List of Swedish artists
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- Echi Åberg, (1948-) painter,
- Ulla AdlerfeltUlla AdlerfeltUlla Adlerfelt, née Sparre af Sundby , was a Swedish artist and noble. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts....
, (1736–1765) - Sofia AdlersparreSofia AdlersparreSofia Adolfina Adlersparre was a Swedish painter.She was born the daughter of a nobleman, Axel Adlersparre, governor of Öland, and Carolina von Arbin, and displayed a talent for painting in childhood. When the artist C.F...
, (1808–1862), painter. - Ivan AguéliIvan AguéliIvan Aguéli also named Sheikh 'Abd al-Hādī 'Aqīlī upon his acceptance of Islam, was a Swedish wandering Sufi, painter and author. As a devotee of Ibn Arabi, his metaphysics applied to the study of Islamic esoterism and its similarities with other esoteric traditions of the world...
(1869–1917), painter and writer. - Sofia AhlbomSofia AhlbomSofia Carolina Ahlbom , was a Swedish drawing artist, engraver, lithographer, photographer, map maker, writer, poet and feminist....
(1823–1868) - Lea AhlbornLea AhlbornLea Ahlborn was a famous Swedish artist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, and the first woman to be appointed royal printmaker...
, (1829–1891), the first female royal printmaker in 1855 - Modhir AhmedModhir AhmedThe artistic journey of Iraqi-Swedish artist Modhir Ahmed coincided with the sweeping political changes of Iraq and Poland in the mid-1980s and concluded in Sweden, the country that has opened scores of new opportunities for the young determined artist....
, (1956-) painter, printmaker - Margareta AlströmerMargareta AlströmerMargareta Hedvig Alströmer, as married Cronstedt af Fullerö, , was a Swedish painter, singer and countess...
, (1763–1816), painter. - Christian Pontus AnderssonChristian Pontus AnderssonChristian Pontus Andersson is a Swedish artist and sculptor, living in Södermalm, Stockholm.Christian Pontus Andersson was born in the small town Brattfors, county of Värmland, in Sweden. First working as a television journalist, Andersson hesitated between studying plastic surgery or becoming an...
(1977-), sculptor. - J. Tobias AndersonJ. Tobias AndersonJ Tobias Anderson is a Swedish artist and filmmaker, working with found footage and animation. He is best known for the short films 879 , My Name Is Grant , 879 Colour and Prairie Stop, Highway 41 - all referring to works by Alfred Hitchcock.In his video works, most frequently in the form of...
(1971-) - Roy AnderssonRoy AnderssonRoy Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his films A Swedish Love Story and Songs from the Second Floor. More than any other, Songs from the Second Floor succeeded in cementing his personal style — a style characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of...
, (1943-), film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... - Gustav Ankarkrona, painter
- Tage ÅsénTage ÅsénTage Åsén is a Swedish graphic artist and painter.He works in a technique which has been described by art critics as super-realistic or hyper-realistic. The motif in his paintings is a critical "social surrealism" that is predicated on a dark and wry humour...
, (1943-), painter
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- John Bauer (1882–1918), painter, illustrator
- Miriam Bäckström (1967-)
- Tobias BernstrupTobias BernstrupTobias Bernstrup is a contemporary artist working with videos, interactive works, live performances and electronic music...
(1970-), performance, computer and video - Elsa BeskowElsa BeskowElsa Beskow was a Swedish author and illustrator of children's books...
(1874–1953), painter - Natanael BeskowNatanael BeskowFredrik Natanael Beskow was a Swedish theologian and school headmaster. He was also active as a preacher, writer, artist, pacifist and social activist. Beskow published a number of collections of sermons. He also made substantial contributions as a hymn writer.Beskow was born in Hallingeberg ,...
(1865–1953) - Johanna BillingJohanna BillingJohanna Billing is a conceptual artist from Sweden, working mainly with video. She is best known for the works "You Don't Love Me Yet" and "Magical World" . She deals with issues related to learning and how time plays a key role in this process...
(1973-) - Hugo BirgerHugo BirgerHugo Birger was a Swedish painter.Born in Stockholm, his father was printmaker S. A. Peterson. Birger studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts from 1870 to 1877. In 1877, he was awarded with the "Royal medal" for his painting Syndafallet...
(1854–1887) - Oscar BjörckOscar BjörckOscar Gustaf Björck was a Swedish painter and a professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.Born in Stockholm, from 1877 to 1882, Björck was a student of Edvard Perséus at the Academy where his paintings included Loke fängslas af asarne , Gustaf Vasa inför kung Hans and Den förlorade sonens...
, 1860–1929, painter - Nils Jacob Blommér (1816–1853)
- Carl Oscar BorgCarl Oscar BorgCarl Oskar Borg was a Swedish born, American painter who was known for themes of the Southwestern United States.-Biography:...
(1879–1947) - Carl Fredrik von Breda (1759–1818)
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- John Fabian Carlson (1875–1945) painter
- Maria CarowskyMaria CarowskyMaria Carowsky was a Swedish artist.Maria Carowsky was born in Gothenburg to the artist Johan Ross the Elder, an emigrant from Holstein. In 1744, she married the artist Michael Carowsky. She was widowed in 1745 and took over her husband's studio. She was employed as a decorator of the Cathedral...
(1723–1793) - Charlotta CedercreutzCharlotta CedercreutzMaria Charlotta Cedercreutz, as married surname Wrangel , was a Swedish artist, lady-in-waiting and baroness. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts....
(1736–1815) - Siv CederingSiv CederingSiv Cedering was an award-winning Swedish-American poet, writer, and artist. She occasionally published as Siv Cedering Fox.-Early life:...
(1939–2007), poet, writer, and artist. - Christina Charlotta CederströmChristina Charlotta CederströmChristina Charlotta Cederström was a Swedish Dilettante artist, salon hostess, and baroness. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and the French Académie des Beaux-Arts....
(1760–1832), painter, composer, poet - Gustaf CederströmGustaf CederströmGustaf Olof Cederström was a Swedish painter, most known for his painting Karl XII:s likfärd .He was born and raised in Stockholm...
(1845–1933) - Lena Cronqvist
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- Michael DahlMichael DahlMichael Dahl was a Swedish portrait painter, who lived and worked in London for the larger part of his life....
, (1659–1743) painter - Jonas Dahlberg (1970-)
- Siri Derkert
- Nathalie DjurbergNathalie DjurbergNathalie Djurberg is a Swedish video artist who lives and works in Berlin.- Life and work :Djurberg is best known for producing claymation short films that are faux-naïve, but graphically violent and erotic...
(1978-) - Fredrika Eleonora von DübenFredrika Eleonora von DübenFredrika Eleonora von Düben was a Swedish dilettante painter and Embroidery artist, an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts . She was the head lady in waiting of the Swedish queen, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia....
(1738-1808), textile artist
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- Cecilia Edefalk (1954–)
- Anna Maria EhrenstrahlAnna Maria EhrenstrahlAnna Maria Ehrenstrahl, as married Wattrang, , was a Swedish painter, the leading female painter in her country. She was a baroque-artist and painted allegorical works, portraits and group portraits in the style of the Baroque.- Biography :...
, (1666–1729), painter - Marianne EhrenströmMarianne EhrenströmMarianne Ehrenström, née Pollet , was a Swedish writer, singer, painter, pianist, culture personality, memorialist, principal and lady-in-waiting...
, (1773–1867), painter - Benny EkmanBenny EkmanBenny Ekman is a Swedish artist. He emigrated to Australia with his family in 1958. The family returned to Huddinge in 1969. In 1991 he moved to Västervik on the south-east coast of Sweden. Ekman paints mainly in acrylics but also uses other techniques in his art...
(1955–), painter - Marie-Louise EkmanMarie-Louise EkmanMarie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage under the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle is a Swedish painter and film director...
- Knut EkwallKnut EkwallKnut Ekwall was a Swedish painter, 3 April 1843 in Säby , Sweden – 4 April 1912 in Säby.Ekwall studied from 1860-1866 at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm, with emphasis on xylography and drawing....
(1843–1912), painter, artist in woodcut printing blocks and drawing - Annika Eriksson (1956–)
- Christian Eriksson (1858–1935) sculptor
- Gustaf Eriksson (1920-1978) painter
- Sven ErixsonSven Erixson-Early life:Sven was born on November 23, 1899 in Tumba, Botkyrka Municipality. Erixson went the long way as an artist. He started as an apprentice to a master painter at age 14 and trained as a professional. Then, he continued his education by studying decorative painting, while he took a drawing...
, (1899–1970), painter - Lisa ErlandsdotterLisa ErlandsdotterLisa Erlandsdotter , was a Swedish artist .Daughter of the gardener Erland Hallberg and Anna Maria Kristoffersdotter and the sister of Sven Erlandsson and Katarina Erlandsdotter ; the three siblings all became known as artists...
, (1774-1854)
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- Dror FeilerDror FeilerDror Elimelech Feiler is a Swedish-Israeli musician, artist and leftist activist. He has been living in Stockholm, Sweden since 1973. He is married to the artist Gunilla Sköld-Feiler...
(1951-), artist and musician. - Hilary Frihd
- Gustaf FjæstadGustaf FjæstadGustaf Fjaestad ) was a Swedish painter, a member of the Rackstad colony of artists in Värmland, Sweden.He collaborated with Carl Larsson on the murals now at the Stockholm National Museum. His work is found in many national and international collections -References:...
(1868–1948) painter - Jonny ForsströmJonny ForsströmJonny Forsström is a self taught Swedish picture artist, sculptor, and film maker.- Art :He has delivered a swarm of uninhibited, colorful, and fun-loving stories through his colorful art since the mid 1960s. His art is innovative and fantasy based painting motifs in very strong colors...
, (1944-), painter - John Erik FranzénJohn Erik FranzénJohn Erik Franzén is a Swedish artist, mainly a painter, born in Stockholm, most known for several large paintings portraying cars and motorcycles, as well as being the artist behind the portrait of the royal family of Sweden added to the public exhibition at the castle in Gripsholm in 1985, and...
, (1942-) painter - Maria Friberg (1966-)
- Emma FürstenhoffEmma FürstenhoffEmma Fürstenhoff, née Emilia Lindegren , was a Swedish artist , internationally known for her manufacturing and arrangements of artificial flowers of vax, which were a novelty in contemporary Europe....
, (born 1802) florist
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- Felix GmelinFelix GmelinFelix Gmelin is an artist based in Stockholm.He has shown work internationally in exhibitions including Always Already Passé at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in New York, Storm From Paradise at Arnolfini in Bristol, Painting Modernism Black at Galleri Olsson in Stockholm, Delays and Revolutions at the...
(1963-) - Isaac Hirsche Grünewald (1889–1946), Expressionist painter
- Maria Johanna GörtzMaria Johanna GörtzMaria Johanna Görtz, also known as Jeanette Görtz, , was a Swedish artist, still life painter and drawing artist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts....
, (1783–1853), florist painter
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- Axel HaigAxel HaigAxel Haig was a Swedish-born artist and illustrator. His paintings, illustrations and etchings, undertaken for himself and on behalf of many of the foremost architects of the Victorian period made him "the Piranesi of the Gothic Revival."...
(1835-1921), illustrator - Carl Michael von HausswolffCarl Michael von HausswolffCarl Michael von Hausswolff is a composer, visual artist and curator based in Stockholm, Sweden. His main tools are recording devices used in an ongoing investigation of electricity, frequency, architectural space and paranormal electronic interference...
(1956-) - Annika von Hausswolff (1967-)
- Per HasselbergPer HasselbergPer Hasselberg was a Swedish sculptor. He was also known as Petter Hasselberg or Petter Åkesson. Little known outside Sweden, his delicate marble nudes have received critical acclaim. Hasselberg grew up in Blekinge, but moved to Paris as a young man, where he studied under François Jouffroy...
, (1850–1894), sculptor - Hans HedbergHans HedbergHans Hedberg was a Swedish sculptor who resided in Biot in southern France until his death. Born in Köpmanholmen, Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden, he was mostly known for his gigantic ceramic fruit and has installations in several countries, especially in his native Sweden...
, (1917-), sculptor - Amalia von HelvigAmalia von HelvigAnna Amalia von Helvig was a German and Swedish artist, writer, translator, socialite, Salonist and culture personality. She is known as an inspiration for many artists. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.- Biography :She was born to Baron Carl Christoph von Imhoff and Luise...
(1776–1831) - Anna Maria HilfelingAnna Maria HilfelingAnna Maria Hilfening, née Lange, , was a Swedish artist, a portrait miniaturist.She was born in Stockholm, the daughter of a book-keeper...
, (1713–1783), miniaturist. - Carl Fredrik HillCarl Fredrik HillCarl Fredrik Hill was a Swedish painter.-Early life and training:Born the son of a mathematics professor, Hill grew up in the narrowness of the university town of Lund in southern Sweden and had to strike out his career as a landscape painter against his father’s resistance. After studying at the...
(1849–1911), painter - Curt Hillfon, (1943-), painter
- Sigrid HjerténSigrid HjerténSigrid Hjertén , was a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism. Periodically she was highly productive and she participated in 106 exhibitions...
(1885–1948), Fauvist painter - Bror HjorthBror HjorthBror Hjorth was a Swedish artist. Hjorth was one of Sweden’s best-known sculptors and painters, and was professor of art at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1949 to 1959. On completion of his studies, he lived in Uppsala, where he built his studio home in Kåbo, now the...
(1894–1968), painter and sculptor - Henrik Håkansson (1968-)
- Johan Fredrik HöckertJohan Fredrik HöckertJohan Fredrik Höckert was a well-known Swedish artist from Jönköping known for his colorful, dramatic oil paintings depicting historical events...
(1826–1866)
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- Sven IngeSven IngeSven Inge was a Swedish painter and pop artist who came to some prominence in the late 1960s, doing performed visual experiments with digital technology as an art medium, and coloristic paintings.Sven Inge was born in Umeå in 1935 and grew up in a small village in...
(1935–2008) - Interacting Arts (2001-), artist group
- Arne IsacssonArne IsacssonArne Isacsson was one of Sweden's most famous watercolour artists. Studied for Otte Sköld 1944-46.Isacsson was born in Ronneby, Sweden. He was the founder of the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art in Gerlesborg, Stockholm and Provence. Professor of watercolour art. Recipient of the Illis Quorum medal...
(1917-), painter - Karl IsaksonKarl IsaksonKarl Oscar Isakson was a Swedish painter who spent much of his professional life in Denmark where he is considered to be one of the fathers of Modernism. He had close associations with the Bornholm school of painters and made many paintings of Christiansø.-Biography:Isakson was brought up in...
(1878–1922), painter - Helena Sophia IsbergHelena Sophia IsbergHelena Sophia Isberg was a Swedish wood-cut artist.Helena Isberg was born at Säby in Tranås in Småland. She moved with her parents and brother to Motala in 1840. Her father was a cabinet maker. Isberg was tutored by her father to cabinet makery, lathing and carving, and was to become famous for...
, (1819–1875)
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- Eugène JanssonEugène JanssonEugène Fredrik Jansson was a Swedish painter known for his night-time land- and cityscapes dominated by shades of blue. Towards the end of his life, from about 1904, he mainly painted male nudes...
(1862–1915), painter - August JernbergAugust JernbergAugust Jernberg was a Swedish artist who emigrated to Germany.In his early years he mainly painted portraits, and historical or biblical pictures. In the 1860s he became a genre and landscape painter. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm 1843-1846 and then went to Paris,...
(1826–1896) - Ernst JosephsonErnst JosephsonErnst Josephson was a Swedish painter from a prominent Jewish family, whose main work was done on portraits and paintings of folk life....
(1851–1906), painter
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- Brita af Klerker-Hatz (1906-2001) painter
- Per Kraft (1724–1793)
- Wilhelmina KrafftWilhelmina KrafftWilhelmina Krafft was a Swedish painter and portrait miniaturist, child of the painter Per Krafft the Elder and sister of the artist Per Krafft the Younger.Wilhelmina Krafft was born in Stockholm...
(1778–1828), neoclassical painter and miniaturist. - Nils KreugerNils KreugerNils Edvard Kreuger was a Swedish painter.After studying at the Perséus school of painting, Nils Kreuger came to Paris in 1881. Under the influence of the French plein air style of painting he produced landscapes and cityscapes of Paris and its region, often at dawn or dusk, in the mist, rain or...
(1858–1930) - Julius KronbergJulius KronbergJulius Kronberg, Swedish painter, 1850 - 1921.Julius Kronberg received education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm in the 1860s. A travel scholarship brought him to Paris via Düsseldorf and Copenhagen. He stayed in München where he continued studying before settling in Rome in 1877...
(1850–1921), painter - Hans KrondahlHans KrondahlHans Krondahl is a Swedish painter, tapestry weaver, textile artist and textile designer. He studied painting and textile art at Konstfack, in Stockholm from 1955 to 1960. Krondahl set up his own weaving studio in 1962, where he created tapestries and related artwork, and he also took up fabric...
(1929- ), painter, tapestry weaver, textile artist and textile designer - Johan KrouthénJohan KrouthénJohan Krouthén was a Swedish artist. He broke away from the traditions of the Swedish Academy, turning to Realism and Idealism. Immediately after his studies, he spent a few months in Paris and in Denmark where he associated with the Skagen Painters...
(1859–1932), painter - Amalia Wilhelmina KönigsmarckAmalia Wilhelmina KönigsmarckAmalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck was a Swedish noble, known as a dilettante artist , amateur actor, and poet.Daughter of Conrad Christoff Königsmarck and Maria Christina Wrangel, sister of Philip Christoph Königsmarck, Aurora Königsmarck and Carl Johan Königsmarck, and paternal niece of Otto Wilhelm...
(1663-1740), painter
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- Niclas LafrensenNiclas LafrensenNiklas Lafrensen was a Swedish genre and miniature painter.- External links :*...
(1737–1807) - Wilhelmina Lagergren, (1826–1912)
- Annika LarssonAnnika LarssonAnnika Larsson is a contemporary artist living in New York. She received a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm....
, (1972-), video - Carl LarssonCarl LarssonCarl Larsson was a Swedish painter and interior designer, representative of the Arts and Crafts Movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes...
, (1859–1928), painter - Bo Christian LarssonBo Christian LarssonBo Christian Larsson is a Swedish artist who works mostly with large-sized drawings, installations, performances and objects. 1994-98 he studied at AKI Academy of Visual Arts in Enschede, Holland. 1997 he was an exchange student at Western Australia's College of Fine Arts in Perth, Australia...
, (1976-) - Marcus Larsson (1825–1864)
- Jens Olof LastheinJens Olof LastheinJens Olof Lasthein is a Swedish freelance photographer. His widely exhibited work principally covers scenes before and after the war in former Yugoslavia and the areas across Europe bordering the old Iron Curtain.-Early life:...
(b. 1946), photographer - Matts Leiderstam (1956-)
- Bruno LiljeforsBruno LiljeforsBruno Andreas Liljefors was a Swedish artist, the most important and probably the most influential wildlife painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century...
(1860–1939) painter - Amalia LindegrenAmalia LindegrenAmalia Lindegren, Amalia Lindegren, Amalia Lindegren, (22 May 1814 – 27 December 1891 was a Swedish artist and painter, from 1856 a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.- Biography :...
, (1814–1891), painter - Bengt LindströmBengt LindströmBengt Karl Erik Lindström was a Swedish artist. Lindström was one of Sweden's best known contemporary artists with a characteristic style of distinct colors, often including contorted faces....
, (1925–2008), painter - Louise LidströmerLouise LidströmerL Lidströmer is a Swedish artist who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts 1967-1972. She works with paintings, sculpture and object installation, and has presented large series of exhibitions in and outside Sweden...
(1948-), artist - Sofia Lockwall (1966-), playwright, actor
- Helena Lönegren, (1836–1901), painter
- Torsten LöwgrenTorsten LöwgrenTorsten Konrad Löwgren was a Swedish painter, born in Gävle. He studied at Lennart Berggrens målarskola in Stockholm, and at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts...
(1903-), painter - Jonas LundhJonas LundhJonas Lundh, born April 8, 1965 in Fagersta, Västmanland, Sweden, is a Swedish abstract expressionist artist, represented in a number of municipalities in Sweden and among collectors in the US, Great Britain, Denmark, Finland, Africa and France...
, (1965-), painter and musician - Gerhard Lundberg (1905–1980), artist
- Cecilia LundqvistCecilia LundqvistCecilia Lundqvist is a Swedish artist, working exclusively with animation. She is best known for the short films "Trim" , "Souvenir" and "Emblem" ....
(1971-)
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- Elias MartinElias MartinElias Martin was a Swedish genre, history, and landscape painter from Stockholm. He is known for his aquarelles of Stockholm and his landscape oil paintings that feature romantic lighting effects...
(1739–1818) - Johannes "Jazz" Mattsson (1969-)
- Ulrika MelinUlrika MelinUlrika Melin was a Swedish textile artist, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.Born to major Lars Melin and sister to general major Henrik Georg Melin, and from 1788 married to the governor of Västerås Castle, Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva. Melin was a textile artist with the an unusual...
(1767–1834) - Carl MillesCarl MillesCarl Milles was a Swedish sculptor, best known for his fountains. He was married to artist Olga Milles and brother to Ruth Milles and half brother to the architect Evert Milles...
, (1875–1955), sculptor - Anders Montan, (1845–1917), painter
- Gerard Murray, (1950–2009), painter,
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- Einar NermanEinar NermanEinar Nerman was a Swedish artist. He was born and grew up in middle class family in the working-class city of Norrköping and was the younger brother of the Swedish Communist leader Ture Nerman...
(1888–1983), artist and illustrator - Ida Göthilda NilssonIda Göthilda NilssonIda Göthilda Nilsson was a Swedish artist .Daughter of the professor and zoologist in Lund, Sven Nilsson, she was active as her father's assistant. Nilsson was also a student of the Danish artist Jacob Jerichau...
(1840-1920), sculptor - Lars NilssonLars NilssonLars Nilsson is a fashion designer and fully integrated member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America who has worked with several major fashion houses, including Christian Dior, Bill Blass, Nina Ricci and an own menswear line Mr...
(1956-) - Bengt NordenbergBengt NordenbergBengt Nordenberg was a Swedish artist who belonged to the Düsseldorf school of painting. He is best known for his genre paintings with everyday life scenes from the Dalarna, Skåne and Blekinge areas of Sweden. However, he moved to Dusseldorf, Germany in the 1850s, working with other painters...
(1822–1902) - Anna Nordgren, (1847–1916)
- Anna Nordlander, (1843–1879)
- Jockum NordströmJockum NordstromJockum Nordström is a Swedish artist, best known for his vivid collages, but also for his drawings, paintings and work as an illustrator.-Biography:Jockum Nordström was born December 19, 1963 in Sweden in a family with two brothers and one sister...
(1963-), artist & illustrator - Karl NordströmKarl NordströmKarl Fredrik Nordström was a Swedish painter and one of the leading members of Konstnärsförbundet, which he chaired from 1896 until its dissolution in 1920....
(1855–1923) - Max Magnus NormanMax Magnus NormanCal Henrik Max Magnus Norman is a Swedish artist, painter, and sculptor.Norman was born in Sundsvall, Medelpad, he currently lives and works in Ekerö, Stockholm. He paints visions and dreamlike images as accurately as possible, which results in paintings with a photorealistic quality...
, (1973-), Contemporary Swedish artist
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- Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin (1961-) photographer
- Claes OldenburgClaes OldenburgClaes Oldenburg is a Swedish sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects...
(born 1929) sculptor - Anneè Olofsson (1966-)
- Helmer Osslund (1866–1938)
- Anders Österlin (1926-)
- Barbro ÖstlihnBarbro Östlihn-Biography:Östlihn specialized in large-scale, geometrically patterned paintings. Many of her hard-edge canvases were abstracted from architectural details—doors, portals, moldings, roofs, skyscrapers—while others were modeled on natural objects such as flowers...
(b. 1930 - d. 1995) painter
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- Ulrika PaschUlrika PaschUlrika Fredrica Pasch , also known as Ulla Pasch, was a Swedish painter and miniaturist. She was one of few female artists known in Scandinavia before the 19th century...
(1735–1796) painter - Carl Gustaf PiloCarl Gustaf PiloCarl Gustaf Pilo was a Swedish-born artist and painter, one of many 18th century European artists who had to leave their own country in order to make a living. Pilo worked extensively in Denmark as a painter to the Danish Court and as professor and director at the Royal Danish Academy of Art ,...
(1711–1793) painter - Ilona Popermayer (1955) painter
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- Johanna Rehn, painter
- Oscar Gustave RejlanderOscar Gustave RejlanderOscar Gustave Rejlander was a pioneering Victorian art photographer and an expert in photomontage...
--(1813–1875)n photographer - Oscar ReutersvärdOscar ReutersvärdOscar Reutersvärd , "the father of the impossible figure", was an artist who pioneered the art of impossible objects. These are images such as what was later renamed the Penrose triangle that appear to depict solid objects, which, however, are impossible to construct in reality...
(1915–2002) - Sophie Ribbing, (1835–1894)
- Maria RohlMaria RöhlMaria Christina Röhl was a Swedish portrait artist. She made portraits of a large number of the best known people in Sweden in the first half of the 19th century. Her paintings are exhibited at the national museum Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. The Swedish Royal library has a collection of 1800...
, (1801–1875), sketch artist - Georg von RosenGeorg von RosenGeorg von Rosen , was a Swedish painter, known for his treatment of subjects from Swedish history and Norse mythology...
(1843–1923), painter especially of subjects from Swedish history and Norse mythology - Alexander RoslinAlexander RoslinAlexander Roslin was a Swedish portrait painter.-Life:Roslin was born on July 15, 1718, in Malmö, Sweden. In 1759 he married Marie-Suzanne Giroust. He plied his trade in Stockholm, Bayreuth, Vienna, Paris and Italy...
(1718–1798), painter
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- Birger SandzénBirger SandzénSven Birger Sandzén , known more commonly as Birger Sandzén, was a Swedish-American painter best known for his landscapes...
(1871–1954), painter. - Bertram SchmiterlöwBertram SchmiterlöwBertram Schmiterlöw . Swedish painter, printmaker, draughtsman and sculptor. Bertram Schmiterlöw’s artistry extends through more than five decades and is characterized by figurative, expressive and colorist works where light and surface jointly create the setting...
(1920-2002) - Anshelm Schultzberg (1862–1945)
- Anna Brita SergelAnna Brita SergelAnna Brita Sergel, later surname Howe , was a Swedish artist , an official decorator of the royal Swedish court.Born to the embroidery decorator of the royal Swedish court, Christoffer Sergel, and Elisabet Swyrner from Germany, she was the sister of the famous artist Johan Tobias Sergel. She...
(1733–1819) textile artist of the royal Swedish court - Johan Tobias SergelJohan Tobias SergelJohan Tobias Sergel , Swedish sculptor, was born in Stockholm.-Biography:After studying for some time in Paris he went to Rome, where he remained for twelve years and sculpted a number of groups in marble, including, besides subjects from classical mythology, a colossal representation of "History,"...
(1740–1814) sculptor - Ann-Sofie Sidén
- Josabeth SjöbergJosabeth Sjöbergthumb|right|"My room at no.60 Högbergsgatan, first floor; myself; Dr. Levin"; there is a copy with deeper colours here Josabeth Sjöberg, , was a Swedish artist and music teacher active in Stockholm....
(1812–1882) - Monica SjööMonica SjööMonica Sjöö, , was a Swedish painter, writer and a radical anarcho/eco-feminist who was influential in the Goddess movement. She first came to Britain in the late 1950th and eventually settled in Bristol where she lived for many years, before she died of cancer...
(1938–2005), painter and writer who was influential in the Goddess movementGoddess movementThe Goddess movement is an overall trend in religious or spiritual beliefs or practices which emerged out of second-wave feminism, predominantly in North America, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand in the 1970s... - Carl Eneas SjöstrandCarl Eneas SjöstrandCarl Eneas Sjöstrand was a Swedish sculptor.He was born and died in Stockholm. He is the father of Gerda Sjöstrand, the pianist who married Ferruccio Busoni.-External links:* in English*...
(1828–1906) sculptor - Louis SparreLouis SparreCount Pehr Louis Sparre was a Swedish painter, designer and draughtsman, most noted for his early work in the Finnish national romanticism and jugend styles...
(1863–1964), painter, designer and draughtsman - Wendela Gustafva SparreWendela Gustafva SparreWendela Gustafva Sparre , was a Swedish textile artist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.Born to the noble Gabriel Sparre, captain of the royal regiment of Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden. Wendela Gustafva Sparre was known and acknowledged as a non-professional artist in...
(1772–1855) - Emerik Stenberg (1873–1927) painter
- Ulla StenbergUlla StenbergUlla Stenberg, née Colliander was a Swedish damask maker.Stenberg was the daughter of vicar Nils Johan Colliander in Jönköping. She was professional damask maker from 1822, and had her own weaving school from 1830. She also designed her own damask patterns...
(1792-1858) damask maker - Gustava Johanna StenborgGustava Johanna StenborgGustava Johanna Stenborg, as married senare Hahr and Yckerberg, , was a Swedish artist.She was born to secretary Johan Fredrik Stenborg and Henrica Hellman. Stenborg was a textile artist...
(1776–1819) - August StrindbergAugust StrindbergJohan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...
(1849–1912), writer, painter. - Roland SvenssonRoland SvenssonRoland Svensson , was a Swedish painter, writer, black-and-white artist, illustrator of books and originals for stamps....
(1910–2003), painter, illustrator, writer
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- Gustaf TenggrenGustaf TenggrenGustaf Adolf Tenggren was a Swedish-American illustrator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces...
, (1896–1973), painter, illustrator - Anna Maria ThelottAnna Maria ThelottAnna Maria Thelott was a Swedish artist, and one of the first self-supporting and professional female artists in Scandinavia. She was an engraver, an illustrator, a woodcut-artist, and a miniaturist painter.- Biography and career :...
, (1683–1710), engraver, illustrator, woodcut-artist, miniturist painter. - Palle TorssonPalle TorssonPalle Torsson is a contemporary artist working with videos, interactive works, live video games and performance...
(1970-), artist
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- Kent Ullberg sculptor (born 1945)
- Irène K:son Ullberg (1930-), painter, writer
- Urban målareUrban målareUrban målare , actual name Urban Larsson, was a painter active in Sweden during the 16th century.- Biography :...
(16th century), "Urban the Painter", painter
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- Magnus WallinMagnus WallinMagnus Wallin is a Swedish video artist, working with 3D animation. He is best known for the short film "Exit" .He participated in the 2001 Venice Biennale.-Notable works:* Anon * Anatomic Flop...
(1965-) - Alfred WahlbergAlfred WahlbergHerman Alfred Leonard Wahlberg was a Swedish landscape painter from Stockholm. After receiving preparatory education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, Wahlberg moved to Düsseldorf in 1857 to train...
(1834–1906) - Peter WeissPeter WeissPeter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, and artist of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance....
, writer, painter, artist - Adolf-Ulrik Wertmuller (1751–1811) painter
- Jan WidströmerJan WidströmerJan Widströmer is a Swedish artist, now living in Falkenberg, Sweden.His father was a primary school teacher and a founder of a school for adults of which he was the headmaster; his mother was a piano teacher.- Education :...
, (1944-) painter - Carl Wilhelmson (1866–1928)
- Richard WinklerRichard WinklerRichard Winkler is a Swedish painter and sculptor.- Biography :Richard Winkler was born in 1969, Norrköping Sweden. He studied graphic design and illustration at the Beckmans School of Design in Stockholm. For a couple of years he was working as an illustrator for advertising agencies and magazines...
(1969-) painter, sculptor
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- Denice Zetterquist, (1929-) painter, printmaker
- Kristoffer ZetterstrandKristoffer ZetterstrandKristoffer Zetterstrand is a Swedish artist.Kristoffer Zetterstrand studied at Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm and the Facultad de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Zetterstrand works in a classical painting tradition, but his works are often influenced by both arthistory, pixelated old...
, painter - Anders ZornAnders ZornAnders Leonard Zorn was one of Sweden’s foremost artists who obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and printmaker in etching.-Biography:...
, (1860–1920), painter