Photo: Leif Hansen
Ilon Wikland
Ilon Wikland is a Swedish artist who has illustrated the largest number of Astrid Lindgren’s books. In 1944, Wiklund escaped the second Soviet occupation of Estonia with a classmate’s family and arrived in Sweden as a refugee. Almost a decade later, she met the author of Pippi Longstocking, who was about to publish Mio My Son, the story of a boy adopted by a couple who dislike children. While Astrid Lidgren often observed that she wrote for her inner child, Wikland said she drew for the child within herself.
Her drawings are characterised by clear, clean lines and colours, and often reflect a warm, idealistic sense of childhood. However, darkness is never far away. She has illustrated The Six Children of Noisy Village, The Brothers Lionheart, Ronia the Robber’s Daughter, and many picture books by Lindgren and other writers.
Books
Vi har så roligt när det är jul. Astrid Lindgrens bästa julberättelser
The Fun We Have at Christmas Time – Astrid Lindgren’s best Christmas stories
Astrid Lindgren, Ilon Wikland, Ingrid Vang Nyman, Björn Berg, Eva Eriksson
195×240 mm, 2020, 124 pp
Picture books
Boken om mig
The Book About Me
Astrid Lindgren, Ilon Wikland, Björn Berg, Ingrid Vang Nyman
265×225 mm, 2017, 48 pp
När Lisbeth pillade in en ärta i näsan
A Pea in Elisabeth’s Nose
150×200 mm, 2013, 54 pp
Picture books
Inga rövare finns i skogen
There Aren’t Any Robbers in the Forest
210×255 mm, 2009, 56 pp
Picture books
Jullov är ett bra påhitt, sa Madicken
Mardie’s Christmas Holiday Adventure
150×200 mm, 1993, 60 pp
Picture books
