Figure 1.--Here we see Elsa Beskow, we think with her three yiunger boys in their home. The photograph was taken in 1920. The are pictured reading. We suspect that this was posed because her books were more aimed at younger children and not the age of the two older boys here. As was common for middle-class Swedish families, the boys wear sailor suits.

We have seen different accounts of the Beskow marriage and are still trying to piece them together. Elsa met Natanael Beskow while she was still a student (1892). Natanael gave up his art studies and his initial goal of becoming a painter. He decided to persue theology and become a teacher. He was a struggling art student ar the time. Another account is that they met at the Viktor Rydbergs Samskola (Djursholms Samskola) while serving as a teacher where he served as head master. He became a social worker and doctor of theology. They married former minister and Natanael Beskow (1897). They moved to Villa Ekeliden in Djursholm (1901). Their new home was initially been built for the author Viktor Rydberg. They Beskows had six sons, including the artist Bo Beskow (1906–89) and geologist Gunnar Beskow (1901–91). Their son Dag died (1922).

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