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Naja Abelsen (born 1964) is a Danish-Greenlandic painter and illustrator. Much of her art is inspired by the myths and sagas of
Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
. In addition to her work as a book illustrator, she has designed 18 stamps for
Post Greenland Tusass (formerly Tele-Post) is a Greenlandic postal and telecommunications company dating back to 1879. Tusass is the largest telecommunications company in Greenland. The company's headquarters are located in Nuuk. The company is divided into th ...
.


Biography

Born on 19 April 1964 in
Brønderslev Brønderslev is a city in Denmark with a population of 12,946 (1 January 2025). The city is the largest urban area in Brønderslev Municipality and is the municipal seat. It is the fourth largest city of Vendsyssel within the North Jutland Region ...
, Abelsen is the daughter of a Greenlandic father, the teacher Adolf Konrad Boas Henrik Abelsen, a teacher, and a Danish mother, Kirsten Fokdal, manager of an old people's home. As a child, she spent nine years in Greenland's
Qaqortoq Qaqortoq (), also known as Julianehåb, is the capital city of the Kujalleq municipalities of Greenland, municipality in southern Greenland, located near Cape Thorvaldsen. With a population of 3,050 in 2020, it is the most populous town in sout ...
where she was exposed to the cultures of both Denmark and Greenland. After attending ''Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk'' (Holbæk's art folk school), she spend two years at ''Billedskolen'' in Copenhagen (1987–89) followed by six years at the
Danish Design School The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, more commonly known as the Danish Design School ( Danish: ''Danmarks Designskole''. often abbreviated as DKDS) is an institution of higher education in Copenhagen, Denmark, offering a five-y ...
(1990–96). Her art is inspired by the people and animals of Greenland, as can be seen in her book illustrations and her work on logos and postage stamps. In March 2017, Abelsen who has lived on the island of
Ærø Ærø () is one of the Denmark, Danish Baltic Sea islands, and part of the Region of Southern Denmark, Southern Denmark Region. Since 1 January 2006 all of Ærø has constituted a single Municipalities of Denmark, municipality, known as Ærø M ...
since 2001 opened a new gallery on Vestergade in
Ærøskøbing Ærøskøbing () is a town on the island of Ærø, Denmark. The suffix -købing means a trade town in the languages that derive from Old Norse. Ærøskøbing's houses and streets are delicately restored to retain the character of the olden days ...
where many of her works can be seen.


Selection of books illustrated by Naja Abelsen

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Further reading

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External links


Naja Abelsen's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abelsen, Naja 1964 births Living people 20th-century Danish women artists 20th-century Danish illustrators 21st-century Danish illustrators Danish women illustrators Greenlandic artists Greenlandic women artists People from Brønderslev