Skelte Siweris Braaksma

Skelte Siweris Braaksma (Leeuwarden, 1995) is a comic artist based in Friesland. He grew up in a former dairy factory in Marrum, the son of parents Machiel Braaksma and Lolkje van der Kooi, both visual artists. Since the age of fourteen, he has been making comics about little-known chapters of Frisian history and unsung local heroes; his works include De F.K.P. (2010), Fete (2019) and Magnus (2019). He is the driving force behind De Noorderlingen, a collective of Frisian comic artists looking to turn Frisia into a comic capital. Redbad is the winner of the Diet Huber-prijs 2025 for the best illustrated Frisian children’s and youth book of the past three years.