Emma Adbåge (born 1982) is a Swedish
illustrator
An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicate ...
and
children's writer
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...
. In addition to illustrating her own books, she contributes to works by other authors while also taking on commissions from educational publishers. In 2013, she was awarded the
Elsa Beskow Plaque for her illustrated ''Lenis Olle'' and other works for children.
Biography
Born in 1982 in
Linköping
Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...
, Adbåge is the twin sister of
Lisen Adbåge
Lisen Adbåge (born 7 December 1982) is a Swedish illustrator, comic book writer and children's writer. She is the twin sister of Emma Adbåge, with whom she has often collaborated.
Biography
Lisen Adbåge was born in 1982 and grew up in Sya ...
, who is also an illustrator, cartoonist and writer. After completing high school in
Mjölby
Mjölby ( ) is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 28,544 inhabitants in 2024.
Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name ''Mjölby'' is derived from ''Mölloby'', which comes from or , meani ...
, they both studied illustration at the Cartoonist School in
Hofors
Hofors () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Hofors Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 6,681 inhabitants in 2010.
Districts
*Born
*Böle
*Bönhusberget
*Centrum
*Göklund
*Hammaren
*Lillån
*Muntebo
...
. By the time they were 21, they had each illustrated several books by various authors.
[ She illustrated the debut book of Mårten Melin, ''Mera glass i däcken''.
In 2011, for her book (Leni is a Honeybun), Adbåge won the Silver Award for Illustration in the "Kolla!" competition arranged by the Association of Swedish Illustrators and Graphic Designers. It is the story of a little girl who initially thinks it would be interesting to act like an adult, but when she discovers all the work grown-ups have to do, she decides instead to become a baby.
Her ''Outdoor math: fun activities for every season'' (2016) has been published in English. It encourages five to eight-year-olds to learn maths by playing with objects they can find outside, such as measuring the length of a worm or building a snowman.]August Prize
The August Prize () is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. The Swedish Publishers' Association also ...
in the children and young adult category. In 2021 she received Expressens Heffaklump, with Lisen Adbåge.”Klart det är klimatkris, all skit hänger ju med”
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References
External links
Emma Adbåge's website
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1982 births
Living people
20th-century Swedish women artists
20th-century Swedish women writers
People from Linköping
Swedish women children's book illustrators
Swedish children's book illustrators
Swedish children's writers
Swedish women children's writers
Writers from Östergötland County