Ann-Sophie Qvarnström Explained

Ann-Sophie Qvarnström
Birth Name:Ann-Sophie Linnéa Qvarnström
Birth Date:1958 7, df=yes
Nationality:Swedish
Known For:Illustration
Silversmith
Training:Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Ann-Sophie Qvarnström (born 26 July 1958) is a Swedish illustrator and silversmith best known for the maps she made for the Swedish role-playing ("RPG") community during the 1980s.

Biography

In 1984 she established the company Sophias Ateljé and opened a shop in Stockholm. About this time she came to the attentions of Äventyrsspel and Iron Crown Enterprises[1] and during the following years she made many illustrated maps for their board games and role-playing games. In 1986 she made one of the first Swedish RPG maps in colour,[2] the same year she co-wrote the town module Kandra together with her husband.[3] After that she drew maps for many of the games by Äventyrsspel.[4]

In 1993 she and her company moved to Visby, and she began to focus on jewellery design[5] but she still did some props, patterns[6] and garb for the Medieval Week on Gotland. In 2013 she was one of the winners in the Wiki Loves Monuments competition.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blixt. Anders. May 2011 The Dream Forge Page 2 part 5. Website. Anders Blixt. 19 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Blixt. Anders. May 2011 MT2 part 4. Website. Anders Blixt. 19 May 2014.
  3. Web site: Kandra. Website. Rollspelsakademin. 19 May 2014. 19 May 2014. https://archive.today/20140519212743/http://www.rollspelsakademien.com/produkt_10.aspx. dead.
  4. Book: Säfström . Orvar . Wilhelmsson . Jimmy . Bland mutanter, drakar och demoner . Bokfabriken . 9789176292204 . 34.
  5. Jönköpings-Posten 12 July 1993
  6. Web site: Veltman. Carola. Mönster från Sophias Ateljé. Website. Fagert.se. 19 May 2014. https://archive.today/20140428022348/http://www.fagert.se/shop/category/sophias-atelje-symonster. 28 April 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  7. Leino, Per. "Vintrig bild av muren prisad", Gotlands Allehanda p. 22. Published 29 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2019.