Ann-Sophie Qvarnström

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.

Ann-Sophie Qvarnström
Born
Ann-Sophie Linnéa Qvarnström

(1958-07-26) 26 July 1958
NationalitySwedish
EducationRoyal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Known forIllustration
Silversmith
Sophies Silver at Sankt Hansgatan 34, Visby.

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]

References
  1. Blixt, Anders. "May 2011 The Dream Forge Page 2 part 5". Website. Anders Blixt. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. Blixt, Anders. "May 2011 MT2 part 4". Website. Anders Blixt. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. "Kandra". Website. Rollspelsakademin. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. Säfström, Orvar; Wilhelmsson, Jimmy. Bland mutanter, drakar och demoner. Bokfabriken. p. 34. ISBN 9789176292204.
  5. Jönköpings-Posten 12 July 1993
  6. Veltman, Carola. "Mönster från Sophias Ateljé". Website. Fagert.se. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  7. Leino, Per. "Vintrig bild av muren prisad", Gotlands Allehanda p. 22. Published 29 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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