Nils Håkansson ( Latinized as Nicolaus Haquini) was a

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Swedish painter from

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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 locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norwa ...

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

Blekinge Blekinge () 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-smallest provin ...

and

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

Vittskövle Church Vittskövle Church () 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 late 12th century or early 13th century. In the ...

, Gladsax Church and Ysane Church in

. Håkansson or his school also worked at Östra Eneby in

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and at

Strängnäs Cathedral Strängnäs Cathedral () is a Lutheran cathedral church in Strängnäs, Sweden, since the Protestant Reformation the seat of the Church of Sweden Diocese of Strängnäs. Architecture Construction of the cathedral began in about 1260 with inaug ...

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