusual evening.

  • The Tinderbox

    A soldier, a witch, and three enormous dogs with very wide eyes.

  • What the Old Man Does Is Always Right

    A husband sent to market, trading his way through the day.

  • The Emperor's New Clothes

    An emperor, two weavers, and a small voice in the crowd.

  • It's Quite True!

    A small feather in the henhouse becomes, by morning, the talk of the town.

  • The Nightingale

    A small grey bird whose song moves an emperor more than any jewelled machine.

  • The Goblin at the Grocer's

    A little goblin torn between the grocer's warm porridge and the enchanting light of poetry.

  • The Snowman

    A snowman gazes longingly at the warm glow of a stove he can never reach.

  • The Swineherd

    A prince in disguise learns what a princess will trade for a clever toy.

  • Little Ida's Flowers

    A little girl learns that flowers, too, slip away to dance the night through.

  • In a Thousand Years

    A future age when travellers cross oceans on wings of cloud to glimpse old Europe.