# Clement Larsson — The Wonderful Adventures of Nils character guide

> Clement Larsson in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Clement

**First appearance:** 0070-in-captivity

## Snapshot

A fiddler and caretaker at Skansen who still half-believes his mother's tales of the tiny folk, and finds one of them staring back at him from a fisherman's bag.

## Who they are

Clement lives quietly among the old buildings and caged animals of Skansen, a man whose childhood superstitions never fully wore off. When the fisherman Ashbjörn brings him a captured tomte, Clement's old fear of the little people's vengeance collides with his pity for the gagged, bound creature. His choice in that moment quietly shapes what Nils can and cannot do while held captive.

## Relationships

### [Mother Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/characters/mother_bear)

_friendship_

Clement Larsson and Mother Bear share a gentle, respectful friendship, with Clement showing kindness to the bear family.

### [Mother Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/characters/mother_bear)

_friendship_

Clement Larsson and Mother Bear share a gentle, respectful friendship, with Clement showing kindness to the bear family.

## In the story

### [Skansen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/chapters/skansen)

A homesick fiddler from Hälsingland who works at Skansen; he rescues the captured elf and later receives a visit from the King.

### [In Captivity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/chapters/in-captivity)

Left Skansen and instructed a Laplander to set out a blue bowl for Nils, but the Laplander used a white bowl, preventing Nils's release.

### [The Precious Girdle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/chapters/the-precious-girdle)

The fiddler who exacted a promise from Nils but left Skansen without freeing him; Nils describes him to Gorgo.

### [A Large Green Leaf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/chapters/a-large-green-leaf)

Found by Gorgo and Nils chopping wood at a remote stock farm in the forest.

### [The Animals’ New Year’s Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/chapters/the-animals-new-year-s-eve)

Clement tells a story about ransoming a tiny midget at Skansen and wins a muffler for his tale.

### [The Five Scouts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_se/chapters/the-five-scouts)

Clement is the storyteller's audience, having argued about Norrland without having seen it.

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