Hilding Mickelsson (21 February 1919 – 11 January 2002) was a Swedish photographer and author, focused on documenting and preserving the nature, wildlife and cultural heritage in his home region Hälsingland.

At the end of the 1940s, he decided to focus on photography, after doing different jobs in his youth; among others, he worked as a consultant for the Rural Economy and Agricultural Society (Hushållningssällskapet).

He started with presentations after publishing his first book in 1954, and did so for decades: He showed his diapositives, explained the motives and their history and even imitated the depicted birds.

Industrialization and urbanization changed rural Sweden in the second half of the 20th century; with the development of intensive agriculture, farms grew bigger and artificial fertilizers began to have an increasing impact on the environment.

He explored villages systematically by bike, talked to locals, and thoroughly documented the typical paintings on the farmhouses' wooden walls.

[4] In his photographs of landscapes, houses and wildlife, he balanced esthetics and documentation – he sometimes also arranged motives and edited his images manually, on the kitchen table.

She managed the life of the family, including the two sons, even in times when money was scarce or Hilding Mickelsson travelled for months for his lectures.

"[4] In 1999, the year she died, he was quoted in a newspaper article: "Without Adéle, it wouldn't have been possible, she supported me and found solutions when money was tight.