THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL

Let fairy tales live on through original stories made of wood. In 2021, the Hans Christian Andersen’s House museum opened in Odense, marking the start of a collaboration between the museum and Kay Bojesen Denmark. This has resulted in new interpretations of the beloved characters from these world-famous fairy tales rooted in Kay Bojesen’s universe of original stories made of wood. The Nightingale, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, and the Sandman were the first to move onto the shelves of the museum shop in Odense – as well as into your local design store. Now, the Little Match Girl has also found her way into the warmth. In Kay Bojesen’s interpretation, The Little Match Girl is dressed in a hood that goes down over her shoulders. The patches on her dress and apron have subtle colours to emphasise her poverty. Her warm smile, together with a gentle and innocent expression, are born from the beautiful experiences she sees when glancing into the light of the flames, where on a cold New Year’s Eve she awakens her imagination with some fantastic dream visions filled with joy and security.