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Lisbeth Gun-Marie Gunna Grähs (born 11 June 1954) is a Swedish illustrator of children's books. Grähs is educated at
Konstfack Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden. History Konstfack has had several different names since it was founded in 1844 by the eth ...
. She has mainly illustrated children's books, around 40–50 works, but her illustrations have also appeared in newspapers. Grähs was a member of the
Swedish Academy for Children's Books The Swedish Academy for Children's Books () is a nonprofit society, established on 26 May 1989 at the Skärholmen Library in Stockholm, Sweden. Based on the Swedish Academy The Swedish Academy (), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one ...
from 1996 to 2006. She has been awarded the Elsa Beskow Plaque (1999), the Kulla-Gulla Prize (2012) and
Expressens Heffaklump Expressens Heffaklump (Heffaklumpen) is a Swedish annual award for children's and youth culture, especially children's and youth literature, that is awarded by the newspaper Expressen. The award was established in 1966 and the original award statue ...
(2010).Heffaklumpen till Gunna Grähs
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Works

*1982 – ''Jullan vill vara med'' (with Kjell Johansson) *1983 – ''Jullan vill ha en docka'' (with Kjell Johansson) *1984 – ''Ur skägget'' (with Titti Hasselrot) *1984 – ''Svarta maskens dårdikter'' (with
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) *1984 – ''En ö i strömmen'' (with Per Giertz) *1984 – ''Nusse-kudden'' (with Håkan Jaensson) *1984 – ''Jullan hittar en peng'' (with Kjell Johansson) *1985 – ''Tandem'' (with
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) *1985 – ''Vidgat utbud'' (with
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) *1985 – ''Nisse-jakten'' (with Håkan Jaensson) *1986 – ''Sicken Sven'' *1986 – ''Nusse-kudden i Paris'' (with Håkan Jaensson) *1986 – ''Skriv en dikt'' (with Siv Widerberg) *1986 – ''Vita goa Ludde och andra visor'' (with
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) *1987 – ''Det var på tiden'' (with Per Giertz) *1987 – ''Det underbara dagishemmet'' (with Gun-Britt Sundström) *1988 – ''Praktisk svenska'' (with Ulf Bergqvist) *1988 – ''Nusse-kuddens hemlighet'' (with Håkan Jaensson) *1988 – ''Här kommer tjocka släkten'' (with
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) *1989 – ''Kvinnopsykologi'' (with Mona Eliasson) *1989 – ''Ture går till tandläkaren'' (with Gun-Britt Sundström) *1990 – ''Den sanna historien om tornen som slog världen med häpnad'' (with Håkan Jaensson) *1991 – ''Solkatt, vindstrut och vattenhjul'' (with
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) *1992 – ''När fan flådde smeden och andra hiskeliga historier'' (with Ulf Palmenfelt) *1992 – ''Boken om Jullan'' (with Kjell Johansson) *1992 – ''Mittinattenmysteriet'' (with Arne Norlin) *1993 – ''Korsdrag i vården'' (with Karin Alfredsson) *1993 – ''Pojken med stålmansdräkten'' (with Gun-Britt Sundström) *1994 – ''Puss & dass & pantalong'' (with
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) *1994 – ''Spöket i köket'' (with
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) *1994 – ''Nusse-kuddens sista strid'' (with Håkan Jaensson) *1994 – ''Sverige blandat'' (with Titti Hasselrot) *1995 – ''Dialogen med patienten'' (with
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) *1995 – ''Kyss & dass & aprilsnarr'' (with Dan Höjer) *1995 – ''Svenska språket'' (with Ulf Bergqvist) *1996 – ''Piss & glass & polisong – har också en historia'' (with Dan Höjer) *1996 – ''Häxdopet och andra hemska historier'' (with Ulf Palmenfelt) *1997 – ''Jag såg, jag ser'' (with Håkan Jaensson) *1997 – ''Sagan om den lilla lilla katten'' (with
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) *1998 – ''Den goda demensvården'' (with
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) *1998 – ''Utveckla dialogen!'' (with Lillemor Cedergren) *1998 – ''Hur blir det då?'' (with Håkan Jaensson) *1998 – ''Sagan om den stora stora gubben'' (with Thomas Halling) *1999 – ''Sagan om det allra allra största'' (with Thomas Halling) *1999 – ''Kvadrater, hieroglyfer och smarta kort'' (with
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) *2000 – ''Flört & fjärt & pillefjong – har också en historia'' (with Dan Höjer) *2000 – ''Katten som en gång kallades Tusse'' (with Arne Norlin) *2001 – ''Rita ensam hemma'' (with Håkan Jaensson) *2002 – ''Midsommarnattsmysteriet'' (with Arne Norlin) *2002 – ''God jul'' (with Arne Norlin) *2002 – ''Att läsa högt'' (with
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) *2003 – ''Förbättra vården – fråga patienten!'' (with
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) *2004 – ''Hälften har pinne'' (with Per Nilsson *2004 – ''Johanssons garage'' (with Thomas Halling) *2005 – ''Barn på kvinnojour'' (with
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) *2005 – ''Cirkelns pedagogik'' *2006 – ''Den eller Dinosaurierna lever!'' (with Lennart Hellsing) *2006 – ''Tutu och tant Kotla, en hejhej-bok'' *2006 – ''Dino och lilla Kurren, en hejhej-bok'' *2007 – ''Syrma och Tocke Broms, en hejhej-bok'' *2007 – ''Praktisk svenska'' (with Ulf Bergqvist) *2008 – ''Tutu och tant Kotla, en hejhej-bok'' *2008 – ''Gubben och gumman som bytte arbete'' *2009 – ''Sagan om den lilla lilla katten'' (with Thomas Halling) *2010 – ''Mehmet och lilla Luna, en hejhej-bok'' *2012 – ''Innan proppen går : och andra kväden för hushållsbruk'' (with Peter Törnqvist) *2012 – ''Det fräscha alternativet'' *2015 – ''Nusse-kudden'' (with Håkan Jaensson and Arne Norlin)


Awards

*1987 – Adamsonstatyetten *1988 – Wettergrens barnbokollon *1990 –
Elsa Beskow Plaque The Elsa Beskow Plaque, established in 1958 by the Swedish Library Association (), is a Swedish award given to the artist who has created the best Swedish picture book for children or the best illustrated Swedish children's book during the previo ...
*2005 – Knut V. Pettersson-stipendiet *2010 –
Expressens Heffaklump Expressens Heffaklump (Heffaklumpen) is a Swedish annual award for children's and youth culture, especially children's and youth literature, that is awarded by the newspaper Expressen. The award was established in 1966 and the original award statue ...
*2012 – Kulla-Gulla Prize


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grähs, Gunna 20th-century Swedish illustrators 21st-century Swedish illustrators Swedish children's book illustrators Swedish women children's book illustrators 1954 births Living people Konstfack alumni