Guided tour of Ole Lund Kirkegaard's quirky universe
At Royal Danish Library you can now get up close to a large number of Ole Lund Kirkegaard's illustrations from his treasured children's books.
On the tour you will meet Otto, Orla Frøsnapper, Gummi Tarzan and Hodja from Pjort – and many other well-known characters and creatures that populate Ole Lund Kirkegaard's stories.
You will gain insight into Ole Lund Kirkegaard's writing and how he helped change Danish children's literature.
And you'll have the opportunity to try out Topper's magic pencil for yourself!
About the exhibition
The library marks that one of Danish children's literature's most significant authors - Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940 - 1979) - would have turned 85 on 29 July, 2025.
The exhibition has been created in close collaboration with Ole Lund Kirkegaard's daughter Nana Bang Kirkegaard, who has generously made her father's illustrations available to the library.
All the exhibited illustrations have been digitised from Ole Lund Kirkegaard's original drawings.
Photo: Gitte Bomholt
Come on a guided tour of Ole Lund Kirkegaard's quirky universe
At Royal Danish Library you can now get up close to a large number of Ole Lund Kirkegaard's illustrations from his treasured children's books.
