Notable Alumni of Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design [Sorted List]

1. Svante Kede

1877-1955 (aged 78)

painter

Svante Gustav Adolf Kede was a Swedish artist and painter.

2. Bror Geijer Göthe

1892-1949 (aged 57)

painter textile artist

Bror Geijer Göthe was a Swedish artist, painter and textile artist who revived late medieval methods.

3. Emil Westman

1894-1935 (aged 41)

painter draftsperson graphic artist

Emil Westman was a Swedish-Danish artist.

4. Ida Törnström

1862-1949 (aged 87)

writer painter draftsperson drawing teacher

Ida Albertina Törnström, who wrote poetry under the pseudonym Sölve, was a Swedish writer, teacher and painter.

5. Charles Lachs

1879-1972 (aged 93)

painter

Charles Georg Lachs was a Bavarian-Swedish visual artist. Specialising in oil and etching, his motifs ranged from landscapes and portraits to humble working class areas around fin de siècle Stockholm.

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6. Karin Ageman

1899-1950 (aged 51)

educator designer illustrator draftsperson

Karin Charlotta Ageman née Petersson was a Swedish artist and illustrator who is remembered for her work as a bookbinder, poster designer and wallpaper pattern creator. In 1939, she was responsible for designing the catalogue for the Swedish exhibits at the 1939 New York World's Fair. From 1945, she taught advertising and book design at Stockholm's Konstfack.

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7. Stig Åsberg

1909-1968 (aged 59)

draftsperson illustrator graphic artist

Stig Åsberg was a Swedish graphic artist.

8. Wilhelmina Wendt

1896-1988 (aged 92)

designer silversmith

Wilhelmina Wendt, commonly known as Tiddit, was a Swedish silversmith. She was the first woman in Sweden to be granted the title of "master silversmith". From the late 1920s, she designed trays, serving dishes, bowls, jugs and jewellery. In the mid 1940s, she settled in Perstorp where she combined her father's black insulation material "isolit" with her own thin silver...

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9. Harriet Sundström

1872-1961 (aged 89)

sculptor painter exlibrist graphic artist

Harriet Sundström was a Swedish landscape artist.

10. Ellen Jolin

1854-1939 (aged 85)

painter writer graphic artist

(Maria Helena) Ellen Jolin (16 June 1854 – 25 May 1939) was a Swedish writer, painter and graphic artist.

11. Per Emanuel Werming

1840-1920 (aged 80)

architect

Per Emanuel Werming was a Swedish architect.

12. Eva Löwstädt-Åström

1865-1942 (aged 77)

painter draftsperson printmaker

Eva Matilda Löwstädt-Åström was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. Several different dates and years are given for her birth. This one is taken from her tombstone.

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13. Ida von Schulzenheim

1859-1940 (aged 81)

artist

Ida Eléonora Davida von Schulzenheim was a Swedish painter. Her foremost motif was paintings of animals.

14. Tekla Nordström

1856-1937 (aged 81)

engraver xylographer

Tekla Wilhelmina Nordström, née Lindeström was a Swedish xylographer.

15. Eigil Schwab

1882-1952 (aged 70)

draftsperson artist

Eigil Schwab was a Swedish painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

16. Birgit Skiöld

1923-1982 (aged 59)

illustrator artist

Birgit Skiöld was a Swedish master printmaker and modernist artist who ran the highly successful Print Workshop in the basement of 28 Charlotte Street, London from 1958 to the late 1970s. She was a noted member of the London art scene during that period, and her life is commemorated by an eponymous award for innovation in printmaking.

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17. Erik Tryggelin

1878-1962 (aged 84)

painter graphic artist photographer draftsperson

Erik Viktor Tryggelin, born 25 June 1878 in Stockholm, died 9 August 1962 in Stockholm, was a Swedish artist, drawer and photographer.

18. Bernhard Österman

1870-1938 (aged 68)

painter graphic artist curator draftsperson

Gustaf Bernhard Österman was a Swedish painter, illustrator and curator. His twin brother, Emil, was also an artist.

19. Ingrid Dessau

1923-2000 (aged 77)

textile artist

Ingrid Dessau was a Swedish textile artist.

20. Sigrid Blomberg

1863-1941 (aged 78)

sculptor

Emma Emilia Sigrid Charlotte Blomberg was a Swedish sculptor who focused on religious art. One of her most notable creations is Bebådelsen (The Annunciation, 1900), a marble statue depicting the Virgin Mary on her knees in prayer, her head turned upwards. It was the first sculpture by a woman to be acquired by the Swedish National Museum. After carving the...

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21. John Österlund

1875-1953 (aged 78)

conservator painter graphic artist draftsperson

John Österlund was a Swedish artist and curator.

22. Sara Szyber

1963-. (aged 63)

interior designer

Sara Rebecka Torsson Szyber, born on June 16, 1963, is a Swedish interior and furniture designer.

23. Gerda Sprinchorn

1871-1951 (aged 80)

ceramicist sculptor

Gertrud Linnéa Sprinchorn was a Swedish sculptor and ceramist. She is best known for her sculptures Cleopatra and Helig dans, the former of which won her the Royal Medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts.

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24. Peter Adolf Persson

1862-1914 (aged 52)

painter

Peter Adolf Persson was a Swedish painter known for his Skåne landscapes.

25. Maja Sjöström

1868-1961 (aged 93)

textile artist

Maria Sjöström (1868–1961) was a prominent Swedish textile artist from the 1890s to the 1930s. In particular, she designed intricate interior decorations for the new Stockholm City Hall. These included enormous silk tapestries which were woven at the Luigi Bevilacqua Textile Company in Venice. Following the opening of the city hall in 1923, Sjöström moved to Rome where she spent...

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26. Ida Matton

1863-1940 (aged 77)

artist sculptor

Ida Elisabeth Matton, was a Swedish sculptor.

27. Carl Skånberg

1850-1883 (aged 33)

painter

Carl Emmerik Skånberg was a Swedish painter. Despite a serious illness that caused him a great deal of suffering, he was a prolific painter and one of the first artists in Sweden to be influenced by Impressionism.

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28. Anton Genberg

1862-1939 (aged 77)

painter

Anton Jonsson Genberg was a Swedish painter in the Naturalist style who specialized in mountain landscapes.

29. Amanda Sidvall

1844-1892 (aged 48)

painter

Amanda Carolina Vilhelmina Sidwall was a Swedish painter and illustrator. She studied in Paris in the 1870s and had works exhibited at the Salon in the early 1880s.

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30. Anshelm Leonard Schultzberg

1862-1945 (aged 83)

painter

Anshelm Schultzberg was a Swedish painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

31. Fanny Falkner

1890-1963 (aged 73)

actor painter

Fanny Johanna Maria Falkner was a Swedish actress and miniaturist.

32. Agda Österberg

1891-1987 (aged 96)

painter designer textile artist draftsperson

Agda Elisabeth Österberg was a Swedish textile artist who was a prominent figure in the production of religious textiles. In 1933, she was appointed artistic director at Axevalla-Varnhem Slöjd. She took the business over in 1935, changing its name first to Firma Agda Österberg and later to Tre Bäcker, producing thousands of church textiles up to the 1970s. The firm...

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33. Elin Wallin

1884-1969 (aged 85)

painter draftsperson

Elin Kristina Wallin was a Swedish artist. She was married to the Swedish artist David Wallin.

34. Helene Schmitz

1960-. (aged 66)

photographer

Helene Schmitz is a Swedish photographer born 1960. In her work, Helene Schmitz is interested in how nature is described in science, art and literature. Schmitz investigates how these activities filters our understanding and her work often makes us question our preconceptions of nature. After graduating with a BA in History of Art and Cinema, she started working with photography....

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35. Barbro Nilsson

1899-1983 (aged 84)

textile artist

Barbro Nilsson née Lundberg was a Swedish textile artist who is remembered in particular for her large tapestries, including the one she produced in collaboration with Sven Erixson for the Gothenburg Concert Hall in 1939. She was active as a teacher at Konstfack and as head of Märta Måås-Fjetterström's weaving establishment in Båstad. Nilsson produced her own rugs and church...

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36. Maja Andersson Wirde

1873-1952 (aged 79)

drawing teacher textile artist

Sigrid Maria Andersson Wirde (1873–1952) was a leading Swedish textile artist in the first half of the 20th century. From 1907, she worked for 20 years as a pattern designer for the Friends of Handicraft or Handarbetets Vänner in Stockholm where she created large carpets for Stockholm City Hall and textiles for the transatlantic liner MS Kungsholm. In 1929, she...

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37. Hans Ehrich

1942-. (aged 84)

industrial designer

Hans Ehrich is a Swedish industrial designer. Together with Tom Ahlström he, in 1968, founded A&E Design, a company which Ehrich still (2022) manages. Between 1982 and 2002 he was the CEO of the sister company Interdesign in Stockholm. Internationally, he is regarded one of Sweden's leading product designers, and is referred to as the “Grand Seigneur” of Swedish industrial...

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38. Alf Wallander

1862-1914 (aged 52)

painter genre painter designer

Alf Wallander was a Swedish painter, graphic designer, craftsman, and art conservator.

39. Mona Morales-Schildt

1908-1999 (aged 91)

glass artist

Monica Ulrika Morales-Schildt (March 1, 1908 – February 23, 1999) was a Swedish designer and glass artist, best known for her Ventana series of vases. Morales-Schildt's works are held by various museums in Sweden and internationally.

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40. Carl Fagerberg

1878-1948 (aged 70)

sculptor

Carl Vilhelm Fagerberg was a Swedish sculptor. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.

41. Gerda Tirén

1858-1928 (aged 70)

illustrator artist

Gerda Maria Tirén, née Rydberg was a Swedish painter and illustrator. She did landscapes from France and Sweden, children's portraits, and genre scenes. Her illustrations were often featured in the magazine Jultomten (Santa Claus).

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42. Alice Nordin

1871-1948 (aged 77)

designer sculptor

Alice Nordin was a Swedish sculptor.

43. Marik Vos-Lundh

1923-1994 (aged 71)

costume designer painter production designer scenographer

Marie-Anne "Marik" Vos-Lundh was a Swedish costume designer, production designer, and set designer, best known for her frequent collaborations with director Ingmar Bergman. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times for her work on Bergman's films, winning for Fanny and Alexander (1982).

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44. Helena Hernmarck

1941-. (aged 85)

designer textile artist artist

Helena Hernmarck is a Swedish tapestry artist who lives and works in the United States. She is best known for her monumental tapestries designed for architectural settings.

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45. Arvid Knöppel

1892-1970 (aged 78)

sculptor draftsperson writer

Arvid Knöppel was a Swedish sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

46. Björn Gidstam

1938-. (aged 88)

writer painter graphic artist draftsperson

Björn Gidstam is a Swedish artist.

47. Louise Adelborg

1885-1971 (aged 86)

designer textile artist

Louise Nathalie Adelborg was a Swedish porcelain designer and textile artist.

48. Ida Gawell-Blumenthal

1869-1953 (aged 84)

writer

Ida Albertina Gawell-Blumenthal was a Swedish author, storyteller, and singer, known under the name Delsbostintan.

49. Agnes de Frumerie

1869-1937 (aged 68)

sculptor

Agnes Eleonora Augusta Emilia de Frumerie was a Swedish artist who spent much of her career in France.

50. Ida Trotzig

1864-1943 (aged 79)

ethnographer author artist

Ida Bertha Trotzig née Magnét was a Swedish photographer, ethnographer, Japanologist, author and painter. From 1888, together with her husband Herman Trotzig, she spent 33 years in Japan, acquiring a profound interest in Japanese culture, especially the tea ceremony and flower arrangement. On her return to Sweden, in 1935 she managed the establishment of a Japanese tea garden near the...

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51. Sven Scholander

1860-1936 (aged 76)

composer sculptor lutenist singer

Sven Scholander was a Swedish musician, singer, composer and sculptor. His musical innovations led to a revival in Swedish lute playing whilst his solo performances of Carl Michael Bellman reintroduced the works in their original form.

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52. Vera Nilsson

1888-1979 (aged 91)

draftsperson artist

Vera Amalia Märta Nilsson was a Swedish painter and a peace activist. One of Sweden's most prominent Expressionists, she is remembered in particular for her paintings of children, including her daughter Ginga, and for her landscapes, often scenes of Öland where she spent her summers. Her anti-war sentiments are vividly expressed in Penning conta liv, painted during the Spanish Civil...

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53. Carl-Axel Acking

1910-2001 (aged 91)

architect designer

Carl-Axel Acking was a Swedish architect, author and furniture designer, winner of the Lunning Prize in 1952.

54. David Wallin

1876-1957 (aged 81)

painter draftsperson

David August Wallin was a Swedish artist. In 1932 he won an Olympic Gold Medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles for his oil painting "At the Seaside of Arild".

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55. Zenia Larsson

1922-2007 (aged 85)

writer sculptor

Zenia Szajna Larsson, née Marcinkowska was a Polish-Swedish writer and sculptor of Jewish descent. Larsson was a Holocaust survivor who was among the first in Sweden to describe their war experience.

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56. Ruth Milles

1873-1941 (aged 68)

writer sculptor

Ruth Milles was a Swedish sculptor and writer. She is mainly known for her figurines and reliefs.

57. Anna-Lisa Thomson

1905-1952 (aged 47)

ceramicist painter designer illustrator

Anna-Lisa Thomson, born 20 September 1905 in Karlskrona, Sweden, died 12 February 1952, was a Swedish painter and ceramist.

58. Anna Fiske

1964-. (aged 62)

cartoonist comics artist illustrator children's writer author

Anna Karin Helena Fiske is a Swedish-born illustrator and writer who settled in Norway.

59. Frida Stéenhoff

1865-1945 (aged 80)

women's rights activist feminist painter journalist handicrafter

Helga Frideborg Maria "Frida" Stéenhoff was a Swedish writer and women's rights activist. She was a leading participant of the public debate of gender equality and a contributor of several radical progressive publications. She was engaged in the women suffrage movement and several humanitarian organisations.

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60. Gunnar Widforss

1879-1934 (aged 55)

painter draftsperson

Gunnar Mauritz Widforss was a Swedish American artist who specialized in painting subjects from the wilderness in watercolor. Widforss is most frequently associated with landscapes from American National Parks.

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61. Eva Lindström

1952-. (aged 74)

illustrator children's writer

Eva Lindström is a Swedish illustrator and author. Her work is known for its humorous and dark style.

62. Harald Wiberg

1908-1986 (aged 78)

painter draftsperson illustrator

Harald Wiberg was a Swedish writer, artist and illustrator. He was best known for his illustrations in the books about Tomten and of Astrid Lindgren.

63. Julia Beck

1853-1935 (aged 82)

drawing teacher painter watercolorist calligrapher

Julia Beck was a Swedish painter and calligrapher.

64. Cecilia Torudd

1942-. (aged 84)

illustrator comics artist

Cecilia Torudd is a Swedish illustrator and author born in Lund. Since the 1970s, she has been a contributing illustrator for the children's magazine Kamratposten.

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65. Albin Amelin

1902-1975 (aged 73)

painter draftsperson graphic artist

Hans Albin Agaton Amelin was a Swedish artist.

66. Astrid Sampe

1909-2002 (aged 93)

designer textile artist

Astrid Sampe was a Swedish textile designer who for a large part of her professional life was affiliated with the textile department at Nordiska Kompaniet but also worked for several other textile producers.

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67. Rosa Taikon

1926-2017 (aged 91)

dancer silversmith actor jewelry designer

Rosa Sofia Ingeborg Taikon, formerly Janusch and Widegren, was a Swedish Romani silversmith and activist. From the Kalderash subgroup, Taikon first received public recognition for her work as a silversmith. Following the murder of her brother in 1962, Taikon and her sister Katarina became noted Romani activists against antiziganism in Sweden as well as abroad. For her contribution to Romani...

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68. Jockum Nordström

1963-. (aged 63)

draftsperson sculptor visual artist painter illustrator

Jockum Nordström is a Swedish artist, best known for his vivid collages, but also for his drawings, paintings and work as an illustrator.

69. Ester Ellqvist

1880-1918 (aged 38)

painter

Ruth Ester Elisabet Ellqvist was a Swedish artist, model and wife of John Bauer, who was a painter and illustrator. She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and spent one year studying art in southern Germany and Italy with her husband. She died in 1918 with her husband and three-year-old son when the boat that they sailed on...

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70. Oskar Andersson

1877-1906 (aged 29)

cartoonist comics artist caricaturist comics creator draftsperson

Oskar Emil "O.A." Andersson was a Swedish cartoonist and one of Sweden's first true comic creators. He greatly influenced Swedish cartooning culture.

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71. Wilhelm Kåge

1889-1960 (aged 71)

painter designer illustrator graphic artist ceramicist

Algot Wilhelm Kåge was a Swedish artist and designer, mainly known as a ceramic designer and as the artistic leader of the Gustavsberg porcelain factory.

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72. Katja of Sweden

1920-2017 (aged 97)

fashion designer

Katja Ingergard Geiger, better known as Katja of Sweden, was a Swedish fashion designer.

73. Greta Magnusson-Grossman

1906-1999 (aged 93)

architect designer

Greta Magnusson-Grossman was a Swedish furniture designer, interior designer, and architect. She was one of the few female designers to gain prominence during the mid-20th century architectural scene in Los Angeles. Her early exposure to European Modernism deeply influenced her later architectural work, seen as a synthesis of European ideals and the culture and lifestyle of Southern California.

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74. Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss

1928-2022 (aged 94)

costume designer writer sculptor scenographer ceramicist

Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss was a Swedish costume designer, scenic designer, sculptor, ceramist, and actress. She won the 1966 Tony Award for Best Costume Design for her work on Peter Weiss's Marat/Sade (1963). She has designed sets and costumes for numerous theaters internationally, including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Swedish Opera. From 1966 to 1989, she worked regularly as a...

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75. Fanny Brate

1861-1940 (aged 79)

painter

Fanny Ingeborg Matilda Brate was a Swedish painter. She specialized in genre scenes, featuring families, which are often cited as the inspiration for similar works by Carl Larsson.

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76. Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom

1873-1941 (aged 68)

drawing teacher textile artist

Märta Livia Vilhelmina Måås-Fjetterström was a leading Swedish textile artist in the early 20th-century. She is remembered in particular for the weaving studio she opened in Båstad in 1919 and for the decorative rugs she produced from the 1910s to the 1930s, increasingly combining rural Nordic traditions with modernist trends. Her works are exhibited in some of the world's most...

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77. Carl Johan De Geer

1938-. (aged 88)

painter director writer film director musician

Baron Carl Johan Louis De Geer af Finspång is a Swedish artist, writer, musician and friherre (baron) of the De Geer noble family.

78. Carl Milles

1875-1955 (aged 80)

university teacher sculptor architect

Carl Milles was a Swedish sculptor. He was married to artist Olga Milles (née Granner) and brother to Ruth Milles and half-brother to the architect Evert Milles. Carl Milles sculpted the Gustaf Vasa statue at the Stockholm Nordic Museum, the Poseidon statue in Gothenburg, the Orpheus group outside the Stockholm Concert Hall, and the Fountain of Faith in Falls Church,...

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79. Kakan Hermansson

1981-. (aged 45)

television presenter comedian radio personality

Karin Signhild Hermansson, better known as Kakan Hermansson, is a Swedish television presenter, radio host, comedian and artist. She has had her own television show on Sveriges Television (SVT) called Kaka på Kaka and has worked on shows for both Sveriges Radio and TV4. A graduate of the Stockholm art academy Konstfack, she works with a feminist art collective and...

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80. Anna Odell

1973-. (aged 53)

actor screenwriter film director

Anna Carolina Odell is a Swedish artist and film director. She won two Guldbaggen Award for in 2014 for her film The Reunion in the categories Best Film and Best Screenplay. In 2009, her film Okänd, kvinna 2009-349701 received a lot of attention as it includes a faked suicide attempt on Liljeholmsbron in Stockholm. Both films have been nominated and...

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81. Stig Lindberg

1916-1982 (aged 66)

university teacher painter designer illustrator ceramicist

Stig Lindberg was a Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, teacher, and illustrator. One of Sweden's most important postwar designers, Lindberg created whimsical studio ceramics and graceful tableware lines during a long career with the Gustavsberg pottery factory.

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82. Ulrica Hydman-Vallien

1938-2018 (aged 80)

ceramicist painter glass artist

Ulrica Margareta Hydman Vallien was a Swedish artist who specialized in stained glass and decorative painting. In Sweden, she became best known for her vases with motifs of sinuous snakes, tulips and wolves.

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83. Bertil Vallien

1938-. (aged 88)

sculptor designer glass artist

Erik Bertil Vallien is a Swedish artist working mainly with sculpture, ceramics. glass art and design.

84. Love Antell

1980-. (aged 46)

singer artist

Love Henrik Samuel Antell is a Swedish-Finnish singer and artist. As a student he attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. Antell is known as the frontman of the band Florence Valentin, and as a solo singer. Antell's parents were both from Finland. He grew up in Östermalm in central Stockholm but nowadays resides in Hägersten. He was educated as...

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85. Jwan Yosef

1984-. (aged 42)

painter

Jwan Yosef is a Syrian-Swedish painter and artist. He specializes in plastic arts and is based in London, England.

86. Hilma af Klint

1862-1944 (aged 82)

artist female painter

Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered to be among the first major abstract works in Western art history. A considerable body of her work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian. She belonged to a group called "The Five", a circle of women inspired by Theosophy who shared a...

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87. Tuulikki Pietilä

1917-2009 (aged 92)

painter graphic designer graphic artist teacher

Ida Helmi Tuulikki Pietilä was a Finnish graphic artist and professor. Pietilä is considered one of Finland's most influential graphic artists, with her work being shown in multiple art exhibitions. She worked as a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, and later trained graphic artists and wrote multiple books about graphic arts. She worked in metal engraving, woodcut,...

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88. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia

1890-1958 (aged 68)

bandy player nurse artist

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, known as Maria Pavlovna the Younger, was a granddaughter of Alexander II of Russia. She was a paternal first cousin of Nicholas II (Russia's last Tsar) and Marie of Edinburgh (consort of Ferdinand I of Romania) and maternal first cousin of George II, Alexander, and Paul (all kings of Greece), Helen of Greece and...

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89. Lasse Åberg

1940-. (aged 86)

television presenter musician film director actor director

Lars Gunnar Åberg, known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish comedian, actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the Konstfack department of graphic design.

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90. Elsa Beskow

1874-1953 (aged 79)

writer illustrator publisher drawing teacher artist

Elsa Beskow was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman and Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender.

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91. Robert Broberg

1940-2015 (aged 75)

singer screenwriter composer film director musician

Robert Zero Karl Oskar Broberg, originally Robert Karl Oskar Broberg – born in the Råsunda district of Solna parish in Stockholm County, died in Gustav Vasa (district) parish in Stockholm – was a Swedish singer, comedian, artist, composer, musician and painter.

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92. Sigrid Hjertén

1885-1948 (aged 63)

painter art educator textile artist artist

Sigrid Maria Hjertén was a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism. Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions. She worked as an artist for thirty years before dying of complications from a lobotomy, after having been diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1932.

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93. Peter David Edstrom

1873-1938 (aged 65)

author sculptor

Peter David Edstrom was a Swedish-American sculptor.

94. Pye Engström

1928-2025 (aged 97)

sculptor

Pye Ester Agneta Engström was a Swedish sculptor.

95. Barbro Östlihn

1930-1995 (aged 65)

painter

Barbro Östlihn was a Swedish artist.

96. Sara Lundberg

1971-. (aged 55)

illustrator author

Sara Lundberg is a Swedish author and illustrator.

97. Tyra Lundgren

1897-1979 (aged 82)

artist sculptor

Tyra Carolina Lundgren was a Swedish painter, ceramist, glass and textile designer, and writer. One of the most versatile artists and modernists of the 20th century, Lundgren was the first woman to design glass for Paolo Venini, and emerged as a pioneer of the Swedish Grace style. In 1950, she was awarded the Swedish royal medal Litteris et Artibus in...

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98. Edvin Öhrström

1906-1994 (aged 88)

sculptor graphic artist glass artist draftsperson

Karl Edvin Öhrström was a Swedish sculptor and glass artist noted for the glass obelisk at Sergels torg, Stockholm.

99. Gijs Bakker

1942-. (aged 84)

ceramics designer jewelry designer industrial designer textile designer fashion designer

Gijs Bakker is a Dutch jewellery and industrial-designer, educated at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the Konstfackskolan in Stockholm, Sweden.

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100. Tove Jansson

1914-2001 (aged 87)

writer illustrator author exlibrist muralist

Tove Marika Jansson was a Finland-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author. She was also a painter and illustrator. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943. Over the same period, she penned short stories and articles for publication, and subsequently drew...

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