Gustavsberg is a Swedish

porcelain Porcelain (), also called china, is a ceramic material made by heating Industrial mineral, raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The greater strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to oth ...

company that originated in 1826.Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman. ''Svenskt Porslin 1700-1900'' It broke up in the 1990s and was sold off in pieces, to the dismay of residents of the Gustavsberg area, but

artisan An artisan (from , ) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand. These objects may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative art, sculpture, clothing, food ite ...

s continued producing ceramics and household porcelain in the Gustavsberg tradition. One of Gustavsberg's most famous collections is the "Nobel Porcelain" produced in 1994. One such artisan was

Josef Ekberg Josef Ekberg (February 18, 1877 – December 7, 1945) was a Swedish designer who worked at the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory from 1889 to 1917. He is known for his contributions to the Swedish Grace art movement. Ekberg was born in Värmdö, ...

, who, even as a young man, created many pieces for Gustavsberg.

Museum

The Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum is an art, design and industrial history museum in Gustavsberg, which has its origins in objects gradually preserved from the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory production. The museum was not originally open for public viewing, but from 1956 there has been a museum open to the public. It is now run by

Värmdö municipality Värmdö Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Gustavsberg, Värmdö Municipality, Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,682 (2005), on the main island at a ...

. The municipality owns the property on the original factory site, while the object collection was donated to the

National Museum A national museum can be a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In the United States, most nati ...

by the previous owner to Gustavsbergs Factories, "

Kooperativa Förbundet KF (, "Co-operative Union") is a federation of consumer co-operatives in Sweden and a retail group, with groceries as its core business. History KF was founded in 1899 by 41 local consumer co-operatives in order to support them with informatio ...

" (the Cooperative Union). The basic exhibitions showing the history of porcelain from an international perspective, porcelain manufacture in Gustavsberg since the early 1800s, designs of Gustav's studio, in particular,

Wilhelm Kåge Algot Wilhelm Kåge (6 March 1889 – 25 November 1960) was a Swedish artist and designer, mainly known as a ceramic designer and as the artistic leader of the Gustavsberg porcelain factory. Kåge studied decorative painting at ''Konstfack, T ...

Stig Lindberg Stig Lindberg (17 August 1916 – 7 April 1982) 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 ...

and Bernt Friberg and examples of functional

from the 1900s. The Museum Director is Kjell Lööw.

Gallery

File:Pyro skål kanna.jpg, Pyro, designed by Wilhelm Kåge File:Teefat 2007.jpg, Berså tea plate, designed by Stig Lindberg File:Bla Blom 1.jpg, "Blå Blom" (blue flower) porcelain File:Stig Lindberg Domino 1a.jpg, A vase and an ashtray from Stig Lindbergs "Domino" series File:Kan-du-inte-tala.jpg, ''Kan du inte tala'' (Can you not talk), designed by Princess Eugenie of Sweden File:Gustavsberg Kulan.jpg, Kulan ashtrays File:Stig Lindberg Balett.jpg, Plastic plate, designed by Stig Lindberg

References

^ b c ^ Svensk uppslagsbok, Malmö 1932 ^ Tusenkonstnären Stig Lindberg, Gisela Eronn, kapitel "Serviser för folkhemmet",

External links

Vintage ceramics websiteThe Gustavsbergs Porcelain Museum website
Porcelain Ceramics manufacturers of Sweden Purveyors to the Court of Sweden Wärtsilä Manufacturing companies established in 1826 Companies disestablished in the 1990s 1826 establishments in Sweden 1990s disestablishments in Sweden Swedish companies established in 1826 {{Sweden-company-stub

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