Nils Håkansson ( Latinized as Nicolaus Haquini) was a late medieval Swedish painter from

Vadstena Vadstena () is a locality and the seat of Vadstena Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden, with 5,613 inhabitants in 2010. From 1974 to 1979 Vadstena was administered as part of Motala Municipality. Despite its small population, Vadstena is ...

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Håkansson, known as ''Vittskövle mästaren,'' may have been the leader of a group of painters known as the

Vittskövle Vittskövle is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 235 inhabitants in 2010. References

Populated places in Kristianstad Municipality Populated places in Skåne County ...

group (''Vittskövlemästaren''). His time in the border areas between

Blekinge Blekinge (, old da, Bleking) is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second ...

and

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conte ...

was limited to about ten years. He is mostly known for wall paintings at

Vittskövle Church Vittskövle Church ( sv, Vittskövle kyrka, da, Vidskøvle kirke) is a church in Kristianstad Municipality, in Skåne, Sweden. It is part of the Diocese of Lund. History The oldest parts of the church are built in Romanesque style during the lat ...

, Gladsax Church and Ysane Church in

. Håkansson or his school also worked at Östra Eneby in

Norrköping Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...

and at Strängnäs Cathedral. .

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