Jenny Nyström
1854
—
1946
Swedish artist (1854–1946)
Jenny Eugenia Nyström was a painter and illustrator mainly known as the creator of the Swedish image of the jultomte on Christmas cards and magazine covers, thus linking the Swedish version of Santa Claus to the gnomes and tomtar of Scandinavian folklore.
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