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Name
  
Rolf Lidberg


Role
  
Musical Artist

Rolf Lidberg Jan Olsson KperSljer Vykort Troll

Died
  
February 15, 2005, Sundsvall, Sweden

Albums
  
Visor fran nar och fjarran

Rolf Lidberg Jonas (May 26, 1930 in Järkvissle, Sweden – 15 February 2005) was a Swedish artist and botanist, best known for his watercolor paintings and books with paintings of trolls depicting their life near Sweden's Indal river. In his illustrations, his trolls were very human, and usually occupied with something in nature, such as berry or mushroom picking, fishing, or gazing up in the sky. His books have been translated into 12 different languages.

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Troll till tusen - Rolf Lidbergs trolltavlor


Lidberg's main interest was botany, especially orchids and fungi. He was also a founder of a local mycological society in 1970, traveled around Europe to paint and draw vegetation, and spent long periods in Sicily, where he became an honorary citizen of the city Geraci Siculo.

Rolf Lidberg Emma Hill Troll Illustrations by Rolf Lidberg

Lidberg was known for having had hunchback and big beard, closely resembling the trolls that were one of his favorite subjects for illustration. He even named one of his famous troll illustrations, "Self-Portrait." In the early 1980s, Swedish national television channel SVT broadcast a series of three programs on Rolf Lidberg, titled, "A Man and His Flowers."

Rolf Lidberg Emma Hill Troll Illustrations by Rolf Lidberg

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References

Rolf Lidberg Wikipedia