Karl ''Edvin'' Öhrström (August 22, 1906 in Burlöv – December 2, 1994) was a

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sculptor and glass artist. Öhrström grew up in

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, where his father worked at the

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. He started to work as a railroad worker, he trained to become an art teacher at Tekniska skolan (current

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) in

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1925–1928, and at the sculptural department at the Royal University College of Fine Arts 1928–1931, with

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and

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as teachers. In 1932, in

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. From 1932 to 1957, he worked two months per year at Orrefors Glasbruk in

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. He often used the ''ariel'' technique, which he had invented together with the master Gustaf Bergkvist and the artist Vicke Lindstrand. Later, he worked at Lindshammars Glasbruk, where he developed his sculptures to

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s of

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colors that played with light reflections and refractions in the glass. Edvin Öhrstrom won a

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for the decoration of

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in Stockholm, with a 37.5 metres high steel construction with 80 000 glass prisms, lit from within. This 130 tonnes heavy glass pillar, '' Kristallvertikalaccent'', is made from steel and covered with glass from Lindshammars Glasbruk and was inaugurated in 1974. The light source is four lamps inside the pillar. He was awarded the

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for sculpture in 1979.

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1906 births 1994 deaths People from Burlöv Municipality Swedish male sculptors 20th-century sculptors Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal {{Sweden-sculptor-stub