How Hans Christian Andersen amused his little friends: A scrap-screen made by the great stroy-teller. The screen was made of cuttings from illustrated papers. The cutting is made in the last year of the autors life. It is now in the Andersen Museum, the author's birthplace in Odense, Denmark. 1908 The year of 2005 is the 200-year anniversary for Hans Christian Andersen's birth. Due to this there will be a global celebration to remember and honour the Danish author.