Nanny Hammarström

Nanny Matilda Hammarström (March 23, 1870 – December 3, 1953) was a Finland-Swedish teacher and author.

Biography Hammarström was born in Vaasa. She taught mathematics, natural history, and geography at schools in Kokkola (1890–1891), Mariehamn (1895–1900), and Loviisa (1900–1943). Her eleven books of stories were published in large print runs. She gained an international foothold with her debut work (The Adventures of Two Ants, 1906); the book was translated into Finnish, Norwegian, German, English, and Russian. This was followed, among other works, by (The Spring Wind's Journey; 1929), a story in which the south wind tells about everything it meets on its journey north. Her books are about the life and interaction of nature and animals, and Hammarström illustrated them herself. In 1979, and (The Hirundo Swallow Couple, 1915) were republished in new editions. The books (Children and Adults I–II, published in 1918 and 1920), are about the author's own family.

Hammarström died in Loviisa, where she is also buried.