This is a list of women artists who were born in

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or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

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Kerstin Abram-Nilsson Kerstin Abram-Axelsson née Nilsson; (7 July 1931 — 18 December 1998) was a Swedish artist, debater, and social activist, who primarily expressed herself through various paintings and graphic arts. Her work has been shown in exhibitions throughou ...

(1931–1998), painter *

Lena Ackebo Lena Ackebo (born 1950) is a Swedish comic creator who has been published in daily strip form, in albums, and in the art magazine ''Galago'' since the mid-1980s. Having a very distinct and graphic style, Ackebo mainly does satirical comics ...

(born 1950), cartoonist *

Emma Adbåge Emma Adbåge (born 1982) is a Swedish illustrator and children's writer. In addition to illustrating her own books, she contributes to works by other authors while also taking on commissions from educational publishers. In 2013, she was awarded th ...

(born 1982), illustrator and children's writer *

Louise Adelborg Louise Nathalie Adelborg (2 July 1885 – 9 September 1971) was a Swedish porcelain designer and textile artist. Biography Louise Adelborg was born in Ludgo, Södermanland County, Sweden, a member of the noble Adelborg family. She was the daught ...

(1885–1971), porcelain designer and textile artist *

Maria Adelborg Eleonara Amalia Maria Adelborg (December 6, 1849 – April 23, 1940) was a Swedes, Swedish textile artist. She is best known for preserving Swedish textile art traditions. Her works include the carpet in the Birgitta Chapel in Rome and the chasubl ...

(1849–1940), textile artist *

Ottilia Adelborg Eva Ottilia Adelborg (6 December 1855 – 19 March 1936) was a Swedish children's book illustrator, comics artist and author and the founder of a school for lace making. A literary award, the Ottilia Adelborg Prize, was established in her honor ...

(1855–1936), illustrator and children's writer *

Ulla Adlerfelt Ulrika "Ulla" Sofia Adlerfelt, née ''Sparre af Sundby'' (21 July 1736 – 1 August 1765), was a Swedish artist (painter) and noble. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'' (Swedish Art dictionary). ...

(1736–1765), painter *

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 * Märta Afzelius (1887–1961), textile artist and designer * Karin Ageman (1899–1950), designer, illustrator, poster 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), lithographer, engraver *

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 *

Gerda Ahlm Gerda Maria Ahlm (May 24, 1869 – 1956) was a Swedish-born painter and art conservator. Biography Gerda Maria Ahlm was born in Västerås, Sweden. She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Art in Stockholm (1889-91) and later studied etching ...

(1869–1956), painter and art conservator *

Ester Almqvist Ester Dorothea Almqvist (3 November 1869 – 11 June 1934) was a Swedish artist who was a pioneer of Expressionist painting in Sweden. Family and education Almqvist was born in Bromma but spent her childhood in Stockholm, where her parents tau ...

(1869–1934), Expressionist painter *

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 * Hjördis Piuva Andersson (born 1933), painter, writer *

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 * Maja Andersson Wirde (1873–1952), textile artist *

Charlotta Arfwedson Charlotta Arfwedson (5 August 1776 - 8 September 1862) was a Swedish countess and artist. She was politically active and acted as adviser of her second spouse, nobleman Carl Carlsson Mörner (1755–1821). She was a member of the Royal Swedish ...

(1776–1862), painter *

Elise Arnberg Elisabeth (Elise) Zénaide Arnberg (11 November 1826 – 6 September 1891), was a Swedish Portrait miniature, miniaturist and photographer. She is foremost known for her portrait miniatures on ivory, but was also active as a photographer. She wor ...

(1826–1891), miniaturist and photographer *

Alma Arnell Alma Constantia Arnell (2 May 1857 – 13 September 1934) was a Swedish painter. Biography Born in Säbrå, Ångermanland, Arnell studied in Stockholm at Axel Kulle's school of painting under Gustaf Cederström and Anders Zorn as well as in Pa ...

(1857–1934), painter *

Efva Attling Efva Katarina Attling, (born on 18 February 1952) is a Swedish silversmith and Jewelry designer, jewellery designer. Early career In the early 1980s she played in the band "X Models" and released the hit single ''Två av oss'' ("Two of us"). ...

(born 1952), silversmith

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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 *

Eva Bagge Eva Bagge (15 December 1871 – 6 November 1964) was a Swedish painter who studied first in Sweden and then made study trips to Rome and Paris. Remembered in particular for her farm scenes and interiors, she did not reach her peak until 1941 when ...

(1871–1964), painter *

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 and painter *

Jeanna Bauck Jeanna Bauck (19 August 1840 – 27 May 1926) was a Swedish-German painter known for her landscape and portrait paintings, and her career as an educator, as well as her friendships with Bertha Wegmann and Paula Modersohn-Becker. Early life Jea ...

(1840–1926), painter *

Julia Beck Julia Beck (20 December 1853 – 21 September 1935) was a Swedish painter and calligrapher. Biography Beck was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of Franz Beck, a bookbinder. She was first educated at the sloyd school (later Konstfack) in ...

(1853–1935), painter and calligrapher *

Carolina Benedicks-Bruce Carolina Maria Benedicks-Bruce (28 October 1856 – 16 February 1935) was a Swedish sculptor. After studies at the Academy of Arts in Sweden she went to France, at first to study and later to live and work at the artists' colony in Grez-sur-Loin ...

(1856–1935), sculptor *

Siri Berg Siri Berg (September 14, 1921 – April 8, 2020) was a Swedish-born American abstract artist and teacher. Berg's work is included in the permanent collection of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as the National Museum of American Jewish ...

(1921–2020), Swedish-American painter *

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), writer, painter, illustrator * Beata Bergström (1921–2016), photographer *

Elsa Beskow Elsa Beskow ( Maartman; 11February 187430June 1953) was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are ''Tale of the Little Little Old Woman'' and ''Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender''. Back ...

(1874–1953), painter * Johanna Emerentia von Bilang (1777–1857), miniaturist * Anna Billing (1849–1927), landscape and still-life painter *

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), conceptual artist *

Eva Billow Eva Hildegard Maria Billow née Forss (1902–1993) was an influential Swedish illustrator, cartoonist and children's writer. She is remembered for writing and illustrating rhyming Swedish children's stories, including ''Pojkarna Igelkotts vinte ...

(1902–1993), children's writer and illustrator *

Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt Elsa Andrea Elisabeth Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982) was a Swedish artist and writer who was active in Sweden and Austria. After attending Stockholm's Art Academy, she worked as an engraver and etcher. In 1916, while assisting the Red Cross ...

(1888–1982), writer and lithographer *

Sigrid Blomberg Emma Emilia Sigrid Charlotte Blomberg (1863–1941) was a Swedish sculptor who focused on religious art. One of her most notable creations is ''Bebådelsen'' (The Annunciation, 1900), a marble statue depicting the Virgin Mary on her knees in pray ...

(1863–1941), sculptor *

Anna Boberg Anna Katarina Boberg, née Scholander, (3 December 1864 – 27 January 1935) was a Swedish artist married to prominent architect Ferdinand Boberg. Anna Scholander was the daughter of architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander and the granddaughter o ...

(1864–1935), painter, ceramist, textile artist *

Eva Bonnier Eva Fredrika Bonnier (17 November 1857 – 13 January 1909) was a Swedish painter and philanthropist. __TOC__ Biography Born in Stockholm as the daughter of publisher Albert Bonnier and a member of a leading family of publishers, Bonnier st ...

(1857–1909), painter *

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (4 December 1927 – 3 June 2004), often known simply as Torun, was one of Sweden's most important 20th century silversmiths and a master jeweller. She is the first female silversmith to have become internationally note ...

(1927–2004), silversmith * Agnes Börjesson (1827–1900), painter *

Agnes Branting Agnes Margareta Matilda Branting (1862–1930) was a Swedish textile artist and writer. As director of the Friends of Handicraft association from 1891, she undertook developments in large woven tapestries with several prominent artists which led t ...

(1862–1930), textile artist *

Fanny Brate Fanny Ingeborg Matilda Brate, née Ekbom (1861–1940) was a Swedish painter. She specialized in Genre art, genre scenes, featuring families, which are often cited as the inspiration for similar works by Carl Larsson. Biography Fanny Brate was th ...

(1861–1940), painter *

Maj Bring Ebba Maria Bring, better known as Maj (Uppsala, 29 August 1880 – Stockholm, 5 December 1971) was a Swedish painter and model. She was the daughter of Sven Casper Bring. Bring was educated at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm ...

(1880–1971), painter * Johanna Brunsson (1846–1920), textile artist and educator *

Arvida Byström Arvida Byström (born October 4, 1991) is a Swedish artist, who is mainly known as a photographer and model, but who also makes music. She is based in Los Angeles, London and Stockholm. She cooperates with many magazines and brands such as Nasty ...

(born 1991), photographer

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* Anna Camner (born 1977), painter *

Nina Canell Nina Canell (born 1979) is a sculpture and installation artist born in Växjö, Sweden and educated at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany Work Nina C ...

(born 1979), sculptor, installation artist *

Margareta Capsia Margareta Capsia (1682 – 20 June 1759) was a Swedish/Finnish artist, the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden. She mainly painted altarpieces, but was also active as a portrait pa ...

(1682–1759), Swedish-Finnish painter, altarpiece decorator *

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), portrait painter * Mina Carlson-Bredberg (1857–1943), painter *

Christina Elisabeth Carowsky Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (March 5, 1745 – 1797) was a Swedish painter. Biography Carowsky was born in Gothenburg into a family of artists. Her mother was Maria Carowsky and Michael Carowsky, and her grandfather was Johan Ross the Elder Jo ...

(1745–1797), painter *

Maria Carowsky Maria Carowsky (née Ross) (1723–1793) was a Swedish artist. Maria Carowsky was born in Gothenburg to the artist Johan Ross the Elder, an emigrant from Holstein. In 1744, she married the artist Michael Carowsky. She was widowed in 1745 and t ...

(1723–1793), painter * Anna Casparsson (1861–1961), textile artist, embroiderer * Marja Casparsson (1901–1993), painter *

Anna Cassel ''Anna'' Maria Augusta Cassel (15 March 1860 close to Grythyttan – 18 February 1937 in Stockholm) was a Swedish artist. She mainly painted landscapes from Norrland, Skåne, Västmanland and around Stockholm, made in oil or in tempera. Biog ...

(1860–1937), painter *

Charlotta Cedercreutz Maria ''Charlotta'' Cedercreutz, married surname ''Wrangel'' (1736–1815), was a Swedish artist, lady-in-waiting and baroness. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Her parents were the courtier Baron Lars Cedercreutz and C ...

(1736–1815), painter *

Charlotta Cederström Christina Charlotta Cederström née ''Mörner af Morlanda'' (2 March 1760 – 22 February 1832) was a Swedish dilettante artist, composer, salon hostess, and baroness. Cederström was an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, as w ...

(1760–1832), painter * Elsa Celsing (1880–1974), Russian-Swedish painter *

Emma Chadwick Emma Chadwick, née Emma Hilma Amalia Löwstädt (10 August 1855, Stockholm – 2 January 1932, Avignon), was a Swedish painter who specialized in genre scenes and portraits. Biography She was the granddaughter of , a miniature painter and pr ...

(1855–1932), painter *

Moki Cherry Moki Cherry (born Monika Marianne Karlsson; 8 February 1943 – 29 August 2009) was a Swedish interdisciplinary artist and designer who worked in textiles, fashion design, woodworks, painting, collage, ceramics and set design. Her practice traver ...

(1943–2009), interdisciplinary artist and designer * Ludmila Christeseva (born 1978), Belarus-born Swedish visual artist * Brita von Cöln (died 1707), painter * Lena Cronqvist (born 1938), painter, graphic artist and sculptor

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* Elsie Dahlberg-Sundberg (1916–2005), sculptor and medalist * Kajsa Dahlberg (born 1973), contemporary artist * Ibe Dahlquist (1924–1996), silversmith *

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 *

Ingrid Dessau Ingrid Dessau, née ''Peterson'' (born 3 March 1923 in Svalöv, died 15 June 2000) was a Swedish textile artist. Work Ingrid Dessau was the daughter of the manager Victor Peterson and Anna-Stina Wallman. She was married 1949-1954 to the direc ...

(1923–2000), textile artist *

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), video artist * Brita Drewsen (1887–1983), textile artist active in Denmark *

Fredrika Eleonora von Düben Fredrika Eleonora von Düben (December 17, 1738 – March 1, 1808) was a Swedish dilettante painter and embroidery artist Biography Fredrika Eleonora was born to Baron Joachim von Düben the Younger and Catharina Eleonora Temminck, daughter of ...

(1738–1808), textile artist *

Lotten von Düben Carolina Charlotta Mariana von Düben, commonly known as Lotten von Düben (née von Bahr; November 23, 1828 – December 25, 1915) was an early Swedish amateur photographer and a pioneering reportage and documentary photographer. Her work consti ...

(1828–1915), early amateur photographer

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* Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956), author, illustrator * Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl (1666–1729), painter *

Marianne Ehrenström Mariana "Marianne" Maximiliana Christiana Carolina Lovisa Ehrenström, née ''Pollet'' (9 December 1773 – 4 January 1867), was a Swedish writer, singer, painter, pianist, culture personality, memoir writer and lady-in-waiting. She was a mem ...

(1773–1867), painter * Karin Ek (born 1944), painter *

Thérèse Ekblom Thérèse Ekblom (1867-1941) was a Swedish botanical and zoological illustrator. She often collaborated with her husband, Axel Richard Ekblom (1858-1914). Ekblom was born Lovisa Teresia Jansson, in Stockholm, Sweden, to a family of artists. Her fa ...

(1867–1941), illustrator *

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 (1880–1939), silversmith and metal worker *

Marie-Louise Ekman Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, ''née'' Fuchs, and known during her first marriage under the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle (born 5 November 1944) is a Swedish painter and film director. She is a profess ...

(born 1944), filmmaker, painter * Emma Ekwall (1838–1925), painter * Ester Ellqvist (1880–1918), painter * Pye Engström (born 1928), sculptor * Eva Eriksson, (born 1949), illustrator *

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), tapestry artist * Anna Erlandsson (born 1956), illustrator, animator * Bengta Eskilsson (1836–1923), textile artist * Ulla Eson Bodin (1935–2009), textile artist and designer *

Princess Eugénie of Sweden Princess Eugénie of Sweden and Norway (Charlotta Eugenia Augusta Amalia Albertina; 24 April 1830 – 23 April 1889) was a member of the royal House of Bernadotte and a philanthropist and amateur artist. Biography Eugénie was born to King O ...

(1830–1889), amateur artist

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* Greta Fahlcrantz (1889–1978), painter and sculptor * Ingrid Falk (born 1960), painter, photographer * Fanny Falkner (1891–1963), actress, miniaturist *

Mollie Faustman Mollie Faustman (pseudonym, la Vagabonde; Stockholm, 1883 - Stockholm, 1966) was a Swedish painter, illustrator, journalist and author. Biography Originally from the district of Kungsholmen, Mollie Faustman was one of the three daughters of e ...

(1883–1966), modernist painter, illustrator and journalist * Emy Fick (1876–1959), textile artist and businesswoman *

Anna Fiske Anna Fiske (born 5 September 1964) is a Swedish-born illustrator and writer who settled in Norway. Fiske was born in Ängelholm, and is married to illustrator Lars Fiske. She was educated at Konstfack in Stockholm, and has resided in Norway since ...

(born 1964), illustrator, now in Norway * Edith Fischerström (1881–1967), painter, woodcutter and sculptor *

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 and engraver *

Christina Fredenheim Christina Elisabet Fredenheim ( née Hebbe) (1762–1841) was a Swedish artist, singer and noblewoman. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Christina Fredenheim was a well known and acknowledged non professional musician and si ...

(1762–1841), painter, singer *

Maria Friberg Maria Friberg (born 16 May 1966) is a Swedish artist known for her works revolving around themes of power, masculinity and man's relationship to nature. Her images depict ambiguous tableaus with isolated figures in provocative situations. Early ...

(born 1966), painter, photographer * Anna Friberger (born 1944), illustrator, set designer *

Emma Fürstenhoff Emilia "Emma" Fürstenhoff, née ''Lindegren'' (1802 – March 1871), was a Swedish artist (florist), internationally known for her manufacturing and arrangements of artificial flowers of wax, which were a novelty in contemporary Europe. L ...

(1802–1871), artist, florist

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Märtha Gahn Märtha Fredrique Gahn (Fellingsbro, 30 September 1881 – 17 October 1973) was a Swedish textile artist. Together with Elsa Flensburg, Bror Geijer Göthe and Märtha Hjortzberg-Reuterswärd, she was one of the founders of the "Ateljé Handtry ...

(1881–1973), textile artist * Anna Gardell-Ericson (1853–1939), painter * Esther Gehlin (1892–1949), Danish-Swedish painter and textile artist *

Margareta Christina Giers Margareta Christina Giers (1731 – 12 November 1796) was a Swedish painter. She was born to vicar Eric Petter Giers and Brita Giring and married to professor Olof Murén. Most of her works are copies in gouache of paintings by the Old Master ...

(1731–1796), painter * Sofia Gisberg (1824–1926), textile artist, sculptor and educator * Ida Gisiko-Spärck (1859–1940), landscape painter * Elisabeth Glantzberg (1873–1951), textile artist *

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 * Thyra Grafström (1864–1925), textile artist *

Brita Granström Brita Granström (born 1969) is a Swedish artist who graduated from Konstfack Stockholm in 1994 and now lives and works between Great Britain and her homeland as a painter and illustrator. Painting In 2011 Granström's self-portrait ''Mother of F ...

(born 1969), painter * Marianne Greenwood (1916–2006), photographer * Viola Gråsten (1910–1994), textile designer * Maja Gunn (born 1978), fashion designer *

Carolina Gynning Carolina Gynning Nilsson (born 6 October 1978) is a Swedish glamour model, actor, author, jewelry designer and television presenter. She started her career as a model at age sixteen. She was a participant in the Swedish version of '' Big Brother' ...

(born 1978), actress, jewelry designer, writer

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Johanna Hald Brita Margareta Johanna Hald (born 20 July 1945 in Stockholm) is a Swedish director, photographer and screenwriter. Selected filmography *1986 – ''Love Me! ''Love Me!'' ( sv, Älska mej) is a 1986 Swedish drama film directed by Kay Pollak ...

(born 1945), photographer and screenwriter *

Adélaïde Victoire Hall Adélaïde Victoire Hall, called ''Adèle'' (11 May 1772 – 14 October 1844), was a Swedish-French artist and noble ( marquise). She was given the honorary title of ''agré'' of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1793). Hall was born in Pari ...

(1772–1844), Swedish-French painter *

Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl (1867–1952), was a Swedish painter, sculptor and composer. She was the daughter of Count Walther and Countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl. She was a student of the Wallinska skolan. She married the courtier and diplomat He ...

(1867–1952), painter, sculptor, composer *

Signe Hammarsten-Jansson Signe "Ham" Hammarsten-Jansson (née Hammarsten, 1 June 1882 Hannäs, – 6 July 1970) was a Swedish-Finnish graphic artist who designed, among other things, around 220 Postage stamps and postal history of Finland, Finnish postage stamps during th ...

(1882–1970), graphic artist, stamp designer * Berta Hansson (1910–1994), painter, sculptor and textile artist * Karin Hansson (born 1967), artist and researcher *

Sonja Härdin Sonja Härdin, born 1945, is a Swedish illustrator. She illustrated all Bert books in the old series, except for the first Bert book, even if she illustrated the reversion edition, and she gave Bert Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, charact ...

(born 1945), illustrator *

Annika von Hausswolff Annika von Hausswolff, born March 30, 1967, is a Swedish visual artist. She studied at Sven Winquists School of Photography in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1987 to 1989; Konstfack, University College of Arts, Craft & Design, Stockholm from 1991 to 1994 ...

(born 1967), visual artist *

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, director *

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), artist, writer * Elli Hemberg (1896–1994), painter and sculptor * Nina Hemmingsson (born 1971), cartoonist * Ester Henning (1887–1985), painter *

Helena Henschen Helena Henschen (1940–2011) was a Swedish designer and writer. Born and raised in Stockholm, she worked as a graphic designer, achieving success as an illustrator of children's books. She co-founded the famous design company Mah-Jong. She won t ...

(1940–2011), designer, writer *

Kakan Hermansson Karin Signhild Hermansson (born 7 August 1981), better known as Kakan Hermansson, is a Swedish television presenter, radio host, comedian and artist. She has had her own television show on Sveriges Television (SVT) called ''Kaka på Kaka'' and h ...

(born 1981), ceramicist, comedian *

Helena Hernmarck Helena Hernmarck (born in Stockholm, Sweden, 1941) is a Swedish tapestry artist who lives and works in the United States. She is best known for her monumental tapestries designed for architectural settings. Early life and education Hernmark's pa ...

(born 1941), tapestry artist *

Brita Sofia Hesselius Brita Sofia Hesselius (1801–1866) was a Swedish daguerreotype photographer. She was likely the first professional female photographer of her country. Hesselius was born in Alster parish in the Karlstad Municipality as the daughter of Olof ...

(1801–1866), probably the first professional female photographer in Sweden *

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 *

Hanna Hirsch-Pauli Hanna Hirsch, later Hanna Pauli (Stockholm, 13 January 1864 – 29 December 1940, Solna), was a Swedish painter; primarily of genre scenes and portraits. Life Hanna Hirsch was a daughter of music publisher Abraham Hirsch. She was a friend of Ev ...

(1713–1783), painter *

Sigrid Hjertén Sigrid Hjertén (27 October 1885 – 24 March 1948) was a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism. Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions. She worked as an artist ...

(1885–1948), modernist painter *

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, sti ...

(1878–1973), painter specializing in sacred art * Marie Höglund (born 1955), glass artist * Siv Holme (1914–2001), painter, sculptor * Rose-Marie Huuva (born 1943), textile artist, poet *

Ulrica Hydman Vallien upVase by Vallien, created in 1978. Ulrica Margareta Hydman Vallien (24 March 1938 – 21 March 2018) was a Swedish artist who specialized in stained glass and decorative painting. In Sweden, she became best known for her vases with motifs of sin ...

(1938–2018), stained glass artist and ceramist

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* Helena Sophia Isberg (1819–1875), woodcut artist

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Selma Jacobsson Selma Ida Jacobsson (27 January 1841, in Stockholm – 30 March 1899, in Stockholm) was a Swedish photographer. Selma Jacobsson was born to the merchant Levi Abraham Jacobsson and Sally Pohl, the sister of the opera singer Agnes Jacobsson and t ...

(1841–1899), photographer * Eva Jancke-Björk (1882–1981), ceramist, painter, textile artist *

Kristina Jansson Kristina Jansson is a contemporary visual artist and painter from Sweden. Kristina Jansson was born 1967. She lives and work in Stockholm. Between 1994 and 1995 Jansson studied at the Vienna fine arts academy and between 1995 and 2001 she stud ...

(born 1967), contemporary artist * Rosa Lie Johansson (died 2004), Swedish-Mexican painter *

Arnrid Johnston Arnrid Banniza Johnston (1895 - 8 July 1972) was a Swedish sculptor and illustrator, who spent the majority of her life and career in Britain. Biography Johnston was born at Uddevalla in Sweden, to a Swedish mother, Lily Ann, and an English fat ...

(1895–1972), sculptor, illustrator *

Ellen Jolin (Maria Helena) Ellen Jolin (16 June 1854 – 25 May 1939) was a Swedish writer, painter and graphic artist. Biography Jolin was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and the Académie Julian ...

(1854–1939), painter *

Lina Jonn Lina Jonn, birth name Carolina Johnsson, (1861–1896) was a Swedish professional photographer. Early life Jonn was born as Carolina Johnsson on 8 March 1861 in Stora Råby near Lund in Scania, south-western Sweden. Daughter of the farmer Jons Jo ...

(1861–1896), photographer * Märta Jörgensen (1874–1967), folk costume designer

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* Brita-Kajsa Karlsdotter (1816–1915), textile artist *

Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten, married surname ''Kachanoff'' (1789–1856), was a Swedish painter. She was born in Stockholm, the daughter of Kristofer Kristian Karsten and Sophie Stebnowska and sister of Sophie Karsten. She was the student of ...

(1789–1856), painter *

Sophie Karsten Hedvig Sophie Karsten (3 September 1783 – 25 February 1862) was a Swedish ballerina and artist (painter). Born to opera singers Christoffer Christian Karsten and Sophie Stebnowska, she was the sister of painter Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten. Soph ...

(1783–1862), painter, ballerina * Elisabeth Keyser (1851–1898), painter *

Marie Kinnberg Marie Kinnberg (1806–30 March 1858) was a pioneering Swedish photographer and painter. In 1851, she learnt how to operate the daguerreotype process and the following year opened a studio in Gothenburg. Active as a portrait painter, Marie Kinnber ...

(1806–1858), painter and pioneering photographer * Asa Kitok (1894–1986), Sami birch-root artisan *

Hilma af Klint Hilma af Klint (; 26 October 1862 – 21 October 1944) was a Swedish artist and mysticism, mystic whose paintings are considered among the first Abstract art, abstract works known in Western art history. A considerable body of her work predates ...

(1862–1944), painter *

Caroline von Knorring Caroline Gustafva Eleonora von Knorring (6 October 1841 – 4 August 1925) was a Swedish photographer and one of the first professional woman photographers in Sweden. Life and career Caroline was born in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbrevia ...

(1841–1925), photographer *

Greta Knutson Greta Knutson or Knutson-Tzara (also known as Greta Knutson; 1899–1983) was a Sweden, Swedish Modernism, modernist visual artist, art critic, short story writer and poet. A student of André Lhote who adopted Abstract art, Abstraction, Cubism an ...

(1899–1983), modernist artist, writer *

Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck Amalia may refer to: People *Amalia (given name), feminine given name (includes a list of people so named) *Princess Amalia (disambiguation), several princesses with this name Films and television series * ''Amalia'' (1914 film), the first ...

(1663–1740), 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 * Klara Kristalova (born 1967), sculptor * Thora Kulle (1849–1939), textile artist and businesswoman

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* Gunilla Lagerbielke (1926–2013), textile artist * Ava de Lagercrantz (1862–1938), portrait painter *

Wilhelmina Lagerholm Wilhelmina Catharina Lagerholm (1826–1917) was a Swedish painter and an early professional female photographer. After first studying and practising painting, she turned mainly to photography in 1862, opening a studio in Örebro in central Sweden ...

(1826–1917), portrait and genre painter, photographer *

Annika Larsson Annika Larsson (born 1972 Stockholm, Sweden) is a photographer and video artist. Larsson received a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm. In 2002 she had a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary A ...

(born 1972), video artist *

Karin Bergöö Larsson Karin Larsson, née Bergöö, (3 October 1859 – 18 February 1928) was a Swedish artist and designer who collaborated with her husband, Carl Larsson, as well as being often depicted in his paintings. Early life and education Karin Bergö� ...

(1859–1928), painter, designer *

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 *

(1859–1928), painter and designer *

Adelaïde Leuhusen Amalia Aurora ''Adelaïde'' Leuhusen, née ''Valerius'' (1 December 1828 – 1923), was a Swedish baroness, painter and concert singer. She was a teacher and benefactor of the famous Swedish opera singer Christina Nilsson, whom she introduced t ...

(1828–1923), painter, singer *

Klara Lidén Klara Lidén (born 1979) is a contemporary artist. She currently lives and works in Berlin and New York City.Ingeborg Lindborg (1875–1950), painter * Eva Lindström (born 1952), illustrator and 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), painter, sculptor *

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, member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts ( sv, Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architec ...

Pija Lindenbaum Pija Lindenbaum (born ''Pia Margareta Lindenbaum'' 27 April 1955 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a Swedish illustrator, author and designer. 1999–2007 she owned the 14th chair of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. She has illustrated the Tsatsi ...

(born 1955), illustrator, author, designer *

Tuija Lindström Tuija Lydia Elisabeth Lindström (5 May 1950 – 26 December 2017) was a Finnish-Swedish photographer, artist and professor of photography at School of Photography and Film, University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden, 1992–2001. She lived and ...

(born 1950), Finnish-Swedish photographer * Cecilia Lundqvist (born 1971), animator * Katarina Löfström (born 1970), video artist * Miryam Lumpini (born 1993), tattoo artist and painter

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* Märta Måås-Fjetterström (1873–1941), textile artist *

Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm Lovisa Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm (1768–1845) was a Finnish - Swedish artist, painter, writer and noble. Biography She was the daughter of Major Jacob Georgsson Malm (1735–1789) and Eleonora Lovisa von Köhnnigstedt (1745–1821). She married ...

(1768–1845), Finnish-Swedish painter, writer *

Stefania Malmsten Agnes ''Stefania'' Malmsten, born October 16, 1967, in Huddinge Municipality, Huddinge, is a Sweden, Swedish art director, graphic designer, film producer and child actor. Career Malmsten was born to Bodil Malmsten (1944-2016) and :sv:Peter_Csiha ...

(born 1967), art director, graphic designer and film producer * Charlotte Mannheimer (1866–1934), painter * Randi Marainen (born 1953), Sami silversmith and artist *

Britta Marakatt-Labba Britta Margareta Marakatt-Labba (born September 18, 1951, in Idivuoma, Karesuando, Sweden) is a Swedish Sámi textile artist, painter, graphic artist, and a member of the Máze Group. Early life and education Marakatt-Labba is one of nine chil ...

(born 1951), Swedish Sámi textile artist *

Ida Matton Ida Elisabeth Matton (1863–1940), was a Swedish sculptor. Biography Matton was born on 24 February 1863 in Gävle. She studied at Kungliga Tekniska högskolan in Stockholm She subsequently traveled to Paris to continue her studies. There she a ...

(1863–1940), sculptor *

Ulrika Melin Ulrika Melin (1767–1834) was a Swedish textile artist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. She was born to Major Lars Melin and was a sister of General Major Henrik Georg Melin. She was married to the governor of Västerås Castle ...

(1767–1834), textile artist *

Kaisa Melanton Kaisa Brita Melanton née Björklund (1920–2012) was a pioneering Swedish textile artist who is remembered in particular for the large, post-modernist works she created for local authorities, theatres and churches. She employed a variety of tech ...

(1920–2012), textile artist *

Ruth Milles Ruth Milles (19April 187311February 1941) was a Swedish sculptor and writer. She is mainly known for her figurines and reliefs. Early life and education Milles was born Ruth Anna Maria Andersson on Örby Manor in Vallentuna near Stockholm, Sw ...

(1873–1941), sculptor *

Aleksandra Mir Aleksandra Mir (born 1967) is a Swedish-American contemporary artist known for her collaborative installations and projects. Her work deals with travel, time, placehood, language, gender, identity, locality, nationality, globality, mobility, con ...

(born 1967), visual artist *

Mandana Moghaddam Mandana Moghaddam is an Iranian-Sweden, Swedish contemporary visual artist whose Installation art, installation work was most notably exhibited in the 51st Venice Biennale. Affected by the Iranian Revolution, Moghaddam was granted asylum in Goth ...

(born 1962), visual artist * Jeanette Möller (1825–1872), painter *

Coco Moodysson Hedvig Agnes Elisabeth "Coco" Moodysson (born 1970) is a Sweden, Swedish list of comic creators, creator of Graphic novel, graphic novels and alternative comics, many of them in the autobiographical comics, autobiographical subgenre. Her works in ...

(born 1970), cartoonist * Ise Morssing (1878–1969), sculptor *

Anna Munthe-Norstedt Anna Katarina Fredrika Munthe-Norstedt (28 July 1854 – 17 April 1936) was a Swedish painter known for still-lifes and interiors. She also worked with genre painting and portraits. Biography Anna Munthe-Norstedt was born in the parish of D� ...

(1854–1936), painter

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* Catrine Näsmark (born 1970), painter, set designer *

Barbro Nilsson Barbro Nilsson née Lundberg (1899–1983) was a Swedish textile artist who is remembered in particular for her large tapestries, including the one she produced in collaboration with Sven Erixson for the Gothenburg Concert Hall in 1939. She was ...

(1899–1983), textile artist *

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 *

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 * Anna Nordgren (1847–1916), painter and illustrator *

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), painter * Tekla Nordström (1856–1937), painter, engraver *

Jenny Nyström Jenny Eugenia Nyström (13 or 15 June 1854 in Kalmar, Sweden – 17 January 1946 in Stockholm) was a painter and illustrator mainly known as the creator of the Swedish image of the '' jultomte'' on Christmas cards and magazine covers, thu ...

(1854–1946), painter, illustrator

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Cilluf Olsson Cilluf Olsson (15 February, 1847 – 5 March, 1916) was a Swedish textile artist. She was an important figure within Svensk Hemslöjd (Swedish Handicraft Association). She was born to the wealthy farmer and local politician Sven Nilsson and ...

(1847–1916), textile artist *

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 * Agda Österberg (1891–1987), textile artist * Barbro Östlihn (1930–1995), painter

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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 * Karin Parrow (1900–1984), painter *

Ulrika Pasch Ulrika "Ulla" Fredrica Pasch (10 July 1735 in Stockholm – 2 April 1796 in Stockholm), was a Swedish rococo painter and miniaturist, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Biography Education and early career Ulrika Pasch was ...

(1735–1796), painter * Anna Petrus (1886–1949), sculptor, graphic artist and designer

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* Ann-Sophie Qvarnström (born 1958), illustrator, silversmith

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* Mathilda Ranch (1860–1938), photographer * Siri Rathsman (1895–1974), surrealist artist *

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 * Sofie Ribbing (1835–1894), painter *

Marianne Richter Marianne Elisabet Richter Lindroth (1916–2010) was a Swedish textile artist who from 1942 was engaged as a designer at Märta Måås-Fjetterström's workshop. There she produced flatweaves, pile rugs and tapestries. She is remembered in particul ...

(1916–2010), textile artist * Anna Riwkin-Brick (1908–1970), photographer *

Maria Röhl Maria Christina Röhl (26 July 1801 – 5 July 1875) was a Swedish portrait artist. She made portraits of many of the best known people in Sweden in the first half of the 19th century. Her paintings are exhibited at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm ...

(1801–1875), portrait painter * Lotten Rönquist (1864–1912), painter *

Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (10 February 1864, Kalmar – 21 August 1939, Västervik) was a Swedish painter who specialized in landscapes and scenes with figures. Life and career She was the daughter of businessman John Roosval and Johanna Krame ...

(1864–1939), painter * Joanna Rubin Dranger (born 1970), cartoonist, illustrator * Celina Runeborg (1878–1977), painter *

Hannah Ryggen Hannah Ryggen, born Hannah Jönsson (21 March 1894, Malmö – 2 February 1970, Trondheim), was a Swedish-born Norwegian textile artist. Self-trained, she worked on a standing loom constructed by her husband, the painter . She lived on a farm on ...

(1894–1970), Swedish-Norwegian textile artist

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* Anna Sahlström (1876–1956), painter and engraver *

Emma Schenson Emma Sofia Perpetua Schenson (21 September 1827 – 17 March 1913) was a Swedish photographer and painter. She was one of the earliest female professional photographers in Sweden. Biography Born in Uppsala on 21 September 1827, Schenson was the ...

(1827–1913), photographer and painter *

Caroline Schlyter Anna Ingrid Caroline Schlyter, (born 9October 1961) is a Swedish artist focusing on sculpture and installations. She is best known for her furniture sculptures that have been exhibited in numerous countries. Early years and education Caroline ...

(born 1961), sculptor, installation artist * Kristina Schmid (born 1972), photographer * Anna Maria Schmilau (died 1725), tapestry artist *

Helene Schmitz Helene Schmitz is a Swedish photographer born 1960. In her work, Helene Schmitz is interested in how nature is described in science, art and literature. Schmitz investigates how these activities filters our understanding and her work often makes ...

(born 1960), photographer * Ida von Schulzenheim (1859–1940), painter * Anna Brita Sergel (1733–1819), textile artist *

Ann-Sofi Sidén Ann-Sofi Sidén is a contemporary Swedish artist.Press release
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(born 1962), visual artist * Amanda Sidwall (1844–1892), painter, illustrator *

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), painter * Ann Mari Sjögren (1918–2010), painter, illustrator *

Hilda Sjölin Hilda Sjölin (1835–1915) was a Swedish photographer, one of the first known professional woman pioneer photographers in her country. Life Hilda Aurora Amanda Sjölin (1835-1915) was raised in Malmö as one of four daughters, where she was th ...

(1835–1915), photographer *

Rosalie Sjöman Rosalie Sofie Sjöman (née Hammarqvist, 1833–1919) was an early Swedish female photographer. From the mid-1860s, she became one of Stockholm's most highly regarded portrait photographers. Biography Born on 16 October 1833 in Kalmar in the sout ...

(1833–1919), photographer *

Monica Sjöö Monica Sjöö (31 December 1938 – 8 August 2005) was a Swedish-born British-based painter, writer and Radical feminism, radical Anarcha-feminism, anarcho/ Ecofeminism, eco-feminist who was an early exponent of the Goddess movement. Her books ...

(1938–2005), painter, writer * Maja Sjöström (1868–1961), textile artist * Gudrun Slettengren-Fernholm (1909–1980), ceramicist and sculptor * Emma Josepha Sparre (1851–1913), painter *

Wendela Gustafva Sparre Wendela Gustafva Sparre af Rossvik (December 14, 1772 – May 7, 1855) was a Swedish textile artist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. She managed the Harg ironworks in Uppland between 1816 and 1827. Life Sparre was born a ...

(1772–1855), textile artist *

Evelina Stading Evelina Stading (January 1, 1797– April 4, 1829), was a Swedish landscape painter. Biography Evelina Stading was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She was either the daughter or the niece of the opera singer Franziska Stading (1763–1836). Stading s ...

(1803–1829), landscape painter *

Margareta Stafhell Margareta Stafhell, also called Staffhell, Stafell and Staffhell-Åkerman, (1720–1762), was a Swedish chalcography artist. Biography Margareta Stafhell was the daughter of the silversmith Gustaf Stafhell (1683-1761) and his wife Catharina Olofsd ...

(1720–1762), chalcographist *

Pernilla Stalfelt Pernilla Stalfelt (born 1962) is a Swedish children's writer and illustrator. She has gained a reputation for successfully explaining difficult concepts to children in their own language, for example by presenting the Convention on the Rights of t ...

(born 1962), children's writer and illustrator * Sylvia Stave (1908–1994), silversmith * Katharina Stenbeck (born 1987), contemporary artist and singer *

Birgitta Stenberg Birgitta Alma Sofia Stenberg (26 April 1932 – 23 August 2014) was a Swedish author, translator and illustrator. She was the 2005 winner of the Selma Lagerlöf Prize. Life Birgitta Stenberg was born in Engelbrekt Parish in 1932. She was educated ...

(1932–2014), illustrator, author *

Ulla Stenberg Ulla (Johanna Ulrica) Stenberg, née Colliander (1792–1858) was a Swedish damask maker. Stenberg was the daughter of vicar Nils Johan Colliander in Jönköping. She was professional damask maker from 1822, and had her own weaving school from 1 ...

(1792–1858), textile artist * Magdalena Margareta Stenbock (1744–1822), painter * Gustava Johanna Stenborg (1776–1819), textile artist * Annika Ström (born 1964), visual artist *

Minna Sundberg Minna Sundberg (born January 9, 1990) is a Swedish-speaking Finns, Swedish-speaking Finns, Finnish illustrator and cartoonist born in Sweden. She is known for the webcomics ''A Redtail's Dream'' (aRTD), and ''Stand Still, Stay Silent'' (SS, SS). B ...

(born 1990), illustrator, cartoonist * Harriet Sundström (1872–1961), painter * Maja Synnergren (1891–1950), painter, illustrator * Sigrid Synnergren (1894–1986), textile artist

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Rosa Taikon Rosa Sofia Ingeborg Taikon (30 July 1926 – 1 June 2017), formerly Janusch and Widegren, was a Swedish Romani silversmith and activist. From the Kalderash subgroup, Taikon first received public recognition for her work as a silversmith. Following ...

(1926–2017), Swedish-Romani silversmith *

Astri Taube Astrid "Astri" Linnéa Matilda Taube, née ''Bergman'' (9 December 1898 – 23 December 1980) was a Swedish sculptor and artist known for her child portraits and sculptures in public venues. She was married to Swedish singer and songwriter Evert ...

(1898–1980), sculptor *

Maria Tesch Hedvig Maria Tesch (1850–1936) was a Swedish professional photographer who had a studio in Linköping. As a result of her productive and highly successful business, thousands of her photographs remain in the collections of the local museum and ...

(1850–1936), photographer *

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, woodcut-artist and miniaturist painter * Hildegard Thorell (1850–1930), painter *

Anna-Clara Tidholm Anna-Clara Beatrice Tidholm (born ''Tjerneld'' on 7 January 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish children's writer and illustrator. She grew up on Djurgården in Stockholm. Since 1970, she lives at a small farm in Arbrå. Bibliography * '' ...

(born 1946), children's writer, illustrator *

Marit Törnqvist Marit Törnqvist (born January 19, 1964) is a Swedish-Dutch author, artist and illustrator. She was best known for her illustrations in the books of Astrid Lindgren. Life and career Marit Törnqvist is the daughter of Egil Törnqvist, a profess ...

(born 1964), Swedish-Dutch illustrator * Cecilia Torudd (born 1942), cartoonist * Joanna Troikowicz (born 1952), Polish-Swedish sculptor * Ida Trotzig (1864–1943), photographer, ethnographer, Japanologist, painter and writer

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* Hedvig Ulfsparre, (1877–1963), textile collector * Irène K:son Ullberg (1930–2022), painter * Bea Uusma (born 1966), author, illustrator, physician

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Bertha Valerius Aurora Valeria Albertina Valerius, known as Bertha (21 January 1824, Stockholm – 24 March 1895, Stockholm), was a Swedish photographer and painter.''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'', Part V, pg. 572, Allhems Förlag AB, 1953, Malmö. Biography Bert ...

(1824–1895), painter, photographer

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* Charlotte Wahlström (1849–1924), painter *

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 *

Berit Wallenberg Anna Berit Wallenberg (19 February 1902 – 4 September 1995) was a Swedish archaeologist, anthropologist, art historian, photographer, and philanthropist. She established a research foundation, the Berit Wallenberg Foundation, that awards funds ...

(1902–1995), archaeologist, art historian, photographer * Bianca Wallin (1909–2006), painter *

Elin Wallin Elin Kristina Wallin (born 29 December 1884 in Gothenburg; died 25 March 1969 in Stockholm) was a Swedish artist and drawer. She was married to the Swedish artist David Wallin. Elin Wallin grew up in Ekersgatan 13 in Örebro. She was the daughter ...

(1884–1969), painter * Carin Wästberg (1859–1942), textile artist *

Wilhelmina Wendt Wilhelmina Wendt (8 August 1896 – 26 June 1988), commonly known as Tiddit, was a Swedish silversmith. She was the first woman in Sweden to be granted the title of "master silversmith". From the late 1920s, she designed trays, serving dishes, bow ...

(1896–1988), silversmith * Maria Widebeck (1858–1929), textile artist * Agnes Wieslander (1873–1934), painter *

Ilon Wikland Maire-Ilon Wikland (née Pääbo; born February 5, 1930) is an Estonian-born Swedish artist and illustrator. Wikland was born in Tartu, Estonia and raised in Haapsalu, Lääne County on Estonia's Baltic coast. In 1944 she escaped with the family ...

(born 1930), illustrator * Helena Willis (born 1964), illustrator, writer *

Hanna Winge Hanna Mathilda Winge, née Tengelin (4 December 1838 – 9 March 1896) was a Swedish painter and textile artist. She was one of the five founders of the Swedish women's association Nya Idun. Biography Hanna Mathilda Winge was born in Gothe ...

(1838–1896), painter *

Stina Wirsén Stina Wirsén Hedengren (born 1968) is a Swedish author and illustrator. Early life and education Stina Wirsén was born in 1968 in Älvsjö, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Her parents were Carin and Christian Wirsén. She started making art in ...

(born 1968), illustrator, writer * Gunilla Wolde (1939–2015), writer, illustrator *

Stina Wollter ''Stina'' Margareta Ulrika Wollter (born 24 May 1964) is a Swedish artist, television presenter and author. She is the daughter of actor Sven Wollter. Wollter works mostly as an artist but also does illustration, speaker and radio presenting. Sh ...

(born 1964), painter, illustrator

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Lilli Zickerman Emma Carolina Helena ("Lilli") Zickerman (1858–1949) was a Swedish textile artist who pioneered the Swedish Handicraft Association The Swedish Handicraft Association () is a non-profit organization with regional offices and sales outlets thro ...

(1858–1949), textile artist

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