page_title: Hans Christian Ørsted
hierarchical_section_title: Hans Christian Ørsted
context_page_description: Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist. He is best known for discovering a relationship between electricity and magnetism, a field now known as electromagnetism.
  Ørsted discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. Oersted's law and the oersted are named after him. He also discovered that aluminium was an element.
  Ørsted was also a writer and poet. His poetry series Luftskibet was inspired by the balloon flights of his physicist friend, Étienne-Gaspard Robert.
context_section_description: Hans Christian Ørsted (14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851) was a Danish physicist and chemist. He is best known for discovering a relationship between electricity and magnetism, a field now known as electromagnetism.
  Ørsted discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. Oersted's law and the oersted (Oe) are named after him. He also discovered that aluminium was an element.
  Ørsted was also a writer and poet. His poetry series Luftskibet ("Airship") was inspired by the balloon flights of his physicist friend, Étienne-Gaspard Robert.
caption: A statue of Hans Christian Ørsted in a park in Copenhagen
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