Background
Aarestrup was born in Copenhagen, and died in Odense.
Aarestrup was born in Copenhagen, and died in Odense.
He graduated in 1827 majoring in medicine.
Although not recognized in his own time, he is now widely considered one of the most influential Danish poets and is still read in Denmark today. Normally his poetry is regarded an important precondition of the great symbolist lyric Sophus Claussen.
