Eva Jancke-Björk
Eva Henriette Jancke-Björk (1882–1981) was a Swedish ceramist, painter and textile artist. She became a prominent porcelain designer, working for Rörstrand, and before establishing her own business in Mölndal near Gothenburg. She produced simply designed bowls, flower pots and tableware, both decorated and monochrome. Jancke-Björk also painted watercolours, created textile patterns and worked with glassware. Her works are in the collections of the Nationalmuseum, Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts and the Röhsska Museum. Biography Born on 25 December 1882 in Kungsängen, Upplands-Bro Municipality, Eva Henriette Jancke was the daughter of the district judge Per Gustaf Jancke (1827–1900) and Maria Matilda Aimé née Björkenstam (1852–1945). In 1910, she married the physician Karl Gustaf Adolf Björk (1885–1919) with whom she had five children: Strindar Leif (1907), Arne (1910), Ann Eivor Margareta (1912), Lennart (1914) and Kaj Åke (1918). When she was 17, Eva Jan ...
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