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The Art of Scandinavia: 2/3 Once Upon a Time in Denmark

01/04/2017 GMT

Once Upon a Time in Denmark

The Art of Scandinavia

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Denmark becomes one of the greatest powers and arbiters of taste in northern Europe.

How Denmark became a great power and arbiter of taste in northern Europe, a story of transformation befitting the homeland of Hans Christian Andersen.

In episode two of Andrew Graham-Dixon's epic journey through Scandinavian art and landscape, Denmark emerges from modest beginnings to become one of the greatest powers and arbiters of taste in northern Europe, a story of transformation befitting the homeland of the greatest fairy-tale spinner of them all, Hans Christian Andersen, creator of The Ugly Duckling and The Emperor's New Clothes.

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Series in which Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of Scandinavia through its art.

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