Elsa Beskow

Elsa Beskow (née Maartman; 11 February 1874 – 30 June 1953) was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books.

[1] Born in Stockholm her parents were businessman Bernt Maartman (1841–1889), whose family came from Bergen, Norway, and Augusta Fahlstedt (1850–1915).

Her work "depicted a happy home atmosphere in the Swedish countryside of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

"[3] Sof du lilla vide ung, än så är det vinter.

Än så är det långt till vår, innan rönn i blomning står.

The Elsa Beskow Award was created in 1958 to recognize the year's best Swedish picture book illustrator.

Poem Illustrated by Elsa Beskow about trees in winter (early 1900s, Nationalmuseum Stockholm.)
Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender artwork in the Stockholm subway