Egon Møller-Nielsen

Egon Möller-Nielsen (9 May 1915 - 27 September 1959) was a Danish-Swedish architect and sculptor. He was known for his abstract sculptures in surreal style which are found in several Swedish sites.[1]

Egon Møller-Nielsen.
Sofa in stengöt (1957) at subwaystation T-Centralen (Stockholm), red and green line

Möller-Nielsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His parents were Niels Möller-Nielsen and Agnes Mary Gunnild Topshøj. He studied sculpture and architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1934–1937. During the period 1937–38, he made extensive study trips: Sweden, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom.[2] Working with the Swedish book publisher Åke Löfgren, he illustrated the children's book Historien om någon (1951),[3][4] which is considered a classic among children's books and was commercially successful, with between half a million and a million copies sold as of 2019.[5][3][6][7]

He worked at an architectural office at Helsinki in 1938-1939 and at Stockholm in 1939–1943. From 1957 to 1959, he taught sculpture at Konstfackskolan in Stockholm. He died during 1959 in Stockholm.[8]

See also

References
  1. Lene Olesen. "Egon Möller-Nielsen". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  2. Katrine Kalleklev. "Egon Möller-Nielsen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. Nilsson, Matilda (2019-10-26). "Historien om någon är tillbaka igen" [Historien om någon is back again]. Upsala Nya Tidning (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  4. Druker, Elina (2010). "Picturebooks and Trojan Horses". In Colomer, Teresa; Kümmerling-Meibauer, Bettina; Silva-Díaz, Cecilia (eds.). New Directions in Picturebook Research. Routledge. ISBN 9781136882784. Archived from the original on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  5. Olsson, Lotta (2015-04-17). "Här är de hundra bästa deckarna" [Here are the one hundred best mystery books]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Bonnier Group. Archived from the original on 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  6. Kurniawan, Sri; Manduchi, Roberto (2018). Assistive Technology for Blindness and Low Vision. CRC Press. pp. 204–208. ISBN 9781439871553. Archived from the original on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  7. Lassén-Seger, Maria (2017-06-30). "Kärleksfullt skildrade kufar i myllrande mångfald" [Lovingly depicted weirdos in a teeming diversity]. Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). KSF Media. Archived from the original on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  8. Bengt M Holmquist. "Egon Möller-Nielsen". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2019.


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