Hansigne Lorenzen

In 1905, using the pen name Sven Tange, she published her first book Det kæmper et Folk (A People Do Battle) calling for her community to fight against German rule.

Together with her later Saa lægges den Sæd (Thus the Seed is Sown, 1911), they all address the need for maintaining Danish culture which she considered was not only threatened by the Germans but was also suffering from ethnic Danes who were beginning to disregard their national heritage.

[3] The attraction of Romanticism can be seen in this passage from Saa lægges den Sæd:[5] To the swaying melody of the waves, white-clad maidens danced in circles and sequences on the open beach; soft and muted, but sweetly alluring like the plucking of golden strings on a mermaid’s harp, their song faded away into the light, clear summer night.Published in 1911, her last novel Thøge is considered her most accomplished literary work.

Arveguld, a long poem about the discovery of the Golden Horns, was followed by the poetry collections Tider og Steder (Times and Places, 1927) and Ved Alfarvej (1928).

After reunification following the end of the First World War, in 1921 with the support of Queen Alexandine she was able to establish the Tønder Lacemaking Depository (Det Tønderske Kniplingsdepot).