Mobile, Toy

Object/Artifact

Swedish American Museum

1991.158.1_glamour

Name/Title

Mobile, Toy

Entry/Object ID

1991.158.1

Description

Wood-carved "Flying Goose" mobile with the inscription, "Nils Holgersson" on the back of the goose. The characters are from the children's book "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf.

Context

"Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige" by Selma Lagerlöf is a popular children's book, first published in Sweden in 1906. The following year it was published in English under the title "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils". The book tells the tale of a young boy, Nils, who is shrunk by a tomte (a type of gnome of elf) and taken on adventures across Sweden with the goose Martin. The book was adapted into multiple film animations in Russian, Japanese, German, and French. The book became so popular that the image of Nils on the back of his goose was the reverse side of the Swedish 20 krona banknote until 2015.

Acquisition

Accession

1991/158

Source or Donor

Irene Olson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Irene T. Olson

Made/Created

Place

Country

Sweden

Region

Northern Europe

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Children, Toys, Wood, Mobiles

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

7 in

Material

Wood, Paint, Adhesive, String, Iron Alloy

Reproductions

Notes

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