shares the position of being the national anthem of Denmark (the other is Oehlenschläger's "There is a lovely Land"). The two plays Balders Død and Fiskerne were put in music by composer Johann Hartmann. Prose Ewald's main prose work was the unfinished autobiography Levnet og Meninger ("Life and Opinions", written 1774–78, published 1804–08). It deals with the young Ewald's infatuation with Arendse and his escape to military life. See also Johannes Ewald and Johan Hermann Wessel Memorial References Note External links 1743 births 1781 deaths 18th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights Danish male poets Danish male dramatists and playwrights 18th-century Danish poets 18th-century male writers University of Copenhagen alumni Burials at Trinitatis Church