Hilde Hodnefjeld
About Hilde Hodnefjeld
Hilde Hodnefjeld is a Norwegian illustrator and picture book author. She has published several of her own children’s books and illustrated for a number of other authors.
She sometimes travels all over Norway with DKS (Den kulturelle skolesekken / The Cultural Schoolbag) where she meets many children and reads and tells them about the books she makes.
The drawing style is naive and imaginative, and the illustrations often have many subtle details, sometimes with elements of collage. She combines traditional with digital drawing techniques, but the finished expression almost always has a handmade feel to it.
Awards and Nominations
2023 Book of the Year (awarded by Sølvberget library) for Elg i soloppgang
2023 Nominated for The Brage Prize for Tusen elgar i garasjen
2021 Ministry of Culture Picture Book Award for Uppsa
2021 Norwegian Literary Critics’ Prize for Uppsa
2019 Nominated for The Brage Prize for Lykke og ulykken
2019 Nominated for the Ministry of Culture’s Picture Book Award for Du tror det ikke før du får se det
2018 Ministry of Culture Illustration Award for Bonsai, en liten bok om døden
2015 Eureka! Book Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Readers for Elephant man
2011 Nominated for Ministry of Culture Illustration Award for Mesterpromperen written by Tor Edvin Dahl in collaboration with Hilde Hodnefjeld and illustrated by Hilde Hodnefjeld
Visual Award and The Most Beautiful Books of the Year (awarded by Grafill): Gold for I huset bortenfor, Diplom for Mesterpromperen, Gold for Uppsa , Silver for Bonsai, en liten bok om døden