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Collectible figurine LMZ Collectibles: Nils Holgersson: Nils and the Tomte. Limited edition and numbered max 200 copies with certificate of authenticity. Height: 29cm.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (orig. Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige; literally Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden) is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. It was originally published in two books, 1906 and 1907, and was first published in English as The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1907) and The Further Adventures of Nils (1911). The two parts are later usually published together, in English as The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, but that name may also refer to the first part alone.
Like many leading Swedish intellectuals of her time, Selma Lagerlöf was an advocate of Swedish spelling reform. When first published, this book was also one of the first to adopt the new spelling mandated by a government resolution on April 7, 1906 (see Svenska Akademiens Ordlista).
For this second production in the universe of Nils Holgersson, we wanted to focus on his encounter with the Tomte (Scandinavian name for Elf).
Who hasn't one day dreamed of being able to act like the elf while facing a cruel situation? By showing gratuitous malice towards this seemingly harmless little creature, Nils is punished with a magical spell from the annoyed Tomte. In his turn, he takes on the size of an elf and it is for him (and poor Carrot who had not asked for anything!) the beginning of the great adventure with the wild geese.
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Collectible figurine LMZ Collectibles: Nils Holgersson: Nils and the Tomte. Limited edition and numbered max 200 copies with certificate of authenticity. Height: 29cm.