Karl ''Edvin'' Öhrström (August 22, 1906 in Burlöv – December 2, 1994) was a

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sculptor and glass artist. He grew up in

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southwest of

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; his father worked for the

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. He began to work as a railroad worker, then trained to become an art teacher at Tekniska skolan (current

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) in

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from1925–1928, and studied at the sculptural department at the

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and

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as teachers. From 1932 to 1957, he worked two months per year at

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. He often used a technique, the ''ariel'' technique, which he had invented together with the master Gustaf Bergkvist and the artist

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. Later, he worked at Lindshammars Glasbruk, where he developed his sculptures with

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s of

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colors which play with light reflections and refractions in the glass. Edvin Öhrstrom won a

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for the decoration of

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in Stockholm, with a 37.5 metres high steel construction with 80 000 glass prisms, lit from within. The 130 tonnes heavy glass pillar, ''Kristallvertikalaccent'', is made from steel and covered with glass from Lindshammars Glasbruk and was inaugurated in 1974. The light source is four lamps inside the pillar. He was awarded the

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for sculpture in 1979.

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1906 births 1994 deaths People from Burlöv Municipality Swedish male sculptors 20th-century Swedish sculptors Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal {{Sweden-sculptor-stub