Hjördis Piuva Andersson (born 10 June 1933) is a Swedish-Tornedalian painter and writer. Andersson was born in Vojakkala, she currently lives in

Övertorneå Övertorneå (; ) is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010. It is located at the shore of the Torne (Finnish and Swedish river), Torne River, oppos ...

. She often does paintings of the environment of the

Torne Valley Torne may refer to: * River Torne (England), a river in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England * Torne (Finnish and Swedish river) The Torne, also known as the Tornio (, , , , ), is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. For approximately hal ...

. She has also released three books where she tells about her life in the Torne Valley.

Bibliography

*''Min barndom i Tornedalen – 1940-talet i målningar'', oil paintings with text written in

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

and

Meänkieli (literally 'our language'), or Tornedalian is a Finnic language or a group of distinct Finnish dialects spoken in the northernmost part of Sweden, particularly along the Torne River Valley. It is officially recognized in Sweden as one of the ...

, 1994, *''Bildkalender med tornedalsminnen'', oil paintings with text written in

and

, 1998, *''Bilder från ungdomsåren'', Watercolor paintings with text written in

, 2002, *''Ett kattliv – en sann berättelse'', 2009Eskilstuna-kuriren om ''Ett kattliv''

References

1933 births 20th-century Swedish painters 21st-century Swedish painters Swedish women artists 20th-century Swedish writers Living people 20th-century Swedish women artists 21st-century Swedish women artists 20th-century Swedish women writers Tornedalians People from Haparanda Municipality {{Sweden-painter-stub