Collection 4 THE NORTH

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How the Northern Lights
took over the world.
Text & Illustration By Amanda M. Jansson and Emma Elina Keira Jones
As it is today Icelandic, Scandinavian
and Northern Art is literally everywhere
to be found and with it
goes all the culture and the spirit
of the North, because in one way or another
Scandinavian art and design is deeply
rooted in magic and mysticism and the
special aspects of the country itself, no
matter how clean or modern it might
seem at times. If you think that all the
geometry and innovation coming your
way has nothing to do with Valhala and
Thor and fairy tales of old, frozen land and
endless woods and all that, think twice.
If you‘ve ever been to one of
these Nordic countries, however,
you will know that the
true spirit and heart of the
North are still alive and
breathing and this is probably
what makes their
art so popular.