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Jenny Nyström (born 1854, Kalmar, Sweden; died 1946, Stockholm) was an artist and illustrator of children's books. She studied painting with Carl Larsson and Anders Zorn. She is famous for helping to popularize the Swedish Christmas figure jultomten (see also Tomte and Santa Claus). Her paintings became very popular as Christmas cards.Jenny Nyström is interred in the Norra begravningsplatsenNorra begravningsplatsen translated as the "Northern Burial Place" but often referred to as the Northern Cemetery, is a major cemetery of Stockholm, Sweden in the area of the city known as Solna. Inaugurated on June 9, 1827, it is the burial site for a nu in Stockholm.
1 See also
- Haddon SundblomHaddon Hubert "Sunny" Sundblom ( June 22, 1899 1976) was a United States artist who created the modern image of Santa Claus in 1931 while working for Coca Cola. He modelled Santa Claus after the Nordic tomte tradition. He was born in Muskegon, Michigan to
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