The novel was first published in the calendar Aurora in 1857, with the subtitle "Romantic fairytale poem" ("Romantisk sagodikt").
In 1865 the novel was first published as a book but with a reworked happy ending.
The novel was adapted first as an opera in 1940 by Gunnar de Frumerie, then as a film as Singoalla in 1949.
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