Helhesten (Danish: The Hell-Horse) was an arts and literary magazine which was published between 1941 and 1944 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
[1] Helhesten was first published in Copenhagen in April 1941 during the Nazi occupation of the city.
[3] The founders of Helhesten were Asger Jorn, a painter, and Robert Dahlmann, an architect.
[2] Its main contributors who were supporters of German expressionism, dada and surrealism included Ejler Bille, Henry Heerup, Egill Jacobsen and Carl-Henning Pedersen.
[1] It mostly featured articles on art theory, non-Western work, literature, poetry, film, architecture, and photography in addition to the reviews of art exhibitions and biographies of Danish artists.