The ''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'' is a dictionary of
Swedish art
Swedish art refers to the visual arts produced in Sweden or by Swedish artists. Sweden has existed as a country for over 1,000 years, and for times before this, as well as many subsequent periods, Swedish art is usually considered as part of the ...
and artists that was published in five volumes by
Allhems Förlag AB from 1952 to 1967.
''Svenskt konstnärslexikon''.
LIBRIS. Retrieved 4 November 2016. The dictionary includes over 12,000 biographical entries for Swedish artists with detailed bibliographies for each entry. The editors were Gösta Lilja
Gösta is a male given name, a variant of Gustav. Gösta may refer to:
People
*Gösta Åsbrink (1881–1966), Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete
*Gösta Andersson (skier) (1918–1979), Swedish cross-country skier
*Gösta Andersson (wrestler) ...
, Bror Olsson Bror is a Scandinavian masculine given name which simply means 'brother'. The name has been found as early as in runestones in the form Brodhir. The name form Bror is known since the year 1536. It is also used heavily in a colloquial sense in the ci ...
, Knut Andersson and S. Artur Svensson, with additional contributions by Johnny Roosval
John (Johnny) August Emanuel Roosval (29 August 1879 – 18 October 1965) was a Swedish art historian, Medieval ecclesiastical art specialist, and university professor.
Biography
Johnny Roosval was born in a bourgeois family in Kalmar, but grew u ...
, Ragnar Josephson
Ragnar Josephson (Stockholm 8 March 1891 - Lund 27 March 1966) was a Swedish art historian and writer.
Josephson was professor of art history at Lund University 1929-1957 and founder of the Archive for Decorative Art there. He was director of t ...
and Karl Erik Steneberg Karl may refer to:
People
* Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
* Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne
* Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer
* Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...
.
References
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Swedish dictionaries
Swedish art
1952 non-fiction books