Elsa Beskow

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Elsa Beskow

Elsa Beskow (née Maartman) (11 February 1874 – 30 June 1953) was a Swedish

Swedish people

Swedes are people from Sweden or of Swedish decent. Unlike the United States, United Kingdom, and Australian Censuses, Statistics Sweden does not classify the Swedish population by race or ethnicity....
author and illustrator of children's books.

Beskow is the most well known of all Swedish children's book artists and her books are continually reprinted. Many of her books are classics.

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Elsa Beskow (née Maartman) (11 February 1874 – 30 June 1953) was a Swedish

Swedish people

Konstfack

Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden....
(then called Tekniska skolan, or the Technical school) in Stockholm. She married the multi-talented Natanael Beskow

Natanael Beskow

Fredrik Natanael Beskow was a Sweden theologian and school headmaster, married to the children's book author Elsa Beskow. He was also active as a preacher, writer, artist, pacifism and social activist....
in 1893. They had six sons, one of whom was the painter Bo Beskow.

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. In Swedish. Includes many illustrations.