Anna Friberger

Anna Friberger (born 1944) is a Swedish illustrator, children's book author, animator and set designer.[1]

Personal Life and Studies

Though she was born and grew up in Gothenburg, she currently lives in Malmö.[2]

Friberger started a degree in decorative painting at Konstfack in Stockholm and a degree in illustration at Beckmans before taking on a course for set design offered by SVT.[3] After working for SVT, Friberger travelled to The Hague to study animation at the Vrije Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten.[4]

Work

Anna Friberger's work includes set design for Swedish television, animated movies for children's TV programs, record covers, illustrations for newspapers and posters.[5]

Children's Books

Anna has illustrated 76 books, produced school books, and written and illustrated two of her own children's books.[6] She cites Elsa Beskow, Ivar Arosenius, Oscar Wiklund, Louis Moe, and Jean de Brunhoff as influences on her work with picture books.[7]

Comics

She wrote and illustrated for Bamse, the popular Swedish comic book series.[8]

Set Design

Anna Friberger started working for SVT after completing their course on set design She has worked with Marsyateatern in Stockholm.[9]

Animation

Friberger has animated various children's television programs and has animated two films.[10]

Online publications

Friberger has a website on which she has published some of her illustrations.[11]

Bibliography

Scenography
  • Pleijel, Sonja and Söderberg, Marianne, dir. Postmästarfrun från Hörby. 1988. TV-film in Swedish. produced by Svergies Television AB TV2. Scenography by Anna Friberger.[12]
  • Márton, Elisbeth dir. I spegeln. 1985. Experimental Film. produced by Drakfilm Produktion AB and Stifelsen Svenska Filminstitutet. Scenography by Anna Friberg.[13]
  • Bergqvist, Rikard and Hallgren, Ronnie dir. The Outcast of the Welfare State 1987. Scenography by Anna Friberger.[14]
Illustrated Books
  • Fribeger, Anna (Illustrator) and Harris, Martin (editor). Bockarna Bruse. Bonnier Carlsen, 2002.[15]
  • Fribeger, Anna (Illustrator) and Harris, Martin (editor). De tre små grisarna : engelsk folksaga. Bonnier Carlsen, 2003.[16]
  • Andersen, H.C. Fribeger, Anna (Illustrator) and Harris, Martin (editor). Prinsessan på ärten. Bonnier Carlsen, 2007.[17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Bonnier, Carlsen. "Anna Friberger". Bonnier Carlsen. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  2. ↑ Bonnier, Carlsen. "Anna Friberger". Bonnier Carslen. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  3. ↑ Bonnier, Carlsen. "Anna Friberger". Bonnier Carslen. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  4. ↑ Bonnier, Carlsen. "Anna Friberger". Bonnier Carslen. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  5. ↑ "Anna Friberger" (in Swedish). Bonnier Carlsen. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Friberger, Anna 1944-". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Bonnier, Carlsen. "Anna Friberger". Bonnier Carlsen. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  8. ↑ Bonnier, Carlsen. "Anna Friberger". Bonnier Carlsen. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  9. ↑ Bonnier, Carson. "Anna Friberger". Bonnier Carson. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  10. ↑ Bonnier, Carlsen. "Anna Friberger". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  11. ↑ Friberger, Anna. "Anna Friberger". Anna Friberger. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
  12. ↑ "Postmästarfrun från Hörby". Svensk Filmdatabas.
  13. ↑ "I spegeln (1985)". Svensk Filmdatabas.
  14. ↑ "THE OUTCAST OF THE WELFARE STATE". MUBI. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
  15. ↑ "Bockarna Bruse". Libris. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  16. ↑ "De tre små grisarna : engelsk folksaga". Libris. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  17. ↑ "Prinsessan på ärten". Libris. Retrieved 2026-08-09.