Swedish Sculptures

Harald Salomon for Rörstrand Monumental Art Deco Sculpture, 1940s. Large, monumental Art Deco stoneware sculpture with a striking geometric silhouette and a deep, layered glaze in br...

Elegant Art Deco Bronze Figure of a Dancing Woman, Sweden, 1930s Elegant handcrafted bronze sculpture depicting a stylized female figure standing gracefully with a subtle, upward-reaching posture. The silhouette is elongated and refined, typical of the late Art Deco period, emphasizing harmony, movement, and the timeless beauty of the human form. Cast in solid bronze, the piece has a rich, naturally aged patina that shifts between warm golden-brown and darker bronze tones, giving the surface depth and visual texture. Small areas of verdigris, particularly along the upper edge of the base, attest to the sculpture’s age and authenticity while adding a soft, organic accent. The figure stands on a stepped, square bronze base with softly rounded corners, complementing the fluidity of the sculpture’s form. It is unsigned, but the work bears stylistic similarities to Scandinavian bronze sculpture...

Signed 24k gold infused Crystal Fish Sculpture by Josef Marcolin, original label. ***NOTE: Our 1stDibs store is closing end May and items will not be available thereafter.*** In addition to the signature on the bottom, the piece still has both of its original labels as well. In Murano glass work, fine gold dust inside the glass is called gold polveri. Perhaps this term was dropped by Marcolin due to the inclusions being more notable gold flecks rather than gold dust. Josef Marcolin (1933-2015), who originallly lived and was trained as a glassblower in Murano, Italy, moved to Sweden with his brother Benito in 1954. They made beautiful blown glass/crystal sculptures such as this one, which are known for their unique blend of Murano and Swedish style. In 1991 they moved back to Italy and continued to create for a short time under the name Sardinia Crystal...

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda, set of five bird figurines. Decorative collection of five signed art glass bird figurines, created for WMF with organic forms and distinctive Scandinavian d...

Fabulous ice chipped block of glass with a deer feeding etched into the flat side of the glass block. Signed V. Lindstrand Kosta Boda. Truly a timeless piece and such craftsmanship. ...

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda / WWF Glass sculpture of a salmon in clear art glass, 1970s. Hand-cast art glass figure of a leaping salmon, executed in clear glass with finely detailed nat...

Antique Swedish horse of carved wood with original patinated white paint with a few dark dots. The ears are made of leather, tail and mane of nat...

2 Modern Swedish Åhus glass paperweights. The signed paperweights are frosted glass with colorful interior and frosted glass surface. The larger pie...

This Swedish 20th-century marble cherub statue exudes timeless charm and elegance, making it a delightful decorative piece. The sculpture depicts a cherub sitting atop a flowing base...

Stylized Fish Sculpture by Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta 1953 A stylized crystal fish sculpture designed by the Swedish designer Vicke Lindstrand (1904-1983) for Kosta. Made in Sweden,...

Ingrid Herrlin b.1932, swedish sculptur. Herrlin mainly works works with ceramic and creates figurative art works in fruit, berries and other realistic shapes. This ceramic wall r...

Biscuit figure "Oriental man", Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1860s - 1870s Additional Information: Materials: Porcelain (biscuit) Vintage from the 19th century Artist/Maker: Gustavsberg...

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda/WMF, hedgehog glass figurine. Decorative art glass figurine depicting a hedgehog in brown-toned glass, signed. Origin: Sweden. Designer: Paul Hoff (1893–197...

Lisa Larson ceramic cat figurine Gustavsberg Sweden.

A lovely vase with a Floral Art Nouveau decor designed at Upsala Ekeby in the early 20th century. The vase is 25 cm high and in very good condition except from some scratches.

Ronneby, Sweden Glass figure “duckling”, 1970s. Hand-shaped Swedish art glass duck from Ronneby Glasbruk, made in multicoloured sommerso technique with soft organic lines and a clear...

Beautifully sculpted and executed in bronze by the renowned Ystad foundry in Sweden, this very fine, large bowl depicts the goddess Diana, with bow in hand, racing ahead with hair fl...

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda, set of two glass figurines. Decorative art glass figurines depicting an elephant and puma in coloured glass with grey and orange tones, signed. Origin: Swe...

Mats Jonasson for Målerås Glasbruk. Crystal sculpture from the Masqot Shama series. The piece depicts a stylised face, where clear and frosted surfaces interact to create depth and a...

Stig Lindberg (1916-1982) for Gustavsberg. Horse figurine in glazed stoneware in a light green shade. In excellent condition. Signed: Gustavsberg Sweden. Dimensions: B 14.0 cm. x 11...

With Earth My Universe, the renowned glass artist Bertil Vallien has created a miniature world inspired by our place on the planet. The object has a merge of color variations, resemb...

Details Deer Glass Sculpture by Vicke Lindstrand Kosta Boda Turquoise-toned cut and frosted glass Sweden, c.1960 Height 16.5 cm (6.5 in) Width 10 cm (3...

Stig Lindberg (1916-1982) for Gustavsberg. Horse figurine in glazed stoneware with light green glaze In excellent condition. Signed: Gustavsberg Sweden. Sticker. Dimensions: W 10.0 ...

Beautiful sculptural book stands designed by Erik Höglund. Produced by Swedish company Boda suring the 1960s. Made in frosted glass. Signed on bottom.

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda, set of five bird figurines. Decorative collection of five signed art glass bird figurines, created for WMF with organic forms and distinctive Scandinavian d...

'Planet in Cut Gold & Amber' is a unique artwork by the Swedish artist and designer, Lena Bergström. It is from an ongoing collection of works called 'Planets', which Bergström has r...

After one of his visits to the USA in the 80s, Swedish glass artist Kjell Engman got the inspiration to create Happiness based on the women he saw perform in a gospel choir at a chur...

Mid-century Modern Stoneware Vase by Vicke Lindstrand for Swedish Upsala-Ekeby. 1940's. Graphic, structured pattern around the shell formed body in a blue glaze. The shell vase is an...

A stunning and unique stoneware rooster sculpture with amazing glaze. Made by Tyra Lundgren. Executed in her own studio in Sweden, 1955. Great condition, but with a couple of chips to the base (pictured). Signed by the artist in two places, and dated 1955-06-20. Provenance: bought from the estate of the artist in 1979. Tyra Lundgren (1897-1979) was one of the most multifaceted artists and modernists of the twentieth century. She was a painter, drawer, sculptor, ceramist, glass- and textile designer, as well as an author and an art critic. She was the first woman who designed glass for Paolo Venini at Murano in Venice and she also served as the artistic leader at Arabia in Helsinki at a time when men tended to hold those kinds of positions. Tyra Lundgren grew up in Djursholm, near Stockholm. Her parents were John Petter Lundgren, professor at Veterinärinstitutet (institute of veterinary sciences) in Stockholm, and Edith Lundgren née Åberg, who was a housewife and raised their six children. The bourgeois home also comprised a nanny and a female cook. The family were very socially active, travelled often, and enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle. Tyra Lundgren’s schooling began at Djursholm coeducational school, where her teachers included Natanael and Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér. Her school friends included Greta Knutson-Tzara, Stellan Mörner, and Ingrid Rydbeck-Zuhr. Tyra Lundgren knew from the time she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. She first became aware of the profession through Axel Fahlcrantz, who rented a studio on the plot of land where she lived with her family. In 1913 she began to attend Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now known as Konstfack, college of arts, crafts and design) where she studied decorative art as well as handicrafts in various forms until 1917. One of her fellow students and friends there was Estrid Ericson, who later founded Svenskt Tenn AB in 1924. Whilst attending HKS Tyra Lundgren also took painting lessons at the Althin school of painting. In 1917 she was accepted as a candidate at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where, apart from breaks during which she undertook studies abroad, she remained until 1922. She spent a couple of months taking lessons from Anton Hanak in Vienna and from 1920–1923 she was a student of André Lhote in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was primarily active in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France, and Italy. She spent much of her professional life travelling and considered herself to be a European. Greece and Mexico also formed important centres in her artistic life, as did the USA. She had an extensive social network which included focal individuals within twentieth century-European and American artistic and cultural circles. Tyra Lundgren’s main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and materials. Her artistic expression involved a variety of different directions and styles. She was a pioneer of the 1920s Swedish Grace style, the name of which had been coined by the art critic Morton Shand at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. This was a Swedish Art Deco style, characterised by elegance and traditional art which contrasted with the current artistic ideals of functionalism. Tyra Lundgren made her debut at a group exhibition held at Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in 1921. She went on to show her work at various exhibitions throughout the 1920s. After that period she only very rarely exhibited her paintings. Tyra Lundgren’s painted output can be divided into different periods or stylistic directions. The first of these, and the most extensive, was her post-Cubist period which began in 1920 on her arrival in Paris. Her paintings from this time and right up to the mid-1930s typically comprise portraits, self-portraits, live-model painting, still-lifes, interiors, and landscapes in the Cubist style. Many of the great number of self-portraits she painted were produced in the New Objective style, displaying broad variation in terms of clothes, poses and techniques. Two of these – Huvud med vit duk and Självporträtt both from 1921 – can be seen at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, although the majority of these works are at Gotlands Museum. Tyra Lundgren’s second artistic period comprises the years of 1927 to 1929 and is characterised by the New Objective style inspired by medieval techniques and materials (Giotto, Piero della Francesca). Her motifs were still-lifes and landscapes. At this point she was living in Rome and was close to the circle involved in the Valori plastici: rivista d’arte art journal. This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style. Using light pastel colours her paintings sought light in a sometimes non-figurative expression, but often depicting abstract bird-shapes or other nature-inspired imagery. Her paintings from this period are outsized and display powerful colours, in yellows, reds, and blues. Tyra Lundgren maintained a constant production of drawings, both in terms of individual artworks and sketches for patterns and designs. She also produced the illustrations for her book Fagert i Fide. Årstiderna på en gammal gotlandsgård, published in 1961. During her early years she also produced advertising illustrations. She spent the final years of her life primarily working with lithographs which were printed at Galleri Prisma and depicted images of doves, swallows, magpies and crows. Tyra Lundgren is meanwhile best known for her work as a ceramist and in this sphere she was one of Sweden’s leading exponents. She worked in the porcelain industry as a designer and as an artisan and ceramic sculptor. Her first job was at St Eriks Lervarufabrik in Uppsala from 1922–1924, she then worked at Arabia from 1924–1937, and at Rörstrand and Lidköping Porslinsfabrik. She was the artistic leader at Arabia ahead of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition and she exhibited her work at the World’s Fairs. During the 1934–1938 period she was connected to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was a pioneer when it came to giving ceramic art a public space in Sweden. She produced around 20 outsized reliefs in stoneware, so-called monumental reliefs. One of these is Märkeskvinnor, from 1947, for the former girls’ school at Bohusgatan in Stockholm. From the 1940s onwards Tyra Lundgren produced sculptural objects in Chamotte clay and stoneware, with various glazings. Her small birds are well-known and popular with many. When her ceramic efforts became too much for her during the 1970s she then produced models for sculptures in bronze. There are six of these in various places around the globe, including Solfågel in Almedalen, Visby. Tyra Lundgren began to work as a glassware designer at Moser in Karlsbad in 1922 where she designed new table services and modernised older ones. She also worked freelance for Riihimäki factory in Finland during the 1924–1929 period. From 1934 to 1938 she was employed by Kosta glass factory where she mainly designed thick-walled bowls and vases, engraved with classical motifs. She was introduced to the glassmaker Paolo Venini at Murano during the Triennale di Milano of 1936 and they began a collaboration that lasted into the 1950s. As part of this collaboration Tyra Lundgren became the first woman to design glassware and, in conjunction with the glassblower Arturo Biasutto, she developed new techniques of glass production. Her motifs at this point were birds, fish, snail-shaped designs and leaf-patterned bowls using traditional techniques as well as in new designs. It was during this time that she created the so-called tissue-shaped bowls and it remains unclear as to who specifically came up with the design but Tyra Lundgren claimed it was of her making. Tyra Lundgren was active as textile designer for Licium (now HV Licium), the sacred textiles...

‘Soft Rock in Olive III' is a unique glass sculpture by the Danish artist, Maria Bang Espersen. Maria Bang Espersen works around the idea that all things are malleable, like glass,...

Biscuit figure "Oriental man", Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1860s - 1870s Additional Information: Materials: Porcelain (biscuit) Vintage from the 19th century Artist/Maker: Gustavsberg...

A striking and sculptural Swedish mid-century modern glass block aquarium designed by Asta Strömberg and produced by Strömbergshyttan, circa 1950. This exceptional piece captures the...

Bertil Vallien first introduced Brains in 1999, having considered the concept for well over a decade. His aim was to capture a sleeping yet breathing soul in the secretive state betw...

“No, you don’t have to worry. Things are good. I know you think about me, and all is well.” In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien created the first Brains – the head...

Sonja Petterson was a Swedish sculptor. She studied at Konstfack—the Stockholm University of Arts, Crafts and Design. Her sculptures typically depict animals that show human features...

Made in Sweden by Mats Jonasson for Kosta Boda, 1970s. This is a heavy and thick glass piece with a part that has been carved and etched and that represents two realistic walruses. ...

Swedish antique toy rocking horse, origin: Sweden, circa 1870 - 1900. Beautiful, untouched, original condition including the paint, ...

Erik Hoglund’s 1960s creation of a solid glass figure in the shape of an Ice Man, Troll or Neanderthal Man, you choose, for Boda, later Kosta Boda, Sweden. Mid Century Modern Swedi...

'Rosalie', from the Hortus Poetica Collection, is a unique glass sculptural vessel by the Swedish artist, Gunnel Sahlin. Sahlin’s current passions inc...

Unique and striking, this Art Deco-Modernist candle stand by Karl Einar Borgström depicts a highly stylized sea dragon using wrought iron bars and rods. Although this piece has a pr...

Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden. The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia,...

Great stoneware sculpture designed by Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg, Sweden, during the 1980s. This pike belongs of the designers series 'Stim'.

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda / Svenskt Glas, four figurines in art glass. WWF. Ca. 1980s. Stamped. Tallest: W 9.0 cm x H 8.0 cm.

This sculptural work, 'Rabarberblad' (Rhubarb Leaf), was created in the 1950s by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd and cast in patinated bronze. The piece captures the organic form of a singl...

Midcentury Swedish Brutalist fire screen of a "Firerooster" by Olle Hermansson for Husqvarna. In cast iron. Olle Hermansson was interested in Nordic myt...

Characteristic for Swedish artist, Björn Selder, are powerful, expressive sculptures, such as this piece, in heavy materials like bronze, iron, and stone....

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda / Svenskt Glas, three figurines in art glass. WWF. Ca. 1980s. Marked. Blue: W 8.0 cm x H 5.5 cm.

'Planet in Dark Serpentine' is a unique artwork by the Swedish artist and designer, Lena Bergström. It is from an ongoing collection of works called 'Planets', which Bergström has re...

Beautifully stylized an old man figurine with a great balance of harmony stood, portrays the beauty of the inner world through pure beauty. This Valua...

Mari Simmulson, unique large handmade ceramic sculpture of a woman. Deep red glaze. From the 1960s. In perfect condition. Signed. Dimensions: H 29.5 cm x D 9.7 cm.

Sculpture made by Simon Randers. Produced in Denmark during the 1950s. Hand sculpted out of solid teak. Very good vintage condition with slight age related wear and patina. De...

Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg. Turtle in glazed ceramics. 1970's. Measures: 8 x 4 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.

Massive glass block work by Sven Palmqvist for Orrefors. Original wood base, signed.

"Kryss" sculpture by Swedish painter and sculptor Einar Höste. Made from solid brass. Signed with artist label. Made circa 1970s. From Einar Höstes o...

Red Fold room divider by Storängen Design Dimensions: D 4 x W 70 x H 170 cm Materials: oak wood, leather straps. Available in other colors and ...

Abstract Sculpture by Eva Sjöberg, Sweden (b. 1951) Height: 127 cm Created in 1990, this abstract sculpture by Swedish artist Eva Sjöberg is crafted from rust-patinated iron, givin...

A wonderfully designed, beautifully made Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian lion sculpture/figurine by Swedish master potter/ceramicist Lisa Larson (1931-2024) for Gustavsberg, Sweden (...

A truly extraordinary find — this monumental burl wood vessel, hand-carved in the 1800s in Hälsingland, Sweden, is a rare fusion of nature’s wild artistry and human craftsmanship. Ho...

Aluminum wall sculpture by Swedish artist Arne Jones dating from the 1970s. Composed of 9 aluminum plates stacked and attached to each other by four rivets....

Collection of Swedish Wooden Dala Horses Schweden 1960s Designed Nils Olsson Set of 4 The dimensions of the largest horse are: Height 15cm Width14cm Depth 4,5cm Nice condition