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Anna Linnéa Sofia Ödman, (1876-1960) was a Swedish painter, illustrator, graphic artist and drawing teacher. She was born Augusti 29 ,1876 in Härnösand, and died November 28, 1960 in Stockholm.

She was the daughter of Nils Petrus Ödman and Linnéa Sofia Elisabeth Helena Tullberg and sister of Per Olof Tycho Ödman and granddaughter of Otto Fredrik Tullberg and Sofia Lovisa Christina Tullberg (neé Ridderbielke), great-great-great-grandaughter of Carl Linnaeus as well as the niece of Tycho Fredrik Hugo Tullberg.

She studied at Konstfack (University of Arts, Crafts and Design) in Stockholm 1895–1900 where she graduated as a drawing teacher. Simultaneously she studied at Althins målarskola (Althins School of Painting). After working for one year as a drawing teacher, she continued her art studies at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (1901-1906) where she also took classes in etching. She moved to Paris and studied for Castelluccio and Lucien Simon (1908-1909) and for Maurice Denis 1914. In addition she traveled to The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and England. She exhibited her work solo in Öregrund and Gävle and together with Fanny Pettersson in Uppsala, and together with her cousin Ingegerd Beskow in several Swedish provincial towns. She participated in exhibitions arranged by Sveriges allmänna konstförening, Liljevalch's Art Gallery, Baltic Exhibition and the exhibition of Föreningen Svenska Konstnärinnors at Skånska konstmuseum in Lund and Vienna. Her work consists mainly of portraits, but she also painted landscapes, floral still-lifes and she used both oil and pastell. Ödman is represented at Gävle museum, Örebro läns museum, Växjö museum, Stockholm borgarskola, Uppsala University and National Library of Sweden.

Published sources

 * Dictionary of Swedish Artists (Svenskt konstnärslexikon) Part V page 798, Allhems Publisher, Malmö. LIBRIS 8390296
 * Swedish Artists, Biography Handbook, Väbo Publisher, 1987, page 602, LIBRIS 7765108