Andersen was played by Joachim Gottschalk in the German film The Swedish Nightingale (1941), which portrays his relationship with the singer Jenny Lind.
Andersen foi interpretado por Joachim Gottschalk no filme alemán Die schwedische Nachtigall (O reiseñor sueco) (1941), que narra a relación de Andersen coa cantante Jenny Lind.