This is a list of notable

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visual artists.

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* Emma Adbåge (born 1982), illustrator * Ottilia Adelborg (1855–1936), illustrator * Ulla Adlerfelt (1736–1765) *

Sofia Adlersparre Sofia Adolfina Adlersparre (6 March 1808 – 23 March 1862) was a Swedish painter from the Adlersparre family. Biography She was born the daughter of a Lutheran nobleman, Axel Adlersparre, governor of Öland, and Carolina von Arbin, and displa ...

(1808–1862), painter * Mattias Adolfsson (born 1965), illustrator * Gösta Adrian-Nilsson GAN (1884–1965), painter * Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917), painter and writer * Märta Afzelius (1887–1961), textile artist *

Sofia Ahlbom Sofia Carolina Ahlbom (25 November 1803 – 8 June 1868) was a Swedish drawing artist, engraver, lithographer, photographer, map maker, writer, poet and feminist. Life Sofia Ahlbom was born in Västerås, the daughter of a goldsmith. She disp ...

(1823–1868) *

Lea Ahlborn Lea Fredrika Ahlborn (''née'' Lundgren) (18 February 1826 – 13 November 1897) was a famous Swedish artist and medallist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and the first woman to be appointed royal printmaker. The positio ...

(1829–1891), printmaker *

Modhir Ahmed Modhir Ahmed (born 1956) is an Iraqi-Swedish artist. Life and work Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Modhir Ahmed has lived in Poland and Sweden.

(born 1956), painter, printmaker *

Margareta Alströmer Margareta Hedvig Alströmer, as married ''Cronstedt af Fullerö'' (12 December 1763 – 19 February 1816), was a Swedish painter and concert singer. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.An ...

(1763–1816), painter * Agneta Andersson (born 1958), sculptor *

Christian Pontus Andersson Christian Pontus Andersson (born 1977) 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, ...

(born 1977), sculptor *

J. Tobias Anderson J Tobias Anderson (born 1971 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish artist and filmmaker, working with found footage and animation. He is best known for the short films ''879'' (1998), ''My Name Is Grant'' (1999), ''879 Colour'' (2002) and ''Prairie Stop, ...

(born 1971) *

Karin Mamma Andersson Mamma Andersson (born 1962) is a Swedish contemporary artist. She is based in Stockholm and is married to artist Jockum Nordström. Biography Born Anna Karin Andersson, she drew and painted from an early age without any family members being int ...

(born 1962), painter *

Lena Anderson Lena Anderson is a Swedish children's book illustrator and author. Anderson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1939. She first gained international success for her illustrations in the 1985 picture book '' Linnea in Monet's Garden'', which was tr ...

(born 1939), illustrator and children's writer *

Oskar Andersson Oskar Emil "O.A." Andersson (11 January 1877 – 28 November 1906) was a Swedish cartoonist and one of Sweden's first true comic creators. He greatly influenced Swedish cartooning culture. Biography Early life Andersson began working in his ...

(1877–1906), cartoonist *

Olof Arborelius Olof Per Ulrik Arborelius (4 November 1842 - 2 June 1915) was a Swedish landscape and genre painter. He served as a Professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1902 to 1909. Biography Arborelius was born in Orsa, Sweden. The A ...

(1842–1915), painter *

Tage Åsén Tage Åsén (born 1943) 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 predicat ...

(born 1943), painter

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Barbro Bäckström Barbro Agneta Bäckström née Erhardsson (6 December 1939 – 8 February 1990) was a Swedish sculptor who is remembered for her depictions of fragments of the human body, frequently in the form of undulating cloth-like statues or as relief ...

(1939–1990), sculptor *

Inge Bagge Inga Bagge (24 July 1916 – 3 May 1988) was a Swedish sculptor and painter. Her art education started in the mid-1930s under Leoo Verde at the ABF school in Linköping and in the early 1950s included the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. Cons ...

(1916–1988), sculptor * John Bauer (1882–1918), painter, illustrator * Julia Beck (1853-1935), painter and calligrapher * Richard Bergh (1858–1919), painter *

Jan Berglin Jan Berglin (born March 24, 1960) is a Swedish cartoonist who made his debut in the Uppsala student newspaper ''Ergo'' in 1985. After completing his studies, Berglin has been living in Gävle where he works as a teacher of Swedish and religion. H ...

(born 1960) *

Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen Anna Elisabeth Albertina Bergstrand-Poulsen (12 November 1887 – 18 February 1955) was a Swedish writer, painter, illustrator and textile artist who lived in Denmark after marrying the sculptor Axel Poulsen in 1917. As a painter, she exhibited f ...

(1887–1955), painter, illustrator, textile artist * Tobias Bernstrup (born 1970), performance artist * Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), painter * Natanael Beskow (1865–1953) *

Johanna Billing Johanna Billing (born 1973) is a Swedish artist. Her work has been featured in major group exhibitions such as Dokumenta 12, Istanbul Biennial (2005) and the 50th Venice Biennale. Life and work Johanna Billing was born 1973 in Jönköping ...

(born 1973) * Torsten Billman (1909–1989), printmaker, drawer, painter * Eva Billow (1902–1993), illustrator * Hugo Birger (1854–1887) *

Oscar Björck Oscar Gustaf Björck (15 January 1860 – 5 December 1929) was a Swedish painter and a professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Biography Born in Stockholm, from 1877 to 1882, Björck was a student of Edvard Perséus at the Academy where his ...

1860–1929, painter *

Carl Oscar Borg Carl Oscar (or Oskar) Borg (March 3, 1879 – May 8, 1947) was a Swedish-born painter who settled in the United States and became known for views of California and the SouthWest. Biography Carl Oscar Borg was born into a poor family in Grinstad ...

(1879–1947) *

Agnes Börjesson Agnes Fredrika Börjesson, sometimes called Agneta (1 May 1827, Uppsala – 26 January 1900, Alassio, Italy), was a Swedish painter who specialized in Genre art, genre and historical scenes. Biography Her father, Johan Börjesson, was a pas ...

(1827–1900) *

Carl Fredrik von Breda Carl Frederik von Breda (16 August 1759 – 1 December 1818) was a Swedish painter who studied in and spent much of his career in Britain before becoming painter to the Swedish court. He was born in Stockholm in 1759, and moved to Britain wher ...

(1759–1818)

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* John Fabian Carlson (1875–1945), painter * Otto Gustaf Carlsund (1897–1948), art critic, painter * Maria Carowsky (1723–1793) *

Kerstin Cardon Mathilda Kristina (Kerstin) Cardon (1843–1924) was a Swedish painter and art teacher. One of the first 18 women to be admitted to the women's section of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, she went on to produce portraits and still lifes in ...

(1843–1924) * Charlotta Cedercreutz (1736–1815) * Siv Cedering (1939–2007), poet, writer, and artist * Christina Charlotta Cederström (1760–1832), painter, composer, poet *

Gustaf Cederström Gustaf Olof Cederström (1845-1933) was a Swedish painter who specialized in historical scenes and portraits. Biography His father, (1804-1892) was a naval officer and his mother, Theresine (1815-1873), was an amateur painter. His interest in his ...

(1845–1933) * Moki Cherry (1943–2009), interdisciplinary artist and designer * Ingvar Cronhammar (1947–2021), sculptor based in Denmark * Lena Cronqvist (born 1938), painter, graphic artist and sculptor *

Elisabeth Czapek Elisabeth Czapek (24 March 1860 – 21 January 1949) was a Swedish miniature painter. Life Czapek was born in Gothenburg in 1860. She was the daughter of Musical director Josef Czapek and Berta Augustina Haglund. From 1884 to 1892 she was stu ...

(1860–1949), miniature painter

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* Michael Dahl (1659–1743), painter * Peter Dahl (1934-2019), painter, printmaker * Elsie Dahlberg-Sundberg (1916–2005), sculptor *

Jonas Dahlberg Jonas Dahlberg (born 1970, Uddevalla) is a Swedish artist who lives in Stockholm, Sweden. He is mostly known for his video installation work.Lockwood Smith, "Promising Fiction", Zingmagazine, 2001, http://www.zingmagazine.com/zing16/reviews/re ...

(born 1970) * Ibe Dahlquist (1924–1986), silversmith, jeweller * Nils Dardel (1888–1943), drawer, painter *

Siri Derkert Siri Karin Derkert (30August 188828April 1973) was a Swedish artist and sculptor. She was also a strong advocate for peace, feminism and environmental issues. Life and education Derkert was born on 30August 1888 in the parish of Adolf Fredrik ...

(1888–1973), painter, sculptor *

Nathalie Djurberg Nathalie Djurberg (born 1978 in Lysekil) 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. Their main ch ...

(born 1978) *

Brita Drewsen Brita Drewsen (1887–1983) was a Swedish artist and businesswoman who spent her working life in Denmark, creating household textiles and handicrafts. In 1925, working with the Danish entrepreneur Kaj Dessau, she designed the pioneering interiors o ...

(1887–1983), textile artist active in Denmark * Fredrika Eleonora von Düben (1738–1808), textile artist

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* Viking Eggeling (1880–1925), avant-garde artist and filmmaker *

Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl (4 September 1666 – 22 October 1729),En mamsell i akademien. Ulrica Fredrica Pasch och 1700-talets konstvärld. av Anna Lena Lindberg, Stockholm: Signum, 2010. Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, urn:sbl:16717, Svenskt biografiskt le ...

(1666–1729), painter * Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867), painter *

Annika Ekdahl Annika Ekdahl (born 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a textile artist who designs tapestries marrying Renaissance and Baroque practice with more modern techniques, creating large-scale works in her own contemporary style. She has exhibited in Europe ...

(born 1955), textile artist *

Märta af Ekenstam Märta Gunilla Matilda af Ekenstam (1880–1939) was Sweden's first female silversmith and creative metal worker. In 1913, after studying in Munich, she established her own studio in Malmö where she worked in the Jugendstil with materials inclu ...

(1880–1939), silversmith *

Benny Ekman Benny Ekman (born 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden) 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 i ...

(born 1955), painter * Marie-Louise Ekman (born 1944), filmmaker, painter * Emma Ekwall (1838–1925), painter *

Knut Ekwall Knut Alfred Ekwall (3 April 1843, Säby Parish (now Tranås), Småland – 16 April 1912, Tranås) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. He is best known for his genre works, many of which have women and children for their subjects. Biogra ...

(1843–1912), painter, drawer, printmaker *

Carl Eldh Carl Eldh (10 May 1873 – 26 January 1954) was a Swedish artist and sculptor. Full name: Carl Johan Eldh (signs on artwork as "''C.J. ELDH''"). Older brother to Albert Eldh. Biography Eldh was born in Östhammar Municipality, Uppland, the s ...

(1873–1954), sculptor *

Ester Ellqvist Ruth "Ester" Elisabet Ellqvist (4 October 1880 – 20 November 1918) was a Swedish artist, model and wife of John Bauer (illustrator), John Bauer, who was a painter and illustrator. She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and spent one ye ...

(1880–1918), painter * Albert Engström (1869–1940), drawer, artist, writer *

Sven Erixson Sven "X-et" Leonard Erixson (23 November 1899 - 17 May 1970) was a Swedish painter and sculptor. Son of Alfred and Mathilda Eriksson, he was married to Ingeborg Erixson with whom he had two children: a son, the artist Sverre Erixson (born 1932) ...

(1899–1970), painter *

Lisa Erlandsdotter Lisa Erlandsdotter (1774–1854) was a Swedish artist (tapestry maker). Daughter of the gardener Erland Hallberg and Anna Maria Kristoffersdotter and the sister of Sven Erlandsson (1768–1853) and Katarina Erlandsdotter (1771–1848); the thr ...

(1774–1854)

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* Öyvind Fahlström (1928–1976), painter, artist * Dror Feiler (born 1951), artist and musician *

Edith Fischerström Edith Maria Fischerström née Olsson (1881–1967) was a Swedish painter, graphic artist, sculptor and art teacher. During the first half of the 20th century she produced scenic woodcuts and painted portraits and landscapes. From the 1950s, she ...

(1881–1967), painter, woodcutter and sculptor *

Gustaf Fjæstad Gustaf Fjaestad (22 December 1868 – 17 July 1948) was a Swedish painter. Biography Gustaf Adolf Christensen Fjæstad was born in Jakobs parish in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of Peder Christensen Fjæstad and Kristina An ...

(1868–1948), painter *

Maja Fjæstad Kerstin Maria (Maja) Fjæstad née Hallén (1873–1961) was a Swedish artist who was successful as a portrait painter, as well as a textile artist and an engraver. Together with her husband Gustaf Fjæstad, at the turn of the century she became ...

(1873–1961), painter, textile artist, engraver *

Jonny Forsström Jonny Forsström (1944–2017) was a Sweden, Swedish picture artist, sculptor, and filmmaker.

(1944–2017), painter *

John Erik Franzén John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(born 1942), painter *

Agnes de Frumerie Agnes Eleonora Augusta Emilia de Frumerie (20 November 1869 – 2 April 1937) was a Sweden, Swedish artist who spent much of her career in France. She was born Agnes Eleonora Augusta Emilia Kjellberg in Skövde and studied at the Royal Swedi ...

(1869–1937), sculptor, ceramist *

David Frumerie David Frumerie (1641–1677) was a Swedish painter. Frumerie was born in 1641. He was the son of Martin Frumerie, the ancestor of the Swedish family of Walloon origin Frumerie. At the request of Louis De Geer (1587–1652), Louis De Geer, Martin ...

(1641–1677), painter * Mauritz Frumerie (1775–1853), medal engraver, lithographer

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Carl Johan De Geer Baron Carl Johan Louis De Geer af Finspång (born 13 July 1938) is a Swedish artist, writer, musician and ''friherre'' (baron) of the De Geer noble family. De Geer was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in a castle in Skåne, in southe ...

(born 1938), artist *

Wilhelm von Gegerfelt Wilhelm von Gegerfelt, also Vilhelm von Gegerfelt, (9 November 1844 – 2 April 1920) was a Sweden, Swedish painter. Biography Born in Gothenburg, Gegerfelt was the son the architect Victor von Gegerfelt (1817–1915). From 1861 to 1863, he st ...

(1844–1920) *

Esther Gehlin Esther Gehlin née Henriques (1892–1949) was a Danish-Swedish painter of Jewish descent whose water colours and oils include still lifes, interiors, portraits and landscapes. From 1922, she and her artist husband Hugo Gehlin settled in the Swed ...

(1892–1949), Danish-Swedish painter *

Felix Gmelin Felix Gmelin (born March 24, 1962, Heidelberg, Germany) is a video- and installation-artist and painter, based in Stockholm. He has shown work internationally in exhibitions including ''Always Already Passé'' at Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New Y ...

(born 1963) * Maja Gunn (born 1978), fashion designer *

Maria Johanna Görtz Maria Johanna Görtz, also known as ''Jeanette Görtz'', (1783–1853), was a Swedish artist, still life painter and drawing artist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Born to Cup-bearer A cup-bearer was historically an of ...

(1783–1853), florist painter * Brita Granström (born 1969), painter *

Eric Grate Eric Grate (August 14, 1896 – August 3, 1983) was a Swedish sculptor, painter and graphics artist. Education Eric Grate studied at the Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington Hous ...

(1896–1983), sculptor, drawer, painter, printmaker * Isaac Hirsche Grünewald (1889–1946), painter * Ulf Kjell Gür (born 1951), theatre producer and singer-musician

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Gillis Hafström Axel Gillis Hafström (3 January 1841 – 18 November 1909) was a Swedish painter, art conservator and restorer from Göteborg. He studied at the Chalmers Crafts School (''Chalmersska slöjdskolan'') in Göteborg and then from 1861 to 1865 at ...

(1841–1921), painter and restorer * Axel Haig (1835–1921), illustrator *

Berta Hansson Berta Elisabet Hansson (1910–1994) was a Swedish artist and educator. She is remembered as one of the country's most prominent Expressionists, especially for her depictions of children. After first working as a schoolteacher, in 1940 she attende ...

(1910–1994), painter, sculptor and textile artist *

Per Hasselberg Per Hasselberg (1 January 1850 – 25 July 1894), until 1870 ''Karl Petter Åkesson'', was a Swedish sculptor. He has received critical acclaim mainly for his delicate and allegorical nudes, copies of which are widely distributed in public pla ...

(1850–1894), sculptor * Carl Michael von Hausswolff (born 1956) *

Hans Hedberg Hans Hedberg (May 25, 1917 – March 27, 2007) was a Swedish sculptor who resided in Biot in southern France until his death. Hedwag was born in Köpmanholmen, Västernorrland County, Sweden. He was mostly known for his gigantic ceramic scul ...

(1917–2007), sculptor *

Snövit Hedstierna Snövit Hedstierna is a Swedish-born film director, visual artist, performance artist and university teacher. Her subject matters include power structures, gender issues, existential questions and intimacy. Education Snövit Hedstierna holds a M ...

(born 1980), visual artist, performance artist and director. * Gustav Hellberg (born 1967) *

Amalia von Helvig Anna Amalia von Helvig (August 16, 1776 – September 17, 1831) 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 Swed ...

(1776–1831) *

Anna Maria Hilfeling Anna Maria Hilfeling, née Lange (21 April 1713 – 26 May 1783) was a Swedish artist and portrait miniaturist. Biography Hilfeling was born in Stockholm, the daughter of a book-keeper. She displayed talent in drawing as a child, became a st ...

(1713–1783), miniaturist *

Carl Fredrik Hill Carl Fredrik Hill (31 May 1849 – 22 February 1911) was a Swedish painter and draftsman. He is known for the atmospheric landscapes he painted during the first four years of his career, and for the drawings of fantastical scenes he created aft ...

(1849–1911), painter * Lars Hillersberg (1937–2004), cartoonist, painter, drawer * Sigrid Hjertén (1885–1948), painter * Bror Hjorth (1894–1968), painter and sculptor * Olle Hjortzberg (1872–1959), drawer, painter, printmaker *

Johan Fredrik Höckert Johan Fredrik Höckert (26 August 1826 – 16 September 1866) was a well-known Swedish artist from Jönköping known for his colorful, dramatic oil paintings depicting historical events. He is one of the most famous nineteenth-century painters in ...

(1826–1866) *

Gerda Höglund Gerda Höglund (12 March 1878 – 25 March 1973) was a Swedish painter. After attending Kerstin Cardon's school in Stockholm, she moved to Paris where she continued her education at the Académie Julian. In addition to painting landscapes, still ...

(1878–1973), painter *

Ola and Marie Höglund Ola Höglund (born 1956) and Marie Höglund (b.1955) are Swedish-New Zealand glass artists. They met at the age of fifteen, trained at the same glass school, and have almost always worked collaboratively. Training Marie Simberg-Höglund was born i ...

, contemporary glass artists *

Janna Holmstedt Janna Holmstedt (born 1972 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm. She earned her MFA from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in 2004, and her recent awards include artist-in-residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Artin Omaha, Ne ...

(born 1972), installation artist * Rose-Marie Huuva (born 1943), visual artist, poet

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Sven Inge Sven Inge (born Sven Inge Höglund, later Sven Inge Demonér 1995–2006) (22 February 1935 – 20 November 2008) was a Sweden, Swedish painter and pop artist who came to some prominence in the late 1960s, doing performed visual experiments w ...

(1935–2008) *

Arne Isacsson Arne Isacsson (21 March 1917 – 25 September 2010) was one of Sweden's most famous watercolour artists and art educators. He was also an author and professor and founded the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art in 1944. Isacsson's well-represented oeu ...

(1917–2010), painter * Karl Isakson (1878–1922), painter * Helena Sophia Isberg (1819–1875)

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* Eugène Jansson (1862–1915), painter *

August Jernberg August Jernberg (16 September 1826 – 22 June 1896) was a Swedish artist. He was a member of the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography He was mainly a painter of portraits in his early years; he also painted historical and biblical pictures. ...

(1826–1896) * Einar Jolin (1890–1976), painter *

Arvid Jorm Arvid Kornelius Jorm (1892 – 1964) was a Swedish art, Swedish painter and graphic artist.Svenska Konstnärer: Biografisk Handbok, Redaktionsgruppen Väbo Főrlag: Vänersborg, 1987. Jorm was born Arvid Johansson in Gothenburg in 1892, the son of ...

(1892–1964), painter printmaker *

Ernst Josephson Ernst Abraham Josephson (1851-1906) was a Swedish painter and poet. He specialized in portraits, genre scenes of folklife and folklore. Background He was born to a middle-class family of merchants of Jewish ancestry. His uncle, Ludvig Josephso ...

(1851–1906), painter *

Daniel Jouseff Daniel Jouseff (born 1975) is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm and London. He is a neo-expressionist artist and a social critic. Life and work Jouseff's parents have their roots in Palestine, and belonged to the Christian minority in the co ...

(born 1975), painter

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* Gottfrid Kallstenius (1861–1943), painter *

Ewert Karlsson Ewert Karlsson (1918–2004), signature EWK, was a Swedish artist and political cartoonist. He drew for Aftonbladet and Land among others. He illustrated Runer Jonsson's books about Vicke Viking. In 1979 the EWK was declared ''Cartoonist of the ...

(1918–2004), drawer, cartoonist * Alexander Klingspor (born 1977), painter, sculptor * Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), painter * Per Krafft the Elder (1724–1793), portraitist *

Per Krafft the Younger Per Krafft the Younger (1 November 1777 – 12 November 1863) was a Swedish painter of portraits and historical scenes. Biography Krafft was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of portraitist Per Krafft the Elder (1724–1793) and Mari ...

(1777–1863), portrait painter *

Wilhelmina Krafft Maria ''Wilhelmina'' Krafft (married name ''Noreaus'', 1778–1828) was a Swedish painter and portrait miniaturist. She was the daughter of the painter Per Krafft the Elder and Maria Vilhelmina Ekebom and the sister of the painter Per Krafft ...

(1778–1828), painter and miniaturist *

Nils Kreuger Nils Edvard Kreuger (11 October 1858 – 11 May 1930) was a Swedish painter. He specialized in landscapes and rural scenes.
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(1858–1930), painter *

Julius Kronberg Johan Julius Ferdinand Kronberg (11 December 1850 – 17 October 1921) was a Swedish artist and decorative painter. Biography Kronberg was born in Karlskrona, Sweden, in 1850. At the age of thirteen, he was admitted to the Royal Swedish Academ ...

(1850–1921), painter * Hans Krondahl (1929–2018), painter, tapestry weaver, textile artist and textile designer *

Johan Krouthén Johan Krouthén (2 November 1858 – 19 December 1932) 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 w ...

(1859–1932), painter * Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740), painter

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* Niclas Lafrensen (1737–1807) *

Lisa Larson Lisa Larson (born 1931) is a Swedes, Swedish ceramicist and designer. She is best known for her sculptures ''Small Zoo'' (1955), ''ABC-girls'' (1958), ''Africa'' (1964) and ''Children of the World'' (1974–75). Biography Larson was born in 1931 ...

(born 1931), ceramicist * Annika Larsson (born 1972), video * Carl Larsson (1859–1928), painter *

Bo Christian Larsson Bo Christian Larsson (born 1976 in Kristinehamn, Sweden) is a Swedish artist who works mostly with large-sized drawings, installations, performances and objects. Born in 1976 in Sweden, Larsson entered the AKI Academy of Visual Arts in 1994 Ens ...

(born 1976) * Jens Olof Lasthein (born 1964), photographer *

Lars Lerin Lars Ivar Lerin (born 2 April 1954 in Munkfors) is a Swedish painter and author. He won the August Prize The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association ...

(born 1954), painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer *

Louise Lidströmer Louise (L) Lidströmer (born 9 July 1948, in Vienna) is a Sweden, Swedish artist who studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm 1967–72. She works with paintings, sculpture and object installation, and has presented large series ...

(born 1948), artist * Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939), painter *

David Liljemark David "Dayw" Liljemark (born in 1973 in Karlstad, Värmland County) is a Swedish comic creator, artist, and musician. Debuting at a young age in the Swedish fanzine/ mini-comic circles, Liljemark later became one of the most productive professio ...

(born 1973), artist *

Amalia Lindegren Amalia Euphrosyne Lindegren (22 May 181427 December 1891) was a Swedish artist and painter. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1856). Biography Amalia Lindegren was born in Stockholm to Anna Catharina Lindgren (d. 1817), w ...

(1814–1891), painter *

Bengt Lindström Bengt Karl Erik Lindström (September 3, 1925, Berg Municipality — January 29, 2008, Sundsvall) was a Swedish artist. Lindström was one of Sweden's best known contemporary artists with a characteristic style of distinct colors, often includ ...

(1925–2008), painter *

Sven Ljungberg Sven Birger Ljungberg (December 15, 1913 – July 28, 2010) was a Swedish visual artist whose work was created predominantly in the genres of printmaking and painting, though his entire body of his work includes murals and mosaics. He was born i ...

(1913–2010), painter, printmaker, writer * Torsten Löwgren (1903–1991), painter *

Jonas Lundh Jonas 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. ...

(born 1965), painter * Evert Lundquist (1904–1994), painter, printmaker *

Cecilia Lundqvist Cecilia Lundqvist (born 1971 in Eskilstuna) is a Swedish artist, working exclusively with animation. She is best known for the short films "Trim" (1997), "Souvenir" (1999) and "Emblem" (2001). In 2004 she received Filmform, Filmform's Honorary ...

(born 1971)

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* Elias Martin (1739–1818) * Ulrika Melin (1767–1834) * Carl Milles (1875–1955), sculptor * Aleksandra Mir (born 1967)

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* Einar Nerman (1888–1983), drawer, illustrator *

Ida Göthilda Nilsson Ida Göthilda Nilsson (7 February 1840 – 24 December 1920) was a Swedish artist (sculptor). 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 art ...

(1840–1920), sculptor * Lars Nilsson (born 1966) *

Vera Nilsson Vera Amalia Märta Nilsson (1888–1979) was a Swedish painter and a peace activist. One of Sweden's most prominent Expressionists, she is remembered in particular for her paintings of children, including her daughter Ginga, and for her landscapes ...

(1888–1979), painter *

Bengt Nordenberg Bengt Nordenberg (April 22, 1822 – December 18, 1902) was a Swedish artist. He belonged to the Düsseldorf school of painting and is best known for his genre paintings with everyday life scenes from the Dalarna, Skåne and Blekinge areas of Swe ...

(1822–1902) *

Anna Nordgren Anna Christina Nordgren (13 May 1847 – 10 September 1916 ) was a Swedish painter and draftswoman. She specialized in portraits and genre scenes. Her work is mostly a variation on the Academic style and she remained unimpressed by Impressionis ...

(1847–1916) *

Anna Nordlander Anna Catharina Nordlander (28 October 1843 – 26 February 1879), was a Swedish painter. She is known for her portraits and her depictions of genre- nature- and folk life: she is also counted as a pioneer in the illustration of the lives of th ...

(1843–1879) *

Gerhard Nordström Gerhard Nordström (often spelled as Gerhard Nordstrom) (15 August 1925 - 13 March 2019, Lund) was a prominent Swedish painter and graphic artist. Gerhard was the son of Joel Nordström, a priest, and Ester Nordström. He was one of four children. ...

(1925–2019) painter, graphic artist *

Jockum Nordström Jockum Nordström (born 1963) 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 Stockholm, Sweden in a family with tw ...

(born 1963), illustrator * Karl Nordström (1855–1923) *

Max Magnus Norman Cal Henrik Max Magnus Norman (born July 30, 1973) is a Swedish artist, painter, and sculptor. Norman was born in Sundsvall, Medelpad, he currently resides in Prague. He paints visions and dreamlike images as accurately as possible, which resul ...

(born 1973), artist

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Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin Elisabeth Ohlson (born 28 May 1961) is a Swedish photographer and an artist. In her works she often photographs representatives of LGBT people. Ohlson, a lesbian, is most noted for her exhibition '' Ecce homo'' which portrayed Jesus among gay an ...

(born 1961), photographer * Claes Oldenburg (born 1929), sculptor * Barbro Östlihn (1930–1995), painter * Oscar Akermo, Tattooist, painter

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Gustaf Wilhelm Palm Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (14 March 1810, Herrelöv's Farm, near Kristianstad - 20 September 1890, Stockholm) was a Swedish landscape painter and art professor. Biography After completing his basic education, a friend of the family provided the assist ...

(1810–1890), painter *

Anna Palm de Rosa Anna Sofia Palm de Rosa (25 December 18592 May 1924) was a Swedish artist and landscape painter. In the 1890s she became one of Sweden's most popular painters with her watercolours of steamers and sailing ships and scenes of Stockholm. She also ...

(1859–1924), painter * Ulrika Pasch (1735–1796), painter * Georg Pauli (1855–1935), painter *

Peter Adolf Persson Peter Adolf Persson (September 25, 1862 – January 15, 1914) was a Swedish painter known for his Skåne landscapes. Biography Persson was born in the parish of Kvistofa in Skåne, Sweden. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Art ...

(1862–1914), painter *

Axel Petersson Döderhultarn Axel "Döderhultarn" Petersson, formerly Axel Petersson, (12 December 1868 – 15 March 1925) was a Swedish wood carver who was one of the recognized masters of wood carving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving, Sca ...

(1868–1925), sculptor *

Anna Petrus Anna Marie-Louise Petrus Lyttkens née Petersson (1886–1949) was a Swedish sculptor, graphic artist, designer and dancer. She is remembered in particular for the pewter and cast iron works with the lion motif she designed in the mid-1920s for ...

(1886–1949), sculptor, graphic artist and designer *

Albertus Pictor Albertus Pictor (English, "Albert the Painter"; Immenhusen, c. 1440 – c. 1507), also called Albert Pictor, Albert Målare and Albrekt Pärlstickare (Swedish), is the most famous late medieval Swedish painter, known for his wallpaintings survivi ...

(c. 1440 – 1509), painter * Carl Gustaf Pilo (1711–1793), painter * Vicken von Post-Börjesson (1886–1950), sculptor, painter, ceramicist

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* Siri Rathsman (1895–1974), surrealist artist * Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1813–1875), photographer *

Emma Rendel Emma Rendel, born 1976 in Uppsala, is a Swedish graphic novel author, artist and illustrator who lives and works in Stockholm. Emma Rendel studied Illustration at Central St Martins and Communication Arts and Design at the Royal College of Art in ...

(born 1976), graphic novel artist *

Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (4 June 1934 – 3 May 2016) was a Swedish painter and sculptor. He studied with Fernand Léger in Paris 1951 and was a professor of painting at The Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1965–1969. In 1974 he was a guest ...

(1934-2016), poet, sculptor *

Oscar Reutersvärd Oscar Reutersvärd (29 November 1915 – 2 February 2002) was a Swedes, Swedish graphic artist, who in 1934 pioneered the art of 3D drawings that may initially appear feasible, yet cannot be physically constructed. He is sometimes described as "th ...

(1915–2002) * Lennart Rodhe (1916–2005), painter *

Maria Rohl Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

(1801–1875), sketch artist * Lotten Rönquist (1864–1912), painter * Georg von Rosen (1843–1923), painter * Alexander Roslin (1718–1798), painter *

Celina Runeborg Celina Runeborg (17 February 1878 – 1977) was a Swedish painter and map engraver from Stockholm. Runeborg was the daughter of the merchant Abraham Rubenson and Frida Kaiser and from 1907 married the brewmaster Ivar Runeborg and mother of Greta ...

(1878–1977), painter

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Anna Sahlström Hanna (Anna) Maria Sahlström (1876–1956) was a Swedish painter and graphic artist. In 1905, she began studying under Richard Bergh and Karl Nordström at the school run by the Artists' Association (Konstnärsförbundet), later developing expert ...

(1876–1956), painter and engraver * Birger Sandzén (1871–1954), painter *

Bertram Schmiterlöw Bertram Schmiterlöw (20 January 1920, Karlskrona–28 December 2002, Stockholm) was a Swedish painter, printmaker, draughtsman and sculptor. Bertram Schmiterlöw's artistry extends through more than five decades and is characterized by figurati ...

(1920–2002) * Anna Brita Sergel (1733–1819), textile artist * Johan Tobias Sergel (1740–1814), sculptor *

Henri Sert Henri Paul Sert (27 July 1938 La Réunion, Madagascar – 22 March 1964 Stockholm, Sweden) was an artist. When he was 10 years old, Sert's mother brought him to Paris, where he had received his education at a Jesuit monastery.http://www.dn.s ...

(1938–1964), painter *

Josabeth Sjöberg Josabeth Fredrica Paulina Sjöberg (30 June 1812 – 29 December 1882) was a Swedish painter and music teacher. She is best known for the interior portraits she made of her twelve successive homes in Södermalm, where she spent most of her life ...

(1812–1882) * Monica Sjöö (1938–2005), painter, writer *

Carl Eneas Sjöstrand Carl Eneas Sjöstrand (11 September 1828 – 14 February 1906) was a Swedish people, Swedish sculptor who worked for over 40 years in the Grand Duchy of Finland. Biography Sjöstrand was born at Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of painter Carl ...

(1828–1906), sculptor *

Maja Sjöström Maria (Maja) Sjöström (1868–1961) was a prominent Swedish textile artist from the 1890s to the 1930s. In particular, she designed intricate interior decorations for the new Stockholm City Hall. These included enormous silk tapestries which wer ...

(1868–1961), textile artist *

Sigrid Snoilsky Sigrid Fredrika Juliana Snoilsky (1813–1856) was a Swedish painter and countess. She was born Sigrid Fredrica Juliana Banér on 14 November 1813 in Östra Ryd parish, Östergötland, Sweden. Her parents were Margareta von Both and Johan Gustaf ...

(1813–1856), painter and countess * Louis Sparre (1863–1964), painter, designer and draughtsman * Wendela Gustafva Sparre (1772–1855) * Ulla Stenberg (1792–1858), textile artist *

Gustava Johanna Stenborg Gustava Johanna Stenborg, as married later ''Hahr'' and ''Yckerberg'', (1776–1819), was a Swedish artist. She was born to secretary Johan Fredrik Stenborg and Henrica Hellman. Stenborg was a textile artist ( embroidery). She was a student in t ...

(1776–1819) * August Strindberg (1849–1912), writer, painter *

Per B Sundberg Per Bertil Sundberg (born 2 April 1964) is a Swedish ceramic and glass artist. Until 2005 he worked at Orrefors glassworks, and has subsequently been a professor at Konstfack (University College of Arts, Crafts and Design) and an independent arti ...

(born 1964), glass and ceramic artist *

Max Walter Svanberg Max Walter Svanberg (February 21, 1912 – May 28, 1994) was a Swedish surrealist painter, illustrator, and designer. His most prevalent motifs were of women's bodies merged with elements of flora and fauna. Born in Malmö, Sweden, Svanberg found ...

(1912–1994), drawer, printmaker, painter *

Roland Svensson Roland Svensson (18January 191031July 2003), was a Swedish painter, writer, black and white artist, illustrator of books and originals for stamps. He is most noted for his depiction of the Stockholm archipelago. He also wrote several books. B ...

(1910–2003), painter, illustrator, writer

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Gustaf Tenggren Gustaf Adolf Tenggren (November 3, 1896 – April 9, 1970) was a Swedish-American illustrator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces. Tenggren was a chief illustrat ...

(1896–1973), painter, animator, illustrator *

Anna Maria Thelott Anna Maria Thelott (1683–1710) was a Swedish artist. She was an engraver, an illustrator, a woodcut-artist, and a miniaturist painter. Biography Anna Maria Thelott was born in Uppsala, Sweden. She was the daughter of engraver and watchma ...

(1683–1710), engraver, illustrator, printmaker, miniaturist painter *

Gerda Tirén Gerda Maria Tirén, née Rydberg (11 January 1858, Stockholm - 9 October 1928, Länna Parish, Uppland) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. She did landscapes from France and Sweden, children's portraits, and Genre art, genre scenes. Her illust ...

(1858–1928), painter and illustrator *

Johan Tirén Johan Tirén (12 October 1853, Själevad - 24 August 1911, Länna Parish, Uppland) was a Swedish painter who specialized in scenes of the rural life in Northern Sweden. Biography He was the older brother of the artist, . At the age of seven, hi ...

(1853–1911), painter; husband of the above *

Axel Törneman Johan Axel Gustaf Törneman (28 October 1880 – 26 December 1925) was one of Sweden's earliest modernist painters. Born in Persberg, Värmland, in Sweden, he grew to work in several modernist styles, was one of the first Swedish expressionist ...

(1880–1925), painter *

Palle Torsson Palle Torsson (born 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a contemporary artist working with videos, interactive works, live video games and performance. He received a MFA from Royal College University of Fine Arts Stockholm in 1998, where he also met up ...

(born 1970), artist *

Carl Trägårdh Carl Ludvig Trägårdh (20 September 1861 – 5 June 1899) was a Swedish painter. Biography Trägårdh was born in Kristianstad, Sweden. He was the son of Lars Christopher Trägårdh and Göthilda Euphrosyne Littorin. Trägårdh studied with Pe ...

(1861–1899), artist

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Urban målare Urban målare (Swedish: "Urban hepainter"), actual name ''Urban Larsson'', was a painter active in Sweden during the 16th century. Biography Virtually nothing is known about the life and work of Urban målare. Traditionally, the original lost ...

(16th century), "Urban the Painter", painter

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* Lars Vilks (born 1946), artist

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Alfred Wahlberg Herman Alfred Leonard Wahlberg (13 February 1834 – 4 October 1906) was a Swedish landscape painter. Early life Alfred Wahlberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His father was a painter and his mother worked with carving. Wahlberg learned his f ...

(1834–1906) *

Gerda Wallander Gerda Charlotta Wallander (17 August 1860 – 14 January 1926) was a Swedish portrait and genre painter. Biography Wallander was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the daughter of Carl Emanuel Wallander and Fanny Albertina Hübner. She was the n ...

(1860-1926), painter *

Bianca Wallin Bianca Wallin (born 1 October 1909 in Rome; died 5 January 2006 in Stockholm), was a Swedish artist. Biography Bianca Wallin grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the daughter of the Swedish artist David Wallin (1876–1957) and his wife Elin Wa ...

(1909–2006), painter *

David Wallin David August Wallin (7 January 1876 – 27 June 1957) was a Swedish artist. In 1932 he won an Olympic Gold Medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles for his oil painting "''At the Seaside of Arild''". Background David ...

(1876–1957), painter *

Magnus Wallin Magnus Wallin (born 1965 in Kåseberga, Löderup) is a Swedish video artist, working with 3D animation Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or pain ...

(born 1965) *

Sigurd Wallin David Sigurd Wallin (June 10, 1916 in Nora, Sweden, Nora rural parish in Örebro County, Sweden – May 8, 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish artist. He grew up in Stockholm. Sigurd Wallin was the son of the Swedish artist David Wallin ( ...

(1916–1999), painter *

Gösta Wallmark Per Gustav Gösta Hjalmar Wallmark (June 11, 1928 in Luleå, Sweden – November 20, 2017 in Visby) is a Swedish artist. Gösta Wallmark got his education from Otte Skölds målarskola in Stockholm, Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at Royal ...

(1928-2017), artist, painter, sculptor * Wilhelmina Wendt (1896–1988), silversmith * Peter Weiss (1916–1982), writer, painter, artist * Anna Wengberg (1885–1936), painter * Gösta Werner (1909–1989), painter * Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller (1751–1811), painter *

Jan Widströmer Jan Widströmer (born 31 December 1944) is a Swedish artist. Early life and education Widströmer's 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. Widstr ...

(born 1944), painter *

Agnes Wieslander Agnes Wieslander (1873–1934) was a Swedish painter who mainly produced landscapes although she also painted still lifes and portraits. Her art education included Harald Foss in Copenhagen, the Académie Colarossi in Paris, Carl Wilhelmson in Go ...

(1873–1934), painter * Carl Wilhelmson (1866–1928), painter * Richard Winkler (born 1969), painter, sculptor

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* Kristoffer Zetterstrand (born 1973), painter * Anders Zorn (1860–1920), printmaker, painter

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