Heidi Kristina Blomstedt (''née'' Sibelius;

Järvenpää Järvenpää (; , ; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Järvenpää is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region in the immediate vicinity of Lake Tuusula. The population of Järvenpää is approximately ...

, 20 June 1911 –

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, 3 January 1982) was a

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designer. She began her education in Helsinki, and later continued her studies at the

Ateneum Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station. It has ...

School of Art. She graduated in ceramics at the Taik School of Art and Design in 1932, and worked as a freelance ceramist and for the Arabia company. She married the modernist architect and architectural theoretician

Aulis Blomstedt Yrjö Aulis Uramo Blomstedt (28 February 1906 – 21 December 1979) was a Finnish architect and professor of architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. He was a renowned modernist architect and architectural theoretician in the decades ...

, and they had four children: Juhana Blomstedt (1937–2010),

Petri Blomstedt Petri is an Italian and Germanic surname derived from the Latin name Petrus, and may refer to: Surname * Adam Petri (1454–1527), Swiss Renaissance printer who founded a Basel publishing house * Alexandra Petri (born 1988), humor columnist for ...

(1941–1997),

Anssi Blomstedt Anssi is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Anssi Jaakkola (born 1987), Finnish footballer *Anssi Joutsenlahti, pensioned vicar and a member of the parliament of Finland *Anssi Juutilainen (born 1956), Finnish ski-orienteering co ...

(b. 1945) and

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(b. 1946).Sukulaisia aakkosittain
Jean Sibelius -verkkosivusto: Helsingin Suomalainen Klubi. Her parents were the composer

Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius (; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic music, Romantic and 20th-century classical music, early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his countr ...

and

Aino Sibelius Aino Sibelius (née Järnefelt; 10 August 1871 – 8 June 1969) was the wife of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. They lived most of their 65 years of marriage at their home Ainola near Lake Tuusula, Järvenpää, Finland. They had six daughters ...

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1911 births 1982 deaths Finnish potters 20th-century Finnish women artists 20th-century ceramists Finnish women ceramists

Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' () and ''Heidi: How She Used What She Learned'' ( ...

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