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About Christen Christian Larsen
- Christen Christian Larsen was a cripple and vagabond from Himmerland, Denmark, who had the nickname Tordenkalven (English: Thunder calf).
- His mother was Maren Christensdatter and his father, Lars Sørensen, a house servant.
- He is especially known through Johannes V.
- Jensen's story about him.
- Tordenkalven was born outside marriage on 12 September 1816 at Stenildvad in Aars parish.
- The family was very poor and he began to beg him for the family when he was only seven.
- After his confirmation he was employed on several farms.
- He was known for his enormous strength.
- When called up, he joined the infantry, but after two days in service he was discarded.
- During his appointment at the manor house Lundbæk at Nibe, he rode a horse, but it threw him off and he broke his leg.
- An incorrect coagulation of the femur crippled him and he went around on crutches as a tramp until his death in 1891.
- Tordenkalven died on December 5, 1891 at Søren in Veggerby near Nørre Tranders.
- He was buried at Nørre Tranders Church where a large granite stone carved by sculptor Carlo Vognsen stands as his memorial.He is described in one of Johannes V.
- Jensen's short story collections about Himmerland and a photograph of Tordenkalven can be seen on the cover of Gyldendal's 1995 edition.
- Based on the story, Kirstine Brøndum wrote Tordenkalven published in 2002 by Samlerens Forlag.
- Johannes V.
- Jensen mentions that Tordenkalven also had the nicknames Klodden, Fylseplagen and Vædderlammet.
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