Axel Emil Thorenfeldt (b. 1998) is a self-educated bird illustrator and artist who started drawing birds as a child. He grew up on Hvaler in Østfold, an archipelago with unique nature and birdlife, just 75 minute’s drive from Oslo. Axel has a degree in biology from the University of Lund in Sweden.
Coastal Birds is his first book as an author and illustrator.