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Originally from Finland, Helene Nyblom grew up in a upper class family where she was taught early on to appreciate art. She married an art professor, Carl Rubert Nyblom, and moved with him to his native Sweden. The Nyblom's house was well known in it's time as a place for gathering of artistic individuals. Despite their status, however, the financial situation of the family was precarious and so Helene Nyblom began writing for magazines to add to the family income. Early works of poetry and short stories were met with positives from critics and her career flourished. He greatest works became folktales/fairy-tales. Unlike Hytlen, who recorded folktales as they were from oral tradition, Nyblom applied her artistic style to create a prose that engaged readers and sparked imagination.(Vallquist, 2013)
