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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.

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.

Marin Hemmingsson was a weaver at AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, working in the middle decades of the twentieth century.
The distinction matters for reading a mark: Hemmingsson wove pieces designed by others rather than designing them, so on a carpet bearing AB MMF together with MH the initials identify the hand at the loom, not the author of the design. Work woven there includes Barbro Nilsson's tapestry Blåsväder of 1967 and the wall hanging Röda Trolleriet of about 1964, and a pile carpet, Zorbus, that went to the Swedish diplomatic mission in Washington in 1966.

Lars Gynning (b. Sweden, 1920-2003)

Lars Gynning is the Swedish artist who meant most as creator of patterns for woven wallpaper (tapestries) in France during the 20th century. After studies in both Sweden and France, cooperation with the famous company Pinton Frères in Aubusson began in the 1940s. About 250 tissues are made according to Gynning's publishers. One of France's largest textile stars Jean Lurçat is one of the artists who was involved with and early influenced Gynning, who has since completely created his own style.

Dora Jung (1906-1980) was a Finnish textile artist who worked almost entirely in linen, and the designer who did most to bring damask weaving into modern art. She trained at the Finnish Friends of Handicraft and at the Helsinki School of Arts and Crafts, and on graduating in 1932 opened her own workshop, Dora Jung Textil.