Jockum Nordström (1963-) Sweden

Jockum Nordström is a Swedish artist and author who studied to be an art teacher at the University of Arts, Crafts & Design. Nordström mainly works with graphite and often depicts suburbia and its architecture. He has worked as an illustrator for the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter and the magazine Kamratposten. Nordström authored and illustrated five children’s books about Sailor and Pekka, which won Expressen’s Heffaklump award and the Elsa Beskow Award.Today, he is one of Sweden’s biggest artists.