Elsa (Frozen) of the song "Let It Go", with critics frequently calling her a "powerhouse". Attempts were made as early as 1937 by Walt Disney to adapt Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, "The Snow Queen", into a film. The tale focuses on two children, one named Gerda, who served as the basis for Princess Anna, and the other named Kai, who is "cursed with negativity" after his heart is pierced with a shard of glass from an enchanted mirror and is later kidnapped by the Snow Queen. However, Disney struggled with creating a believable, multi-dimensional adaption of the fairy tale's title character,
Statue of Hans Christian Andersen, Rosenborg Castle Gardens 70-years birthday. It was decided to launch a design competition. 10 artists submitted a total of 16 proposals in the competition. August Saabye, Theobald Stein, Otto Evens and Lauritz Prior went on to the second and final round of the competition. The other artists that participated in the competition were Louis Hasselriis, Cathinka Jenny Helene Kondrup, Peter Petersen, Christian Deichmann, Thielemann, Chr. Freund and Secher Malthe. The committee later ultimately selected Saabye's proposal as the winner. The monument was unveiled on 26 June 1880. Statue of Hans Christian Andersen, Rosenborg Castle Gardens The Statue of Hans Christian Andersen in Rosenborg