Quick Facts
- Born:
- Nov. 9, 1542, Vejle, Den.
- Died:
- Feb. 13, 1616, Ribe (aged 73)
- Notable Works:
- “Et hundrede udvalde danske viser”
- “Gesta Danorum”
- Subjects Of Study:
- folk song
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Anders Sørensen Vedel
Danish historian
Anders Sørensen Vedel (born Nov. 9, 1542, Vejle, Den.—died Feb. 13, 1616, Ribe) was a Danish historian and ballad collector who translated the Gesta Danorum of the medieval historian Saxo Grammaticus from Latin into Danish (1575).
Vedel was a clergyman at the royal court. In 1591 he published his Et hundrede udvalde danske viser, a collection of 100 medieval Danish folk songs and ballads. Based on oral and manuscript sources, it was the earliest printed collection and remains a principal source of Danish ballads. It was enlarged and republished in 1695 by Peder Syv.
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