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"Our secret?"

Another creature that comes from Scandinavia: The nisse, or tomte as it is called in Sweden and tonttu in Finland.
They live on farms where they help the farmer take care of the animals and protect the home from intruders.

The idea that nisses and trolls are enemies have become quite popular thanks to Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet and their gnome books, so I wanted to draw them being friends.

Because as usual, the Danish version of the nisse is a bit nicer than in most of Scandinavia, and looks a little different. For example, nisses usually have beards, but here they are mostly clean shaven or with sideburns.

In fact, Danish nisses and trolls would probably enjoy each others company quite a bit. They both like humans, enjoy helping farmers (the nisse at home, the troll in the field), and they are quite fond of drinking and eating.

These two doesn’t look like they’ve been nice though. :D
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~BlueRoseKelly Dec 29, 2012
Kind of like a playful rivalry.
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Mood: Love ~Kakurosu Oct 13, 2012
j hvor er de søde <3
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~poveqandachinochosis May 3, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
My family is norwegian, and so we make porridge for the nisse every year, instead of leaving out cookies for santa claus :)
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Mood: Love ~lacewing Apr 17, 2012
I could use one of them... What I need to put out to attract one? Perhaps one might be willing to travel, there are danish people around here!
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~itachi-mochi-kun Mar 23, 2012
Mythical creature in Scandinavia seem to be a lot friendlier in Denmark than the rest of Scandinavia.
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~Draconicat Mar 17, 2012
So cool!
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~FinnHorseGirl Mar 12, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Tonttu! :heart: Yay! :D I don't like that modern idea of Nisses/Tomtes/Tonttus being the same as christmas-elves.
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~Onlynameleft2pick Feb 16, 2012
LOL! Mischief makers!
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~YouthArtist Oct 4, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Hej Humon!
Jag e ifrån Sverige och här den andre dagen fann jag en bok inne på biblioteket i Bromölla där jag kommer ifrån. Den handlade om tomtar och trollfolk och var rikt illustrerad med fina teckningar av söta små tomtar med deras röter mössor och sånt... Då kom jag på tanka att du ju va huruvid hur glad som helst för troll så jag tänkte om du ville ha den boken? Jag bor i Danmark, i Randers för att vara mera precis så det kommer sig väl inte illavidsig eller? (Förstår du överhuvudet vad jag skriver???) Kanske vi skulja träffas nångång och snacka om politik och trollfolk... Inte så dumm idé.. Nu får jag sluta skriva innan folk får ont i hjärnan av att läsa detta =) Hoppas det blir till något
//Zilke Nielsen, Bromölla, Skåne, Sverige =) (Ja, det e riktigt! Scania!!!)
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~SamSilver-chan92 Oct 1, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
Nice draw. What materials did you used? water pencils??
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