Lena Frölander-Ulf

Lena Frölander-Ulf (b. 1976) is a Helsinki-based author and illustrator who writes in both Swedish and Finnish.

Her works have been presented in multiple exhibitions in Finland and internationally.

She has been nominated for numerous awards, including the prestigious Finlandia Junior award twice. Her book Me, Fidel and the Forest (2016) has been nominated for three different awards. Her celebrated first novel Nelson Tigerpaw (2019) was nominated for both the Finlandia Junior award in 2019, and the Runeberg Junior prize in 2020. The novel was awarded the Arvid Lydecken Prize in 2020.

 

Photo: © John Grönvall

 

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Awards & Nominations

Awards

  • Arvid Lydecken

    2020

Nominations

  • Toisinkoinen

    2016

  • Finlandia Junior

    2016

  • Runeberg Junior

    2017

  • Finlandia Junior

    2019

  • Runeberg Junior

    2020

  • Runeberg Junior

    2022

  • Runeberg Junior

    2024

Related publishing

  • Nelson Tigerpaw

    Lena Frölander-Ulf
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  • Me, Fidel and the Forest

    Lena Frölander-Ulf
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  • Me, Dad and the Sea

    Lena Frölander-Ulf
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  • Me, Fidel and the Big City

    Lena Frölander-Ulf
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  • The tale of Princess Hullabaloo

    Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo & Lena Frölander-Ulf
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  • The Book of Darkness

    Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo & Lena Frölander-Ulf
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  • Rafsa Wildfur

    Lena Frölander-Ulf
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  • Rafsa Rootless

    Lena Frölander-Ulf
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