# Kongstrup — Pelle the Conqueror character guide

> Kongstrup in Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fru Kongstrup

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

A wealthy landowner and his wife who interact with Pelle's family.

## In the story

### [Book I: Boyhood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/book-i-boyhood)

The farm owner or overseer, representing the authority and class divide at Stone Farm.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/ii)

The master of Stone Farm, portrayed as a large, seemingly good-natured man who drinks and manages the farm with a mix of kindness and manipulation.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xiv)

Kongstrup is not at home, but his wife (the mistress) is present and curses Stone Farm.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xvi)

Reads Hans Peter's elopement letter with theatrical humor, interferes to prevent Gustav from being forced to work, and leads a prank with a mustard plaster.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xix)

The master of Stone Farm, involved in a troubled marriage and a relationship with Jomfru Köller; later harms himself in a fit of delirium.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xx)

Sits wrapped up in the sun, expressionless, cared for by his wife who affectionately tends to him.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xxiii)

Kongstrup lies reading and eating cakes, gives Pelle a two-krone piece after confirmation.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xxiv)

Kongstrup and his wife are seen strolling arm-in-arm in the fields, discussing the crop.

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