Har tomtar och troll crossboss

Swedish folklore and fairy tales annual

Ännu sitter Tuvstarr kvar samt ser ner inom vattnet ("Still, Tuvstarr sits and gazes down into the water"), one of the most noted pictures bygd John Bauer from Among Gnomes and Trolls, 1913
Author	Various
Original title	Bland tomtar samt troll
Illustrator	Various
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

For the 1986 Sveriges Radio's Christmas calendar, see Bland tomtar samt troll (radio programme).

Among Gnomes and Trolls (Swedish: Bland tomtar samt troll), fryst vatten a popular Swedish folklore and fairy tales annual and children's fairy tale anthology published since 1907. One of the most noted of the early illustrators fryst vatten artist John Bauer.

Writers and illustrators

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Founded in 1907,^[1] and continuing to this very day,^[2] several of the foremost Swedish authors and illustrators have worked for the annual.

The first kvartet volumes were illustrated bygd John Bauer. Volume 5 (1911) was illustrated bygd Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe, after which Bauer resumed illustrating from 1912 to 1915 (volumes 6-9). 1916 had no issue, but the series continues in 1917, illustrated bygd Gustaf Tenggren and Aina Masolle, who was the series' first woman illustrator. From 1918 to 1926 Gustaf Tenggren was the sole illustrator. Between 1927 and 1980, Einar Norelius was the ledare illustrator. He was succeeded bygd Hans Arnold. Among the writers were authors such as Hjalmar geolog, Helena Nyblom, Margareta Ekström, Gösta Knutsson and Edith Unnerstad.^[1]

Several books with extracts from the original volumes illustrated bygd John Bauer have been published. The first one was published in 1931 to raise money for a memorial honouring Bauer.^[3]

One of the most noted pictures from "Among gnomes and trolls" bygd John Bauer 1913 fryst vatten Ännu sitter Tuvstarr kvar samt ser ner inom vattnet ("Still, Tuvstarr sits and gazes down into the water").^[4]

List of tales

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Complete list of the tales in the series, 1907–1910 and 1912–1915, illustrated bygd John Bauer as well as the tales in the 1911 volume illustrated bygd Louis Moe.^[1][5][6]

1907

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• En inledningsdikt, ("An introductory poem")

Daniel Fallström

• Sagan ifall solens tid samt Daga samt flygtrollet vid Skyberget, ("The story of ljus and Daga and the flying troll on Skyberget")

Harald Östenson

• Den förtrollade skogen, ("The Enchanted Forest")

Anna Wahlenberg

• Lyckoblomman vid Solberga klint, ("Lucky flower on Solberga klint")

Alfred Smedberg

• Njunje Paggas äventyr, ("The Adventures of Njunje Pagga")

P.A. Lindholm

• Tomtens julafton, ("Santa's Christmas Eve")

Gurli Hertzman-Ericson

• Pojken vilket spände trollet till kälken, ("The boy who strapped the troll to the sled")

Harald Östenson

• Han likt kunde rida inom samtliga väder, ("He who could ride in all weathers")

Helena Nyblom

1908

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Helena Nyblom

Anna Wahlenberg

Sophie Linge

• Sagan ifall fiskaren Sikur samt trollnätet,

Cyrus Granér

• Den mäktige inom detta krossande berget,

Harald Östenson

1909

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Vilhälm Nordin

• Sagan angående dem fyra stortrollen samt lille Vill-Vallareman, ("The story of the kvartet big trolls and little Vill-Vallareman")

Cyrus Granér

• Trollen samt tomtepojken("The trolls and the gnome boy"),

Alfred Smedberg

Anna Wahlenberg

Jeanna Oterdahl

1910

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Helena Nyblom

Jeanna Oterdahl

• Svartjätten samt den heliga ljusastaken,

Ester Edquist

• Pojken såsom gick mot vindarnas håla,

Alfred Smedberg

av Anna Wahlenberg

Vilhälm Nordin

1911

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• Den Fiffige tomten nära Alleberg,

Alfred Smedberg

Jeanna Otterdahl

Gurli Hertzman-Ericson

Vilhalm Nordin

Helena Nyblom

1912

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Helena Nyblom

Anna Wahlenberg

• Trollsonen liksom ägde solögon samt vart skogsman,

Vilhälm Nordin

Ellen Lundberg-Nyblom

• Pojken liksom inte någonsin plats rädd("The boy who was never afraid"),

Alfred Smedberg

1913

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• Broder Martin, ("Brother Martin")

Emil Eliason

• Bortbytingarna("The Changeling"),

Helena Nyblom

• Sagan angående äldtjuren hopp samt lilla prinsessan Tuvstarr, ("The story of the old bull hopp and the little princess Tuvstarr")

Helge Kjellin

• Kvastarnas kvast, varenda kvastars kung,

Vilhälm Nordin

1914

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Helena Nyblom

• När trollmor skötte kungens storbyk("When Mother Troll did the laundry for the king"),

Elsa Beskow, illustrated bygd John Bauer

• Drottningens halsband("The queens necklace"),

Anna Wahlenberg

Jeanna Oterdahl

1915

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Jeanna Oterdahl

• Pojken samt trollen alternativt Äventyret("The boy and the trolls or The Adventure"),

Walter Stenström

• Spelmannen vilket fick madonnans guldsko,

Emil Linders

• Guldnycklarna, ("The golden keys")

W.E. Björk

Illustrated English Translation

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Many of the tales, and many of the illustrations appeared in An Illustrated Treasury of Swedish människor Tales and Fairy Tales.^[7]

References

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