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Jenny Nyström

1854 - 1946

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Jenny Eugenia Nyström (13 or 15 June 1854 in Kalmar, Sweden – 17 January 1946 in Stockholm) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jenny Nyström is the 1,140th most popular painter (up from 1,425th in 2019), the 447th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 537th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jenny Nyström ranks 1,140 out of 2,023. Before her are George Romney, Taddeo di Bartolo, Frank Dicksee, Torii Kiyonaga, Antoine Caron, and Martin van Meytens. After her are Ugolino di Nerio, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Zdeněk Burian, Bartolomeo Carducci, Franz Kline, and Willem Drost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Jenny Nyström ranks 63. Before her are Hermann von Struve, Arnošt Muka, Maria Zankovetska, Vasil Radoslavov, Adolf Erman, and Joan Alcover. After her are Christiaan de Wet, Sergei Shchukin, John Kemp Starley, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Jules Gilliéron, and Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner. Among people deceased in 1946, Jenny Nyström ranks 115. Before her are Heinrich George, Matteo Bartoli, George Washington, Grigory Neujmin, Noah Beery, and Leopold Okulicki. After her are Dion Fortune, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Pantelis Karasevdas, Cesare Orsenigo, and Ahmad Kasravi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jenny Nyström ranks 447 out of 1,879. Before her are Ebba Brahe (1596), Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Björn Nordqvist (1942), Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), Martin van Meytens (1695), and Bernhard Karlgren (1889). After her are Erik Nilsson (1916), Per Oscarsson (1927), Katarina Taikon (1932), Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), Gunilla Bergström (1942), and Gösta Ekman (1890).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, Jenny Nyström ranks 10. Before her are John Bauer (1882), Odd Nerdrum (1944), Amalia Lindegren (1814), Bruno Liljefors (1860), Eugène Jansson (1862), and Martin van Meytens (1695). After her are Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), Richard Bergh (1858), Jeanna Bauck (1840), Gustaf Cederström (1845), Fanny Brate (1861), and Maria Röhl (1801).

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