 The first translation of Kierkegaard into French was published in 1886 by Johannes Gøtzsche, with a preface by the theologian Hans-Peter Kofoed-Hansen.The work translated was "Two Minor Ethical-Religious Essays" ().Subsequent translations of Kierkegaard into French include those produced by Paul Petit, who produced a French translation of the "Concluding Unscientific Postscript" in 1941, as well as a translation of the "Philosophical Fragments", published posthumously in 1947.