Hilding Mickelsson Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1919 - d. 2002

Mickel Hilding Mickelsson, born February 21, 1919 in Rengsjö, Hälsingland, died there January 11, 2002 , was a Swedish nature photographer, author and local history researcher.

He lived in Glösbo in Bollnäs municipality all his life. In books, Mickelsson has described nature and his homeland with both camera and text, and it is believed that no one has influenced the image of Hälsingland more than he.

In his youth, Mickelsson worked in the forest and with a simple box camera, purchased when he was 15 years old, he took pictures until the 1940s, which won several awards in various photo magazines. During the 1940s, he was employed as a cultivation consultant at Gävleborg County's household association and at the same time as he visited farmers in the county, he documented its nature and buildings. He became increasingly recognized as a photographer and was able to buy a Hasselblad camera in the 1950s. Particularly well-known pictures are Berguven landar and brokvisten, which became models for stamps and the picture Lappugglan anfaller, which was published in Life in 1960.

After his participation in the magnificent work In Hälsningland, which was published in 1954, Mickelsson received attention and a lecturer often hired throughout Sweden. He was also skilled at imitating bird sounds. He became early aware of natural pollution through pesticides and emissions and pushed public opinion against them. At Mickelsson's initiative, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring 1963 was translated into Swedish. He became an honorary doctor of philosophy in 1991 at Uppsala University.