seventieth birthday (14 November 1849) a public festival was arranged in his honor. He was decorated by the king of Denmark as a Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Dannebrog. Footnotes Notes References Sources Further reading Andersen, Vilhelm (1899). Adam Oehlenschläger, et livs poesi (København, Nordiske forlag). External links Oehlenschläger, author presentation in Project Runeberg Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp, by Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, William Blackwood & Sons, 1863 1779 births 1850 deaths 18th-century Danish poets Danish male poets 18th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights National anthem writers University of Copenhagen alumni 19th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights People from Copenhagen Opera librettists Danish people of German descent Rectors of the University of Copenhagen Danish male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Danish poets 19th-century male writers Coppet group Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog 18th-century male writers