Nils Håkansson
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Nils Håkansson (Latinized as Nicolaus Haquini) was a late medieval Swedish painter from Vadstena. {{cite book |last=Hernfjäll |first=Viola |title=Medeltida målningar i gamla skara stift |year=1993 |pages=76–77, 195 |url=http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/kinnekulle/Osterplana/Oplana%20gamla.htm |language=Swedish}} {{cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=8902|title= Nils Håkansson|website=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |access-date=August 1, 2020}}
Biography
Håkansson, known as Vittskövlemästaren, may have been the leader of a group of painters known as the Vittskövle group (Vittskövlemästaren).
His time in the border areas between Blekinge and Scania was limited to about ten years.
He is mostly known for wall paintings at Vittskövle Church, Gladsax Church and Ysane Church in Scania.
Håkansson or his school also worked at Östra Eneby in Norrköping and at Strängnäs Cathedral.{{cite web|url=http://www.formonline.se/kyrkor/Ysane/index.html|title=Kalkmålningar i Ysane kyrka av Nils Håkansson|last=Albertson|first=Lars-Olof|year=2007|publisher=Medeltida konst|accessdate=2009-10-18|language=Swedish}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Söderberg |first=Bengt G. |title=Svenska kyrkomålningar från medeltiden |publisher=Natur & Kultur |location=Stockholm |year=1951 |language=Swedish}}
- {{cite book|last=Bolvig|first=Axel|title=Kalkmalerier omkring Øresund|publisher=Sesam/Aschehoug|year=2000|language=Danish}}
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Category:Medieval Swedish painters
Category:Swedish male painters
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Category:15th-century Swedish people
Category:People from Vadstena Municipality
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