A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow

Elsa Beskow (née Maartman) (11 February 1874 – 30 June 1953) was a Swedish 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. Beskow also illustrated ABC books and songbooks for Swedish schools.

Beskow studied Art Education at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (then called Tekniska skolan, or the Technical school) in Stockholm^[1]. She married the multi-talented Natanael Beskow in 1893. They had six sons, one of whom was the painter Bo Beskow.

[edit] References

1. ^ Björkman, Ivar; Konstfack 2006-07, Stockholm 2006. ISBN /91-85549-00-2, ISBN /978-91-85549-00-9

[edit] External links

• A site dedicated to Elsa Beskow. In Swedish. Includes many illustrations.

Little älvor (Scandinavian elves), playing with Tomtebobarnen - illustration from Children of the Forest (1910).

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