Eva Eriksson
1949– · Swedish children's book illustrator and writer
Eva Eriksson (born 1949 in Halmstad, Sweden) is a Swedish illustrator and writer of children's books. She studied at Konstfack in Stockholm and has illustrated books by writers including Barbro Lindgren, Viveca Lärn, Ulf Nilsson, Rose Lagercrantz and Ulf Stark.
Between 2003 and 2012 she held seat number 1 of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. Several of her illustrated books have been translated into English, some by Gecko Press and other publishers. Her work on the Little Sister Rabbit books, written by Ulf Nilsson, earned a BMF Children's plaque in 1983, shared with the author. In 1985 she received another BMF Children's plaque, together with Viveca Lärn, for We sneak in Enoch.
Her work has won several honours: the Elsa Beskow plaque and Expressen's Heffaklump in 1981, a Rabén & Sjögren scholarship in 1986, the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2001, the Ottilia Adelborg Prize in 2006 and the Emil Prize in 2008. She is mainly associated with contemporary Swedish children's literature, and her books have reached readers in other countries through translation.