Born in Stockholm her parents were businessman Bernt Maartman (1841–1889), whose family came from Bergen, Norway, and teacher Augusta Fahlstedt (1850–1915). Beskow studied Art Education at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, then called Tekniska skolan, or the Technical school, in Stockholm.[2]
She married former minister and social worker, doctor of theology Natanael Beskow in 1897. Elsa Beskow met her future husband at Djursholms samskola while serving as a teacher where he served as head master. From 1900 they lived in Villa Ekeliden in Djursholm which had initially been built for the author Viktor Rydberg. They had six sons, including the artist Bo Beskow (1906–1989) and geologist Gunnar Beskow (1901–1991).
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Poem
Sof du lilla vide ung,
än så är det vinter.
Än så sofva björk och ljung
ros och hyacinter.
Än så är det långt till vår,
innan rönn i blomning står.
Sof du lilla vide,
än så är det vinter.
Sleep, young little willow,
it is still winter.
Still the birches and heathers
roses and hyacinths are sleeping.
Still spring is far away,
before the rowans are in bloom.
Sleep, little willow,
it is still winter.
Legacy
The Elsa Beskow Award was created in 1958 to recognize the year's best Swedish picture book illustrator.[6]
Selected works
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References
- Anita Silvey (1995). Children's Books and Their Creators. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 59–. ISBN 0-395-65380-0.
Bibliography
- Hammar, Stina Elsa Beskow (1958)
- Håkansson, Gunvor Elsa Beskow och Astrid Lindgren (1967)'
- Sjögren, Margareta Elsa Beskow och hennes värld (1983)
Further reading
External links
- Elsa Beskow Biography at Floris Books, her English language publisher. English
- Site dedicated to Elsa Beskow. Swedish
- Elsa Beskow (JulimJournals) Archived 2012-12-24 at the Wayback Machine. German
- Works by or about Elsa Beskow at the Internet Archive
- Works by Elsa Beskow at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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- 1874 births
- 1953 deaths
- 20th-century Swedish women artists
- 20th-century Swedish artists
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- Swedish children's writers
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- Swedish women children's writers
- Swedish women children's book illustrators
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- Hammar, Stina Solägget: fantasi och verklighet Elsa Beskows konst (Bonnier, Stockholm 2002) ISBN 91-0-057914-9
- Björkman, Ivar; Djursholm – staden på landet (Djursholms Forntid och Framtid, 1982) ISBN /91-85549-00-2
- "Elsa Beskow". Credo.
- Ahlgren, Stig (1977). Insnöad: Läsning i blandade ämnen. Ystad: Rabén & Sjögren. p. 138. ISBN 9789129479195.
- Liukkonen, Petri. "Elsa Beskow". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010.
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- Tale of the Little Little Old Woman, 1897
- Children from Solbacka, 1898
- Peter in Blueberry Land, 1901
- Olle's ski trip, 1907
- Children of the Forest, 1910
- Pelle's New Suit, 1912
- Flower Festival in the Hill, 1914
- George's book, 1916
- Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender, 1918
- Little Lasse in the garden, 1920
- Baby Brother's sailing journey, 1921
- Bubble Muck, 1921
- Grandma's quilt, 1922
- Christopher's harvest time, 1923
- Aunt Brown's Birthday, 1925
- Jan and all his friends, 1928
- Hat Cottage, 1930
- Grandma and-down Light, 1930
- Around the year, 1931
- Buddy's Adventures in the Blueberry Patch, 1931
- The Sun Egg, 1932
- Woody, Hazel & Little Pip, 1939
- Talented Annika, 1941
- Uncle Blue's New Boat, 1942
- Peter and Lotta's Adventure, 1947
- Red bus, green car, 1952