List of Swedish women photographers

This is a list of women photographers who were born in Sweden or whose works are closely associated with that country.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

A

• Sofia Ahlbom (1803–1868), feminist, practiced as a photographer from the 1860s
• Elise Arnberg (1826–1891), miniaturist and photographer

B

• Beata Bergström (1921–2016), photographer, known for her dance and theatre work
• Arvida Byström (born 1991), photographer and model based in Los Angeles

C

• Anna Clarén (born 1972), photographer and educator

D

• Lotten von Düben (1828–1915), early amateur photographer

E

• Hélène Edlund (1858–1941), views of buildings and nature of Skansen
• Hedda Ekman (1860–1929), writer and photographer

F

• Ingrid Falk (born 1960), installation artist
• Hanna Ferlin (1870–1947), photographer and suffragist
• Lisa Fonssagrives (1911–1992), model, dancer, sculptor, and photographer
• Maria Friberg (born 1966), painter, photographer, video artist

G

• Marianne Greenwood (1916–2006), photographed Picasso and other artists in Antibes after the Second World War, later photographing the peoples of the Pacific islands and parts of Asia

H

• Johanna Hald (born 1945), screenwriter, photographer
• Caroline Hebbe (1930–2018), art photographer with the Fotofrom movement
• Brita Sofia Hesselius (1801–1866), Sweden's first professional female photographer, opening a studio in Karlstad in 1845
• Martina Holmberg

J

• Selma Jacobsson (1841–1899), royal court photographer
• Erika Jonn (1865-1931), Swedish painter
• Lina Jonn (1861–1896), early Swedish professional photographer in Helsingborg and Lund, remembered for her documentary work
• Maria Jonn (1855-1910), photographer and businesswoman

K

• Edit Kindvall (1866–1951), Storvik photographer and women's rights activist
• Marie Kinnberg (1806–1858), painter and pioneering photographer
• Caroline von Knorring (1841–1925), one of Sweden's first professional female photographers

L

• Wilhelmina Lagerholm (1826–1917), portrait and genre painter, photographer
• Annika Larsson (born 1972), contemporary artist, photographer
• Tuija Lindström (1950–2017), noted for her black-and-white pictures of women in a black lake addressing feminist issues

M

• Gunnie Moberg (1941–2007), photographer in Orkney, Shetland and the Faroes

O

• Elisabeth Ohlson (born 1961), photographs sexual minorities, noted for her 1998 Ecce Homo portraying Jesus among homosexuals

P

• Katarina Pirak Sikku (born 1965), Swedish Sami painter and photographer

R

• Mathilda Ranch (1860–1938), early professional photographer who ran studios in Varberg and the surrounding area
• Anna Riwkin-Brick (1908–1970), portrait and dance photography, photo-journalistic work

S

• Emma Schenson (1827–1913), early professional photographer
• Kristina Schmid (born 1972), fine art photographer
• Helene Schmitz (born 1960), photographer, writer
• Olga Segerberg (1868–1951), photographer and suffragist
• Hilda Sjölin (1835–1915), one of Sweden's first professional female photographers, opening a studio in Malmö in 1861
• Rosalie Sjöman (1833–1919), highly regarded portrait photographer
• Hedvig Söderström (1830–1914), first woman to open a studio in Stockholm

T

• Maria Tesch (1850–1936), professional photographer, studio in Linköping
• Ida Trotzig (1864–1943), photographer, ethnographer, Japanologist, painter and writer

V

• Bertha Valerius (1835–1915), official photographer of the Royal Swedish court

W

• Berit Wallenberg (1902–1995), archaeologist, art historian, photographer

See also

• List of women photographers