Ann-Mari Forsberg (1916-1992), who also worked under her maiden name Lindblom, was a Swedish textile artist and one of the central figures of the Märta Måås-Fjetterström studio. She studied under Barbro Nilsson and worked at Handarbetets Vänner before joining MMF in the early 1940s, arriving alongside Marianne Richter.
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(September 30th, 1881-October 17th, 1973)
Maja Sjöström (1868-1961) was a Swedish textile artist whose working life ran from the 1890s to the 1930s. Born in rural Skåne, she was admitted to the new pattern-drafting course at the Technical School in Stockholm in 1889, and from 1893 spent twenty-four years at Handarbetets Vänner, where she became the studio's leading artist and helped make it the foremost textile workshop in the Nordic countries.
Maja Sjöström in her atelier on Hantverkargatan, 1922. Stockholms stadshus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
(1908-2002)
Greta Skogster-Lehtinen (1900-1994)
Greta Skogster-Lehtinen was a Finnish textile artist noted for her tapestry weaving techniques and her hand-woven carpets. Her most distinguished projects were the commission from the Helsinki Parliament House and international exhibitions in Barcelona, Brussels, Milan, New York and Paris. Skogster-Lehtinen’s work is also showcased in the Design Museum in Helsinki.
Read more: Finnish Innovations: the Textile Works of Greta Skogster-Lehtinen
Edna Martin (b. Sweden, 1908-2003)
Ingrid Dessau (1923-2000)
Swedish textile designer, Ingrid Dessau was born in the Skåne region of southern Sweden. Dessau studied at the technical school in Stockholm and in 1953, had her debut exhibition. From her exhibition, she gained worked as a designer for Kasthall’s carpet factory, later moving to work at Kinnasand’s. The focus for her work was primarily rugs and textiles. She achieved commissions from banks, embassies and museums.
Judith Johansson was a textile artist in Swedish during the mid-20th century. Her style, typical of Swedish fold designs, featured a variety of colors and patters inspired by nature and geometry. The popularity of her designs led to her opening a weaving studio in 1938 wit her husband in Knäred, Sweden and in 1945 she was working for Nordiska Kompaniet department stores designing their carpets. By the 1950s, Johansson’s carpets and textiles could be seen in churches and embassies. Her work was immensely popular and earned her many awards.