Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Collection

Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales and short stories have enchanted and inspired children and adults for generations! Written in the 1800s, many of his amazing fairy tales and stories are still just as popular today as they were back then!

With over 150 fairy tales, including favorites like “The Little Mermaid,” “The Ugly Duckling“, “The Snow Queen“, “The Princess And The Pea” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes“, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales are known for their adventure, fantastical creatures, and deeper themes and messages that still resonate with people today.

Here you will find a collection of Hans Christian Andersen’s most popular fairy tales that you can download in PDF format or read online if you prefer.

But first…

About Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author who was born on the 2nd of April 1805. And although he wrote many plays, novels, and poems he is most well known for his amazing fairy tales, many of which you can find here!

Hans Chrisitan Andersen was born into a poor family and his father passed away when he was very young. He had a difficult personal life and struggled with relationships. It is also said that he battled with anxiety and depression over the years with many of his fairy tales reflecting his personal experiences and challenges.

You will notice that in many of his fairy tales, there is often a sense of longing for acceptance and finding a place to call home.

As an example, in “The Ugly Duckling”, the duckling is teased and shunned because he is different until eventually, after a long and hard struggle, he finds acceptance with swans who see him as one of their own.

Despite Hans Christian Andersen’s many personal struggles he was determined to succeed and since then has become one of the most well-known storytellers in history! His stories have been translated into over 125 different languages and the themes and messages they carry seem to resonate with people from all walks of life.

Hans Christian Anderson’s Fairy Tales PDF Books

Our collection of fairy tales includes some of Andersen’s most well-known short stories and fairy tales. You can download each story book in PDF format which you can easily print if you would like to. Alternatively, you can also read each story online.

So far we have the following Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales in our collection:

• The Ice Maiden
• The Little Match Girl
• Thumbelina
• The Princess And The Pea
• The Snow Queen
• The Emperors New Clothes
• The Little Mermaid
• The Ugly Duckling

Find a list of Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, at the bottom of this page.

A List of Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Anderson wrote 156 fairy tales that have been translated into over 125 languages. I wasn’t able to find a complete list that was accurate so I created my own list with stories taken from the following books: Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales (Second Series), Andersen’s Fairy Tales.

If there are any particular fairy tales in this list that you would like me to create a PDF book for, please let me know in the comments section below!

• A Cheerful Temper
• A Great Grief
• A Leaf from Heaven
• A Rose from Homer’s Grave
• A Story
• A Story from the Sand-hills
• Anne Lisbeth
• Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind
• Buckwheat
• By the Almshouse Window
• Children’s Prattle
• Delaying is not Forgetting
• Everything in the Right Place
• Grandmother
• Holger Danske
• Ib and Little Christina
• In a Thousand Years
• In the Nursery
• In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea
• Jack the Dullard
• Little Claus and Big Claus
• Little Ida’s Flowers
• Little Tiny or Thumbelina
• Little Tuk
• Ole the Tower-keeper
• Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream God
• Our Aunt
• Poultry Meg’s Family
• She was Good for Nothing
• Something
• Soup from a Sausage Skewer
• The Angel
• The Beetle who went on his Travels
• The Bell
• The Bell-deep
• The Bird of Popular Song
• The Bishop of Borglum and his Warriors
• The Bottle Neck
• The Brave Tin Soldier
• The Buckwheat
• The Butterfly
• The Child in the Grave
• The Daisy
• The Darning-Needle
• The Dream of Little Tuk
• The Drop of Water
• The Dryad
• The Dumb Cook
• The Elderbush
• The Elf of the Rose
• The Elfin Hill
• The Emperor’s New Clothes
• The False Collar
• The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock
• The Fir Tree
• The Flax
• The Flying Trunk
• The Garden of Paradise
• The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf
• The Goblin and the Huckster
• The Golden Treasure
• The Goloshes of Fortune
• The Happy Family
• The Ice Maiden
• The Jewish Maiden
• The Jumper
• The Last Dream of the Old Oak
• The Last Pearl
• The Leap-Frog
• The Little Elder-tree Mother
• The Little Match Girl
• The Little Mermaid
• The Loveliest Rose in the World
• The Mail-coach Passengers
• The Marsh King’s Daughter
• The Metal Pig
• The Money-box
• The Naughty Boy
• The Neighbouring Families
• The Nightingale
• The Old Bachelor’s Nightcap
• The Old Church Bell
• The Old Grave-stone
• The Old House
• The Old Street Lamp
• The Pea Blossom
• The Pen and the Inkstand
• The Philosopher’s Stone
• The Phoenix Bird
• The Porter’s Son
• The Portuguese Duck
• The Princess and the Pea
• The Psyche
• The Puppet-show Man
• The Races
• The Real Princess
• The Red Shoes
• The Saucy Boy
• The Shadow
• The Shepherdess And The Chimney Sweep
• The Shepherdess and the Sheep
• The Shepherd’s Story of the Bond of Friendship
• The Shirt-collar
• The Shoes of Fortune
• The Silver Shilling
• The Snail and the Rose-tree
• The Snow Man
• The Snow Queen
• The Snowdrop
• The Storks
• The Storm Shakes the Shield
• The Story of a Mother
• The Story of the Wind
• The Story of the Year
• The Sunbeam and the Captive
• The Swan’s Nest
• The Swineherd
• The Teapot
• The Thistle’s Experiences
• The Thorny Road of Honor
• The Tinder-box
• The Toad
• The Top and Ball
• The Travelling Companion
• The Ugly Duckling
• The Wicked Prince
• The Wild Swans
• The Will-o-the-Wisp in the Town, Says the Wild Woman
• The Windmill
• There is no Doubt about it
• Two Brothers
• Two Maidens
• Under the Willow Tree
• What Happened To The Thistle
• What One Can Invent
• What The Goodmand Does Is Always Right
• What the Moon Saw
• What the Old Man Does is Always Right

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