You mean "how"? Because his childhood is exactly that, his childhood. If you do mean "how". He was living in the slums and his family was very poor. His mother was uneducated, and his half-sister was apparently a prostitute for a while. Supposedly. Anywho, his mother and half-sister both died. His mother of Alcoholism. You can infer from that how "great" his childhood was.
The parents of author Hans Christian Andersen (1805 -1875) earned their living by:
Father : wokring as a shoemaker
Mother : washing clothes for other people
he is best known for wrting plays, and scripts. he wrote the Original version of the little mermaid.
Odense.
Hans Christian Andersen used the pen name "Hans Christian".
Her name was Mary Andersen its actually Marie
Hans Christian Andersen is his full name, if you are looking for the really famous one.
His mother's name was Anne Marie Andersdatter.
The girl with the matches
The Ugly Duckling
Hans Christian Andersen never married. He led a solitary life with brief relationships but never entered into a formal marriage.
The skater in the Hans Christian Andersen story is typically referred to as simply "The Skater" or "The Snow Queen's Companion." He is a significant character who helps Gerda in her quest to find Kai.
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"The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling" are two fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen.
His full name is either not given or is simply "Sebastian". In the original story by Hans Christian Andersen, he is not a character.