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Carl Johan Forsberg
Carl Johan Wilhelm Forsberg (1868–1938) was a Swedish open-air painter whose works cover landscapes, buildings, animals and women, in watercolour or gouache. After travelling widely, in 1914 he and his Danish wife settled on the Danish island of Fanø where he lived and painted for the rest of his life. There has been renewed interest in Forsberg in recent years as a result of interpretations of his works by the Danish painter Eva Louise Buus. Biography Born on 1 August 1868 in Stockholm, Forsberg grew up in a well-to-do family, mixing with Sweden's high society. From 1889 to 1893, he studied architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology. He then went on to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts where he studied building before attending Axel Tallberg's etching course (1895–96). Forsberg first exhibited at Stockholm's Konstnärhuset in 1904, receiving consistently negative reports from the critics. After travelling widely, he married the Danish consul's former wife Pia in Nice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forsberg Sønderho
Forsberg is a Swedish language, Swedish-language surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 62.5% of all known bearers of the surname ''Forsberg'' were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:590), 22.5% of the United States (1:60,128), 3.8% of Norway (1:5,096), 3.7% of Finland (1:5,547), 2.7% of Canada (1:50,339) and 2.1% of Denmark (1:10,062). In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:590) in the following counties: * 1. Västernorrland County, Västernorrland (1:202) * 2. Västerbotten County, Västerbotten (1:226) * 3. Norrbotten County, Norrbotten (1:304) * 4. Gävleborg County, Gävleborg (1:329) * 5. Jämtland County, Jämtland (1:376) * 6. Uppsala County, Uppsala (1:392) * 7. Dalarna County, Dalarna (1:422) * 8. Västmanland County, Västmanland (1:459) * 9. Örebro County, Örebro (1:483) * 10. Värmland County, Värmland (1:523) In Norway, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,096) in the following regions: * 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |