Biography about Jens Sigsgaard

Jens Sigsgaard (1910-91) grew up in the rural environment of north-west Jutland; the home was shaped by a Grundtvig-Kold philosophy and the farm was run as a collective. He trained as a teacher, graduated in Psychology and for almost 35 years was the principal of Frøbelseminariet, an infant teacher training college in Copenhagen. Sigsgaard described himself as having been born under a lucky star, and it is indeed true that only a very few writers are granted international success with their first book – and a picture book at that. The book was Palle alene i verden (1942), illustrated by Arne Ungermann.