Editing Elsa Beskow (section)

== Background ==
Born in [[Stockholm]] her parents were businessman Bernt Maartman (1841–1889), whose family came from [[Bergen]], Norway, and Augusta Fahlstedt (1850–1915). Beskow studied Art Education at [[Konstfack]], University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, then called ''Tekniska skolan'', or the Technical school, in Stockholm.<ref>Björkman, Ivar; ''Djursholm – staden på landet'' (Djursholms Forntid och Framtid, 1982) ISBN /91-85549-00-2</ref>

She married former minister and social worker, doctor of theology [[Natanael Beskow]] in 1897. Elsa Beskow met her future husband at [[Djursholms samskola]] while serving as a teacher where he served as head master. From 1900 they lived in Villa Ekeliden in [[Djursholm]] which had initially been built for the author [[Viktor Rydberg]]. They had six sons, including the artist Bo Beskow (1906–1989) and geologist Gunnar Beskow (1901–1991).