Kjøbenhavnsposten

[1] Kjøbenhavnsposten was an oppositional newspaper that campaigned for a democratic constitution to replace the absolutist monarchy in Denmark.

The article is a concise version of a book review originally written in German by the journalist Franz Chassot von Florencourt [de].

Although the article is entirely about German affairs, there is no doubt that the message is aimed at the Danish political situation.

One of Hans Christian Andersen's first poems, Det døende Barn (the dying child) was published in the newspaper on 25 September 1827.

[2] Kjøbenhavnsposten would later on 13 May 1833 publish a parody of Hans Christian Andersen written by an anonymous author.