Gunilla Wolde

Barbro Gunilla Kristina Wolde (July 15, 1939 – April 15, 2015) was a Swedish writer and illustrator.

Early life She was born in Gothenburg in 1939. Her mother, Gunnel Brorsson (née Vestergren) was a nurse and a journalist, and her father, Gabriel Brorsson, was a former sailor who had become a farmer and a merchant. The family lived on a farm in Älmsta in Roslagen, on the coast north of Stockholm.

Career She went through the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm, and then worked as a caricaturist and satirical political illustrator for newspapers and magazines including Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Aftonbladet and the men's magazine Lektyr.

When Wolde's children had grown up, she stopped writing about Totte and Emma, changing her focus to books about horses written for an older audience.

Personal life She was married to Rolf Gustafsson between 1957 and 1962, and to Peter Wolde between 1965 and 1999. She had three children.

Wolde lived in Köpingsvik, Öland for the last period of her life. She died in April 2015 following a period of illness.