The Ugly Duckling

1843 literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
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The Ugly Duckling
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The Ugly Duckling

Summary

The Ugly Duckling is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,062 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ugly Duckling authored Hans Christian Andersen[3].
  • The Ugly Duckling's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Ugly Duckling's genre is fairy tale[5].
  • The Ugly Duckling's Commons category is recorded as The Ugly Duckling[6].
  • The Ugly Duckling's language of work or name is recorded as Danish[7].
  • The Ugly Duckling's country of origin is recorded as Denmark[8].
  • The Ugly Duckling's catalog code is recorded as 432[9].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q41528864[10].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as The Ugly Duckling[11].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as The Ugly Duckling[12].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q111481587[13].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q111481590[14].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q111481591[15].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q111481588[16].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q111481589[17].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q111481595[18].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q111481596[19].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q98168254[20].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Q98168253[21].
  • The Ugly Duckling's has edition or translation is recorded as Kutshit hangsashabak o kharbbakayar bibaran[22].
  • The Ugly Duckling's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Ugly Duckling[23].
  • The Ugly Duckling's published in is recorded as New Fairy Tales. First Volume[24].
  • The Ugly Duckling's title is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Den grimme ælling'}[25].
  • The Ugly Duckling's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Brzydkie kaczątko'}[26].
  • The Ugly Duckling dates from the Romanticism[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ea4a426c-f516-4d20-a33a-184ef5090398[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Ugly Duckling authored Hans Christian Andersen[3].

Publication

The Ugly Duckling's language of work or name is recorded as Danish[7]. Its genre is fairy tale[5].

Material and Period

The Ugly Duckling dates from the Romanticism[27].

Cultural Impact

Things named for The Ugly Duckling include ugly duckling theorem[30], a theorem[31].

Why It Matters

The Ugly Duckling ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,062 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include ugly duckling theorem[30], a theorem[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . anylang.net. anylang.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wolnelektury.pl. wolnelektury.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'bar', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'en',
    Sitelink count → 61
    Derivative work → Sumikko Gurashi the Movie: The Unexpected Picture Book and the Secret Child
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  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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