Alice Lund (1900-1991)
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Kerstin Ekengren, born Kerstin Ulla Margareta Holm in 1917, grew up at Saltsjöbaden in the Stockholm archipelago. She finished her training in 1940 and went to work for Astrid Sampe at NK:s Textilkammare, the textile department of Nordiska Kompaniet. In 1944 she married the painter and sculptor Sture Ekengren.
Marta Afzelius (1887 -1961)
Stockholm-born Marta Afzelius was a Swedish textile artist and painter. Afzelius created many textiles using mainly religious motifs. For her paintings, she used mediums such as oil, tempera, and opaque watercolors. Today, her art is represented in religious institutions and museums all around Sweden.
Photograph from Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Allhem). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Frida Hansen (1855-1931) was a Norwegian textile artist and the outstanding Norwegian exponent of Art Nouveau weaving. Born Frederikke Bolette Petersen in Stavanger, she studied painting under Kitty Kielland and Johan Bennetter, and turned to textiles only after her family lost its fortune in the 1880s, learning to weave with Kjerstina Hauglum in Lærdal in 1889.
Photograph by Gustav Borgen, about 1896. Norsk Folkemuseum (NFB.35230), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.