Haaken Gulleson was a Swedish painter and workshop leader in the early 16th century. His signature is found on six sculptures in southern

Norrland Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administ ...

. He has long been considered to be solely a sculptor, but recent research has seen him as a painter. He ran a workshop where his apprentices contributed to his work.

Biography

He lived in

Enånger Enånger is a locality situated in Hudiksvall Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 629 inhabitants in 2018. ''Enånger Court District'', or ''Enångers tingslag'', was a district of Hälsingland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were ...

parish in Gävleborg County, Sweden. His sculpture is in Enånger Old Church and is signed and dated in the year 1520. Another sculpture is a small Madonna image in the Bollnäs church. A signed Madonna is in Forsa Church and there is an

altar screen A Dossal (or dossel, dorsel, dosel), from French ''dos'' (''back''), is one of a number of terms for something rising from the back of a church altar. In modern usage, it primarily refers to cloth hangings but it can also denote a board, often ...

Njutånger Njutånger is a locality situated in Hudiksvall Municipality Hudiksvall Municipality (''Hudiksvalls kommun'') is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, situated in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in the city Hudiksvall. The pre ...

Church. There is one in Bjuråker Church and in Hälsinglands museum. Image:Anna själv tredje Enångers gamla kyrka.jpg, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, in Enånger Old Church, the old church of Enånger parish, Hälsingland Image:Ljusdals kyrka nådestolen.jpg, Nådastol (Throne of Grace/Throne of Mercy, Gnadenstuhl), Ljusdals Church Image:Ljusdals kyrka nådestolen 2.jpg, Nådastol (Throne of Grace/Throne of Mercy, Gnadenstuhl), Ljusdals Church (beskuren version/crop of previous) Image:Ytterlennes-madonna.jpg, The Virgin Mary in Ytterlännäs gamla kyrka, the Old Church of Ytterlännäs parish, Ångermanland Image:Ytterlennes-madonna-2.jpg, The Virgin Mary in Ytterlännäs gamla kyrka, the Old Church of Ytterlännäs parish, Ångermanland (modified version of previous)

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*Lennart Karlsson (2005) ''Kretsen kring Haaken Gulleson'' (Förlag Carlsson) 16th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters Swedish male sculptors Gothic sculptors {{Sweden-sculptor-stub