Fritz Jakobsson (born 8 January 1940 in

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) is a painter living in

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most known for his portraits.https://yle.fi/a/3-9990676 He started his career in 1967 and has since then had about 110 art exhibitions in Finland, Sweden, Germany and Italy. He has done over 2000 works of art, of which about 800 are portraits. His most known commissioned portraits are of

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, Cardinal Carlo Furno, Cardinal

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and Princess Stefania Angelo-Comneno of

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. He has also painted many of the most influential people within Finnish public life and Finnish industry and trade, like

Jaakko Pöyry Jaakko Veikko Emanuel Pöyry (August 6, 1924 in Sodankylä – September 8, 2006 in Helsinki) was a Finnish industrialist. He founded Pöyry ( OMX: POY1V) and personally oversaw its growth from a small engineering office to a global consulting ...

Kari Kairamo Kari Antero Oswald Kairamo, titled ''Vuorineuvos'' (31 December 1932 – 11 December 1988), was chairman and CEO of the Nokia Corporation and a significant and popular person in the industry, who was also actively involved in Finland's foreign p ...

and

Casimir Ehrnrooth Göran Albert Casimir "Casse" Ehrnrooth, titled ''Vuorineuvos'' (April 6, 1931 – July 8, 2015), was a Finnish magnate and former chairman of the Nokia Corporation. His business career began in the forest industry, and later he was a director of ...

just to mention a few. Fritz Jakobsson is a member of Angelica-Constantiniana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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External links

Artist's site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jakobsson, Fritz 1940 births Living people People from Pori 20th-century Finnish painters 21st-century Finnish painters 21st-century male artists Finnish male painters 20th-century Finnish male artists