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In early 2024 publisher Opal approached me with an idea for a picture book they developed together with renowned illustrator and author Sven Nordqvist. Their idea was for a so-called wimmelbook (or “hidden picture book”), where 12 Swedish illustrators would each create a personal interpretation of a historical place and…
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Present day countries and locations but with a touch of 15th and 16th (maybe even 17th) century cartography’s style and quirks. This is a remastered and expanded version of a black and white piece I made back in 2018 for the book Slaget om Salajak by Johan Theorin (published by…
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When I was a teenager, during the 90s, all I wanted to become was a comic book artist, inspired by artists like Jim Lee and his work for X-Men. But most of all I was fascinated by Japanese manga. I grew up fully immersed in the worlds of Toriyama Akira…
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After almost two years of work, countless hours of researching historical sources, and just shy of 100 illustrations, mine and Linda Linnskog Rudh’s book about Swedish monarchs is finally complete and available in bookstores! Kungaliv : Sveriges regenter under 500 år, published by Opal, is a bustling non-fiction book for…
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If you find yourself by chance in a Swedish bookstore, you’ll find two more books I have illustrated earlier in 2019. Mystyerieklubben och ubåten (‘The Mystery Club and the Submarine’) is part 2 of the new book series I illustrated, written by Swedish author Patrik Bergström, and published by Lilla…
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Back in mid-2018 Statens Fastighetsverk contacted me to create a map of Ale’s Stones and the town of Kåseberga, together with a handful of illustrations to be used in brand new information panels on location. After a long wait, the new signs are finally up and if you visit Ales…
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This summer I’ve been busy with several projects (more on them soon), but I managed to carve out some time for a week-long painting workshop in Saxnäs, in the southern part of the Swedish Lappland. The workshop was led by masterful painter Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund, who has over a…
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I have released a new map on my DriveThruRPG store: The Highlands Regions pack! It is a set of 4 regional maps inspired by the Scottish Highlands. Expect lots of wetlands, deep ice-age lakes, rugged fjords and islands! Dungeon/Game masters can easily integrate these maps in their own homebrew campaigns.…
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I’m very proud and excited to announce that author Patrik Bergström’s and mine new children’s book series Mysterieklubben (The Mystery Club) is finally out in bookstores across Sweden with the first installment Mysterieklubben och det hemliga rummet (‘The Mystery Club and the secret room’)! Mysterieklubben follows the adventures of new best…
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I recently got artist copies of a few books I had worked on in 2018. That is one of the best start of 2019 one could possibly have! It is always a very exciting moment, especially when the project is long concluded and you had almost forgotten about it. It…
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Holding the product of your efforts in your hand is always a nice feeling, especially when the project in question has taken up a big chunk of your time over the span of several months. And if it happens to be something that you are really passionate about, then it…
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Very humbled and proud that mine and Lena Arro’s book Från Döda fallet till Ales stenar has been nominated for Publishing Prize 2018 in the category ‘Non-fiction Books for Children and Young Adults’. Big thank you to publisher Opal for submitting the book and for involving me in this exciting project! Here’s all…
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Earlier in March the Cartographers’ Guild – of which I am a member – has announced the results of the 2018 Atlas Awards. All maps submitted within the community during the previous year are eligible for the yearly award, which comprises several categories, like Most Creative Map, Best Regional Map,…
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Some time earlier in 2017 I created a custom brush set for my maps from hand-made elements like mountains and trees, but I hardly had a chance to experiment with it. Here is the first complete map that came out of it. For all of you RPG players out there,…
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I’ve always wanted to create maps out my favorite stories, be it film, book, music, or game. I currently have several in mind, but I’ve decided to start with one that holds a very special place in my heart: Jurassic Park. It is a very compelling piece of work about…
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The second book I illustrated that was released during the Göteborg Book Fair is the fantasy young-adult epic Draconia, by Swedish author Patrik Bergström and published by Lillapiratförlaget (check out my previous post for the other book that was released during the fair, Från Döda fallet till Ales stenar). Draconia is a classical fantasy…
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In mid 2016 I was commissioned by Cape Horn, an outdoor clothing brand from Italy, to create a celebratory map for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Cape Horn. In this post I’ll briefly go over all the steps, from research to final illustration.
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This edition of the Göteborg Book Fair – the largest literary festival in Scandinavia and the second largest book fair in Europe after the Frankfurt Book Fair – has been quite special for me, as two of the books I have been working on during the first half of 2017 were…
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did another map exercise, once more inspired by Swedish nature. This time I thought of adding a background story for the map, and I have to say I really enjoyed the process of coming up with written words to try and make sense of what came out of my hand. Enjoy!…
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I did a little exercise map. I was inspired by one of my favourite spots in the forest near where I live. The lake is called Trehörningen (the triangle) and it has a very cozy wind shelter by the shore. In the area you can find lots of beaver architecture, and mires…
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