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The first “golden age of children’s literature” in Sweden came at the beginning of the 20th century, and it is inseparable from the names of Selma Lagerlöf, Anna Wahlenberg, Helena Nyblom, and of course Elsa Beskow. Beskow not only wrote fairy tales for children, but was also an outstanding children’s […]
Elsa Beskow (1874–1953) was a Swedish children’s writer and illustrator of children’s books. She studied art history at the Faculty of Arts of the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. After the publication of her book Putte’s Adventures in the Blueberry Forest (Puttes äventyr i Blåbärsskogen) in 1901 — […]