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Lena Anderson (born 27 May 1939) is a Swedish children's book illustrator and author.

Anderson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1939. She first gained international success for her illustrations in the 1985 picture book Linnea in Monet's Garden, which was translated into English in 1987. The book, which she made with Christina Björk, took five years to finish. She has worked on multiple other books with writer Christina Björk, including a series of children's stories with the character Linnea.

Anderson mainly draws nature-based illustrations. Her work draws from traditional Swedish picture book styles, similar to that of Elsa Beskow's work.

Selected works

Illustrator

• Linnea Planterar ("Linnea's Windowsill Garden") (1978; English trans., 1988), by Christina Björk
• Linnea in Monet's Garden (1985; English trans., 1987)
• Linnea's Almanac (1985; English trans., 1989), by Christina Björk

Author and illustrator

• Majas alfabet ("Maja's Alphabet") (1984)
• Stina (1988; English trans., 1989)
• Bunny Party (1989)
• Stina's Visit (1989; English trans., 1991)
• ABC, sa lilla t ("ABC, Said Little T") (1994)
• Tea for Ten (1998; English trans., 2000)
• Tick-Tock (1998)

Awards

In 1984, Anderson won the Elsa Beskow-plaketten [sv]. She received the Rabén & Sjögren's illustrator scholarship [sv] in 1984. In 1988, Anderson won the Astrid Lindgren Prize along with Christina Björk. Also in 1988, Linnea in Monet's Garden received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Children's Literature Award) in the children's book category.

Anderson was awarded the Illis quorum medal by the Government of Sweden on 13 July 2023.

References

1. "Lena Anderson - Lupo Guido".
2. ^ "Barnboksillustratören Lena Anderson ställer ut på Millesgården" (in Swedish). Boktugg. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
3. ^ Nikolajeva, Maria (2006). "Anderson, Lena". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514656-1.
4. ^ Westin, Boel (1996). Children's Literature in Sweden. Swedish Institute. p. 58. ISBN 91-520-0384-1. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
5. Graeber, Laurel (20 March 1998). "Family Fare: Linnea's Day With Monet". The New York Times. p. E43. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
6. ^ Westin 1996, pg. 60
7. "Swedish children's Literature". sweden.se. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
8. ^ Holton, Barbara (1993). From Loraxes to Thoraxes: Science Programs for Children in Libraries. ERIC (Education Resources Information Center). pp. 41–42.
9. Bereiter, Carl (1995). Collections for Young Scholars. Open Court Publishing Company. pp. 5, 7. ISBN 0-8126-3248-6. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
10. "Bunny Party". Publishers Weekly. 27 February 1989. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
11. "Tick-Tock". Publishers Weekly. 1 June 1998. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
12. "ANNONS: Lena Anderson ställer ut på Millesgården – köp hennes älskade motiv här". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-05-10.
13. "Priser i Astrids namn". astridlindgren.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
14. "Linnéa im Garten des Malers". jugendliteratur.org (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
15. "Regeringen tilldelar Lena Anderson, Christofer Murray och Carola Häggkvist medaljen Illis quorum meruere labores". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). Regeringen och Regeringskansliet. 2023-07-13. Archived from the original on 2023-07-15. Retrieved 2023-07-15.

External links

• Examples of Lena Anderson's illustrations from Cultivating Home

• Living people
• Artists from Stockholm
• Swedish women children's writers
• Swedish children's writers
• 20th-century Swedish artists
• Swedish children's book illustrators
• Swedish women children's book illustrators
• 20th-century Swedish women writers
• 21st-century Swedish artists
• 21st-century Swedish women writers
• 1939 births
• Writers from Stockholm
• Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize