A nisse as stable-boy.―Illustration by Hans Gude. Asbjørnsen (1896) Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr

A nisse eating Christmas porridge.―Illustration by Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche.

Nisse on Christmas Card (1885)

An illustration made by Gudmund Stenersen of an angry tomte stealing hay from a farmer.

Wood Nisse
Painting by Svein Solem 🇳🇴

Two little gnome children representing holly and mistletoe by Mili Weber, 1923.

In Norse mythology, Frigg asks an oath from all living things, except mistletoe which she deemed too young or small to make an oath.