Christmas Jenny Nyström Lill-Nisse riding CC0323 Postcard

Christmas postcard inspired by an adorable illustration by Swedish artist Jenny Nyström (1854 – 1946). A great Christmas card especially for people with a connection to Sweden - or just a fondness for Scandinavian folklore. The picture shows a very cute toddler boy on a red wooden horse, decorated with flowers (a Dalecarlian horse). In one hand he holds a wooden sword and in the other one the reins of the horse. He looks cheerful and very ready for battle. The background colour is a greyish shade of turquoise, bringing to mind a cloudy day in midwinter. There are also a few symbolic snowflakes. To the left is the Christmas greeting: Wishing you a | Merry Christmas | & lots of fun and excitement for the year to come! The illustration was published in 1922 for 'Lill-Nisse', a Swedish Christmas booklet for small childen. Lill-Nisse would translate to something like 'a young Christmas gnome'.