The Fairytaler

{{Short description|1998–2003 Danish animated television series}}

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| genre = Animation
Anthology
Fantasy
Adventure
Cartoon series

| creator =

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| writer = Hans Christian Andersen

| director = Jørgen Lerdam

| starring =

| voices = Henrik Koefoed
Ditte Gråbøl
Thomas Mørk
Søren Spanning
Kaya Brüel
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nicola Coughlan

| narrated = Henrik Koefoed

| country = Denmark
United Kingdom
Germany

| language = Danish
English
German

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 26 (31 segments)

| runtime = 25 min.

| company = Egmont Imagination

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| first_aired = {{start date|2002}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2003}}

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The Fairytaler ({{langx|da|Der var engang...}}) is a 2002 Danish animated television series based on the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |pages=104–105}} It was also the second anthology series adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's works right after Andersen Stories ended.

An English dub was eventually produced in later years.{{when|date=November 2022}}