The Swedish History Museum is a museum located in Stockholm, Sweden, that covers Swedish archaeology and cultural history from the Mesolithic period to present day. Founded in 1866, it operates as a government agency and is tasked with preserving Swedish historical items as well as making knowledge about history available to the public.
Gripsholm Castle is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm. Since Gustav Vasa, Gripsholm has belonged to the Swedish Royal Family and was used as one of their residences until the 18th century. It is now a museum, but it is still considered to be a palace at the disposal of the King and as such it is part of the Crown palaces in Sweden.
Nationalmuseum is the national gallery of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009, the museum opened a new branch in Malmö in the south of Sweden, Moderna Museet Malmö.
Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were considered among the first abstract works known in Western art history. A considerable body of her work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky and Mondrian. She belonged to a group called "The Five", comprising a circle of women inspired by Theosophy, who shared a belief in the importance of trying to contact the so-called "High Masters"—often by way of séances. Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of complex spiritual ideas.
Mamma Andersson is a Swedish contemporary artist. She is based in Stockholm and is married to artist Jockum Nordström.
Siri Karin Derkert was a Swedish artist and sculptor. She was also a strong advocate for peace, feminism and environmental issues.
Anna Riwkin-Brick or just Anna Riwkin was a Russian-born Swedish photographer.
Sophia Eleonora Rosenhane, as married Jennings, was a Swedish patron and noblewoman. At the national portrait gallery at Gripsholm Castle, her portrait was featured amongst six of the most famous Swedish women in history. She became known as a financier and respected patron of the arts. After her death she was buried at the family grave in Husby-Oppunda.
Ulrica Margareta Hydman Vallien was a Swedish artist who specialized in stained glass and decorative painting. In Sweden, she became best known for her vases with motifs of sinuous snakes, tulips and wolves.
Ebba Maria Bring, better known as Maj was a Swedish painter and model. She was the daughter of Sven Casper Bring.
Anna Charlotta Behle was a Swedish dancer and dance teacher. Considered a pioneer of modern dance in Sweden, she first became interested in the art after watching Isadora Duncan perform. She was born to unwed parents, and was adopted, along with her brother August, by the Granbäck family, who ensured that she had a full education. After initial studies in singing with Eugène Crosti and Emile Wartel in Paris, she studied dance with Duncan and with Emile Jacques-Dalcroze; later she would open her own school in Stockholm.
Märtha Fredrique Gahn 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 Handtryck" textile workshop in 1915. In 1935 she became head of the Libraria studio, which produced ecclesiastical textiles for the Church of Sweden. Gahn's work may be found in the collections of the Nationalmuseum the Röhsska Museum, and the Nordic Museum.
Greta Amalia Fahlcrantz Lindberg was a Swedish painter and sculptor.
Anna Charlotta Sophia Casparsson was a Swedish textile artist, known for her embroidery.
Elin Elisabeth "Elli" Hemberg, was a Swedish abstract painter and sculptor. She is most famous for her architectural sculptures, which often feature three dimensional visuals and elements of dynamic symmetry. Her work is featured in the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, as well as the Museum of Art in Kalmar, among other places.
Ulla Wiggen is a Swedish painter. Wiggen is known for her paintings that interpret electronic circuitry, integrated circuit dies and schematic diagrams. In the late 1960s she was also known for her figure paintings.
Carl Wilhelm Nordgren was a Swedish portrait painter and professional trumpeter, for the Life Guards of Horse.
Lena Birgitta Cronqvist Tunström is a Swedish painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Considered to be one of Scandinavia's most prominent Expressionists, her biographically-inspired works include self portraits, some with her child, sometimes depicting the unpleasant features of life. She has illustrated the books of her late husband Göran Tunström and created lithographs for one of August Strindberg's plays. As a sculptor, she has worked with glass and bronze. Her artworks have been widely exhibited and are in the collections of Nationalmuseet and Moderna Museet in Stockholm.
Anna Clarén is a Swedish photographer and educator.
