Swedish Inspired

Ingrid Hellman–Knafve (1906 - 2003)
Ingrid Hellman–Knafve was educated at Maria Nordenfeldts School of Textiles, in Sweden. Shortly after graduation she established her own studio in Kinna, where she employed seven weavers.

During the 1930s she produced carpets for architect Otto Schultz in Gothenberg, who was known for his large-scale interiors. In 1944 Hellman –Knafve was invited to exhibit at Svenskt Tenn in Strandvägen, Stockholm, which proved to be a huge success. Subsequent to this, Svenskt Tenn ordered a great many pieces from her up until the early 1960s.

Brita Grahn (b.1907-2003)
Brita Grahn, Swedish textile artist, was born in 1907. From 1932 to 1940, she had her own textile studio Textura in Uppsala, Sweden. She later went on to become the artistic director of AB Robert Ditzingers weaving studio in Sundbyberg, Sweden. Her experimentation in carpet technique, ranging from flossa, reliefflossa, rölakan and tapestry techniques, Grahn has had solo exhibitions in Stockholm and Gothenburg. She has also participated in group exhibitions in Stockholm and Zurich.

Irma Kronlund (b. Sweden 1919-2008)

Irma Kronlund grew up in western Kronoberg and had completed her designer education at the Technical School and the Higher Art Industrial School in Stockholm.

From the mid-1950s, Kronlund designed for the Kronoberg läns hemslöjd, (County Crafts Association) headquartered in the city of Växjö, in Kronoberg county, in south-central Sweden. 

She remained as a textile artist at Hemslöjden in Kronoberg all her professional life until retirement in December 1984.
 

Sigvard Bernadotte (1907-2002)

Barbro Nilsson (1899-1983)
In 1889, the Swedish textile designer Barbro Nilsson was born in Malmö, in the Southwest of Sweden. She was educated at Johanna Brunssons vävskola and Tekniska skolan in Stockholm (now Kunstfackskolan). She became a capable, inspiring and demanding teacher in her textile subjects.

Märta Måås-Fjetterström (1873-1941)

André Arbus (1903 -1969)