Annie Bergman

Annie Bergman (15 December 1889 – 11 January 1987) was a Swedish artist, writer, and children's book author.

Early life and education Annie Bergman was born on 15 December 1889 in Liège, Belgium to Ingeborg Billquist and William Bergman. Her mother was from Gothenburg and was artistic. Her father was an artillery lieutenant who invented and produced weapons in the late nineteenth century. The Bergman family spent a short time in Paris then moved to Stockholm, William Bergman's home town. Siri Derkert, Harriet Löwenhjelm, Ragnhild Nordensten, Gerda Nordling, and Elvi Tondén. and wrote and illustrated of her own fairy tale books, inspired by telling stories to her nieces and nephews.

Bergman was a member of the cultural organisation Nya Idun and, in collaboration with Ida von Plomgren, wrote several plays for members to perform including a Mozart parody Figges bröllop in 1933 and Den gudomliga äppelkompotten in 1935 for the organisation's 50th anniversary.

Legacy Annie Bergman's work is held the collections of a number of international museums: the Nationalmuseum of Sweden, the Swedish Museum of Performing Arts (Scenkonstmuseet) in Stockholm, the Albertina Museum in Vienna, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and the Centre de la gravure et de l'image imprimée in Brussels.

Annie Bergman died on 11 January 1987 in Stockholm age 97.