7 Real Figures Behind The Disney Princess Tales

4. Elsa - Jenny Lind

Frozen, tells the story of Elsa the queen of ice which is an adaptation of the fairy tale Snow Queen written by Hans Christian Andersen (although almost a whole story is different).

Andersen wrote the fairy tale Snow Queen and Nightingale with a Swedish opera singer, Jenny Lind as a major inspiration. Andersen acquainted with Lind in 1840 and fell in love with her. According to Carole Rosen, Andersen base figure of Snow Queen, the snow queen of ice-cold-hearted Lind after the woman refused his love.

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