Nils Blommér

Nils Blommér studied at Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. Training under Léon Cogniet and Magnus Körner is recorded. Edla Blommér is recorded as having studied under Nils Blommér. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Works named in the authority record are The Water-Sprite and Ägir's Daughters, Freja Seeking her Husband and Eugenia (1830-1889). Work by Nils Blommér is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, National Portrait Gallery of Sweden, Malmö Art Museum and Gothenburg Museum of Art.

• Name — Nils Blommér • Other Names — Nils Jakob Olsson • Birth Name — Nils Johan Olsson • Born — 12 June 1816 • Birthplace — Blommeröd, Sweden • Died — 1 February 1853 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Education — Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts • Occupation — Painter, educator • Spouse — Edla Gustafva Jansson (m. 1852–1853; death)

He was born to the schoolteacher, Anders Olsson, and his wife, Elsa née Jakobsdotter, in Blommeröd, a village in the Diocese of Lund. He started his career as an apprentice to Magnus Körner in Lund then, in 1839, enrolled at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1847, he received a generous scholarship that enabled him to go to Paris, where he studied with Léon Cogniet. It was there he adopted the name "Blommér", after his birthplace. Later, he came under the influence of the neo-romantics, such as Erik Gustaf Geijer, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom and Erik Johan Stagnelius. He also drew inspiration from Swedish folk songs and the folklore motifs of the Austrian painter, Moritz von Schwind. He firmly believed that nature had an inherent soul; symbolized by folk characters. Around 1850, he moved to Italy where, in November 1852, he married Edla Gustafva Jansson, also a painter. A few weeks later, he caught pneumonia and died in Rome, from related complications, early the following year. Blommér's best known works are based on Norse mythology and folklore. They include Älfdrömmen, Sommarnattsdrömmen, Näcken och Ägirs döttrar, Brage och Iduna, Freja, Loke och Sigyn and Älfvor. They may be seen at the Göteborgs konstmuseum, Livrustkammaren and the Nationalmuseum.

• Illustration — Heimdal öfverlemnar till Freja smycket Bryfing (Heimdallr returns the necklace Bryfing to Freyja), 1845 • Illustration — Brage och Iduna, (Bragi and Iðunn), 1846 • Illustration — Ängsälvor (meadow elves), 1850 • Illustration — Näcken och Ägirs döttrar (Necks and Ægir's Daughters), 1850 • Illustration — Freja sökande sin make (Freyja Seeking her Husband), 1852

Nils Blommér was recorded at birth as Nils Johan Olsson Blommér. The authorities additionally record the headings Nils Jakob Olsson Blommér, Nils Jakob Blommér, Nils Johan Olsson Blommer, Nils Blommer and Nils Jakob Olsson Blommer. He was the child of Anders Olsson. He married Edla Blommér.

Nils Blommér is recorded as painter.