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1886 - At the age of 20, he was sent to jail for speaking freely about his concerns, which the local government officials did not care for.
1899 - He wrote the novel "Bondens Son" ("The Peasant's Son").
1904 - He wrote the novel "Vredens Born" ("Children of Wrath") which reveal his staunch social commitment.
1915 - He wrote the novel "Jens Langkniv", about a Danish highwayman becoming a guerrilla fighter against the Germans in the 1600s. Among his best known are the beloved Jeg er Havren ("I am the Oats"), Jens Vejmand, a tribute to the worn-out roadmender; Jutland (Engl. transl. by J. A. Peehl) and Historiens Sang ("The Song of History"). But also as a lyric he often shows himself an agitator writing battle songs for the working class.
1930 - He died in his farm on the 22nd of April in the year of 1930.
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