Ilon Wikland is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 artist and illustrator, born in Tartu, Estonia, but raised Haapsalu

Haapsalu

Haapsalu is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It's the administrative centre of Lääne County and has a population of 11,618 ....

 on Estonia's Baltic

Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...

 coast. In 1944 she escaped with the family of a classmate from the second soviet occupation, to Sweden.
She is known best for her illustrations to various books by the author Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...

, including the popular The Children of Noisy Village.

External links

• Ilon Wiklands artshop
• Information on www.astridlindgren.se
• Iloni Imedemaa - Ilons Wonderland
• I Draw, Therefore I Am
• Soome produtsent ja lavastaja John Hakalax räägib Ilon Wiklandi eluloofilmi saamisloost
• I DRAW, THEREFORE I AM (2009)(aka Piirrän, siis olen) - The documentary describes the strong-minded and fearless Estonian Ilon Wikland's childhood and growth towards adolescent and independence, by Kim Finn and John Hakalax