# List of Swedish women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Sweden or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

## A

* Kerstin Abram-Nilsson (1931–1998), painter
* Lena Ackebo (born 1950), cartoonist
* Emma Adbåge (born 1982), illustrator and children's writer
* Louise Adelborg (1885–1971), porcelain designer and textile artist
* Maria Adelborg (1849–1940), textile artist
* Ottilia Adelborg (1855–1936), illustrator and children's writer
* Ulla Adlerfelt (1736–1765), painter
* Sofia Adlersparre (1808–1862), painter
* Märta Afzelius (1887–1961), textile artist and designer
* Karin Ageman (1899–1950), designer, illustrator, poster artist
* Anna Agnér (1896–1977), Swedish painter
* Sofia Ahlbom (1823–1868), lithographer, engraver
* Lea Ahlborn (1829–1891), printmaker
* Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), painter and art conservator
* Ester Almqvist (1869–1934), Expressionist painter
* Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), painter
* Hjördis Piuva Andersson (born 1933), painter, writer
* Karin Mamma Andersson (born 1962), painter
* Maja Andersson Wirde (1873–1952), textile artist
* Charlotta Arfwedson (1776–1862), painter
* Elise Arnberg (1826–1891), miniaturist and photographer
* Alma Arnell (1857–1934), painter
* Efva Attling (born 1952), silversmith

## B

* Barbro Bäckström (1939–1990), sculptor
* Eva Bagge (1871–1964), painter
* Inge Bagge (1916–1988), sculptor and painter
* Jane Bark (1931–2023), illustrator
* Signe Barth (1895–1982), painter, art educator
* Jeanna Bauck (1840–1926), painter
* Julia Beck (1853–1935), painter and calligrapher
* Dagmar Beling (1929–2023), painter and art historian
* Carolina Benedicks-Bruce (1856–1935), sculptor
* Siri Berg (1921–2020), Swedish-American painter
* Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955), writer, painter, illustrator
* Beata Bergström (1921–2016), photographer
* Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), painter
* Johanna Emerentia von Bilang (1777–1857), miniaturist
* Anna Billing (1849–1927), landscape and still-life painter
* Johanna Billing (born 1973), conceptual artist
* Eva Billow (1902–1993), children's writer and illustrator
* Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt (1888–1982), writer and lithographer
* Sigrid Blomberg (1863–1941), sculptor
* Anna Boberg (1864–1935), painter, ceramist, textile artist
* Eva Bonnier (1857–1909), painter
* Lena Börjeson (1879–1976), sculptor, educator
* Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (1927–2004), silversmith
* Agnes Börjesson (1827–1900), painter
* Agnes Branting (1862–1930), textile artist
* Fanny Brate (1861–1940), painter
* Maj Bring (1880–1971), painter
* Johanna Brunsson (1846–1920), textile artist and educator
* Arvida Byström (born 1991), photographer

## C

* Anna Camner (born 1977), painter
* Nina Canell (born 1979), sculptor, installation artist
* Margareta Capsia (1682–1759), Swedish-Finnish painter, altarpiece decorator
* Kerstin Cardon (1843–1924), portrait painter
* Mina Carlson-Bredberg (1857–1943), painter
* Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (1745–1797), painter
* Maria Carowsky (1723–1793), painter
* Anna Casparsson (1861–1961), textile artist, embroiderer
* Marja Casparsson (1901–1993), painter
* Anna Cassel (1860–1937), painter
* Charlotta Cedercreutz (1736–1815), painter
* Charlotta Cederström (1760–1832), painter
* Elsa Celsing (1880–1974), Russian-Swedish painter
* Emma Chadwick (1855–1932), painter
* Moki Cherry (1943–2009), interdisciplinary artist and designer
* Ludmila Christeseva (born 1978), Belarus-born Swedish visual artist
* Brita von Cöln (died 1707), painter
* Lena Cronqvist (born 1938), painter, graphic artist and sculptor

## D

* Elsie Dahlberg-Sundberg (1916–2005), sculptor and medalist
* Kajsa Dahlberg (born 1973), contemporary artist
* Ibe Dahlquist (1924–1996), silversmith
* Siri Derkert (1888–1973), painter, sculptor
* Ingrid Dessau (1923–2000), textile artist
* Nathalie Djurberg (born 1978), video artist
* Brita Drewsen (1887–1983), textile artist active in Denmark
* Fredrika Eleonora von Düben (1738–1808), textile artist
* Lotten von Düben (1828–1915), early amateur photographer

## E

* Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956), author, illustrator
* Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl (1666–1729), painter
* Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867), painter
* Karin Ek (born 1944), painter
* Thérèse Ekblom (1867–1941), illustrator
* Annika Ekdahl (born 1955), textile artist
* Märta af Ekenstam (1880–1939), silversmith and metal worker
* Marie-Louise Ekman (born 1944), filmmaker, painter
* Emma Ekwall (1838–1925), painter
* Ester Ellqvist (1880–1918), painter
* Pye Engström (born 1928), sculptor
* Eva Eriksson, (born 1949), illustrator
* Lisa Erlandsdotter (1774–1854), tapestry artist
* Anna Erlandsson (born 1956), illustrator, animator
* Bengta Eskilsson (1836–1923), textile artist
* Ulla Eson Bodin (1935–2009), textile artist and designer
* Princess Eugénie of Sweden (1830–1889), amateur artist

## F

* Greta Fahlcrantz (1889–1978), painter and sculptor
* Ingrid Falk (born 1960), painter, photographer
* Fanny Falkner (1891–1963), actress, miniaturist
* Mollie Faustman (1883–1966), modernist painter, illustrator and journalist
* Emy Fick (1876–1959), textile artist and businesswoman
* Anna Fiske (born 1964), illustrator, now in Norway
* Edith Fischerström (1881–1967), painter, woodcutter and sculptor
* Maja Fjæstad (1873–1961), painter, textile artist and engraver
* Christina Fredenheim (1762–1841), painter, singer
* Maria Friberg (born 1966), painter, photographer
* Anna Friberger (born 1944), illustrator, set designer
* Emma Fürstenhoff (1802–1871), artist, florist

## G

* Märtha Gahn (1881–1973), textile artist
* Anna Gardell-Ericson (1853–1939), painter
* Esther Gehlin (1892–1949), Danish-Swedish painter and textile artist
* Margareta Christina Giers (1731–1796), painter
* Sofia Gisberg (1824–1926), textile artist, sculptor and educator
* Ida Gisiko-Spärck (1859–1940), landscape painter
* Elisabeth Glantzberg (1873–1951), textile artist
* Maria Johanna Görtz (1783–1853), florist painter
* Thyra Grafström (1864–1925), textile artist
* Brita Granström (born 1969), painter
* Marianne Greenwood (1916–2006), photographer
* Viola Gråsten (1910–1994), textile designer
* Maja Gunn (born 1978), fashion designer
* Carolina Gynning (born 1978), actress, jewelry designer, writer

## H

* Johanna Hald (born 1945), photographer and screenwriter
* Adélaïde Victoire Hall (1772–1844), Swedish-French painter
* Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl (1867–1952), painter, sculptor, composer
* Signe Hammarsten-Jansson (1882–1970), graphic artist, stamp designer
* Berta Hansson (1910–1994), painter, sculptor and textile artist
* Karin Hansson (born 1967), artist and researcher
* Sonja Härdin (born 1945), illustrator
* Annika von Hausswolff (born 1967), visual artist
* Snövit Hedstierna (born 1980), visual artist, performance artist, director
* Amalia von Helvig (1776–1831), artist, writer
* Elli Hemberg (1896–1994), painter and sculptor
* Nina Hemmingsson (born 1971), cartoonist
* Ester Henning (1887–1985), painter
* Helena Henschen (1940–2011), designer, writer
* Kakan Hermansson (born 1981), ceramicist, comedian
* Helena Hernmarck (born 1941), tapestry artist
* Brita Sofia Hesselius (1801–1866), probably the first professional female photographer in Sweden
* Anna Maria Hilfeling, (1713–1783), miniaturist
* Hanna Hirsch-Pauli (1713–1783), painter
* Sigrid Hjertén (1885–1948), modernist painter
* Gerda Höglund (1878–1973), painter specializing in sacred art
* Marie Höglund (born 1955), glass artist
* Siv Holme (1914–2001), painter, sculptor
* Rose-Marie Huuva (born 1943), textile artist, poet
* Ulrica Hydman Vallien (1938–2018), stained glass artist and ceramist

## I

* Helena Sophia Isberg (1819–1875), woodcut artist

## J

* Selma Jacobsson (1841–1899), photographer
* Eva Jancke-Björk (1882–1981), ceramist, painter, textile artist
* Kristina Jansson (born 1967), contemporary artist
* Rosa Lie Johansson (died 2004), Swedish-Mexican painter
* Arnrid Johnston (1895–1972), sculptor, illustrator
* Ellen Jolin (1854–1939), painter
* Lina Jonn (1861–1896), photographer
* Märta Jörgensen (1874–1967), folk costume designer

## K

* Brita-Kajsa Karlsdotter (1816–1915), textile artist
* Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten (1789–1856), painter
* Sophie Karsten (1783–1862), painter, ballerina
* Elisabeth Keyser (1851–1898), painter
* Marie Kinnberg (1806–1858), painter and pioneering photographer
* Asa Kitok (1894–1986), Sami birch-root artisan
* Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), painter
* Caroline von Knorring (1841–1925), photographer
* Greta Knutson (1899–1983), modernist artist, writer
* Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740), painter
* Wilhelmina Krafft (1778–1828), painter and miniaturist
* Klara Kristalova (born 1967), sculptor
* Thora Kulle (1849–1939), textile artist and businesswoman

## L

* Gunilla Lagerbielke (1926–2013), textile artist
* Ava de Lagercrantz (1862–1938), portrait painter
* Wilhelmina Lagerholm (1826–1917), portrait and genre painter, photographer
* Annika Larsson (born 1972), video artist
* Karin Bergöö Larsson (1859–1928), painter, designer
* Lisa Larson (born 1931), ceramicist
* Karin Bergöö Larsson (1859–1928), painter and designer
* Adelaïde Leuhusen (1828–1923), painter, singer
* Klara Lidén (born 1979), contemporary artist
* Ingeborg Lindborg (1875–1950), painter
* Eva Lindström (born 1952), illustrator and writer
* Louise Lidströmer (born 1948), painter, sculptor
* Amalia Lindegren (1814–1891), painter, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
* Pija Lindenbaum (born 1955), illustrator, author, designer
* Tuija Lindström (1950–2017), Finnish-Swedish photographer
* Cecilia Lundqvist (born 1971), animator
* Katarina Löfström (born 1970), video artist
* Miryam Lumpini (born 1993), tattoo artist and painter

## M

* Märta Måås-Fjetterström (1873–1941), textile artist
* Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm (1768–1845), Finnish-Swedish painter, writer
* Stefania Malmsten (born 1967), art director, graphic designer and film producer
* Charlotte Mannheimer (1866–1934), painter
* Randi Marainen (born 1953), Sami silversmith and artist
* Britta Marakatt-Labba (born 1951), Swedish Sámi textile artist
* Beata Mårtensson-Brummer (1880–1956), ceramist, painter, teacher
* Ida Matton (1863–1940), sculptor
* Ulrika Melin (1767–1834), textile artist
* Kaisa Melanton (1920–2012), textile artist
* Ruth Milles (1873–1941), sculptor
* Aleksandra Mir (born 1967), visual artist
* Mandana Moghaddam (born 1962), visual artist
* Jeanette Möller (1825–1872), painter
* Coco Moodysson (born 1970), cartoonist
* Ise Morssing (1878–1969), sculptor
* Anna Munthe-Norstedt (1854–1936), painter

## N

* Catrine Näsmark (born 1970), painter, set designer
* Barbro Nilsson (1899–1983), textile artist
* Ida Göthilda Nilsson (1840–1920), sculptor
* Vera Nilsson (1888–1979), painter
* Anna Nordgren (1847–1916), painter and illustrator
* Anna Nordlander (1843–1879), painter
* Tekla Nordström (1856–1937), painter, engraver
* Jenny Nyström (1854–1946), painter, illustrator

## O

* Cilluf Olsson (1847–1916), textile artist
* Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin (born 1961), photographer
* Agda Österberg (1891–1987), textile artist
* Barbro Östlihn (1930–1995), painter

## P

* Anna Palm de Rosa (1859–1924), painter
* Karin Parrow (1900–1984), painter
* Ulrika Pasch (1735–1796), painter
* Anna Petrus (1886–1949), sculptor, graphic artist and designer

## Q

* Ann-Sophie Qvarnström (born 1958), illustrator, silversmith

## R

* Mathilda Ranch (1860–1938), photographer
* Siri Rathsman (1895–1974), surrealist artist
* Emma Rendel (born 1976), graphic novel artist
* Sofie Ribbing (1835–1894), painter
* Marianne Richter (1916–2010), textile artist
* Anna Riwkin-Brick (1908–1970), photographer
* Maria Röhl (1801–1875), portrait painter
* Lotten Rönquist (1864–1912), painter
* Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (1864–1939), painter
* Joanna Rubin Dranger (born 1970), cartoonist, illustrator
* Celina Runeborg (1878–1977), painter
* Hannah Ryggen (1894–1970), Swedish-Norwegian textile artist

## S

* Anna Sahlström (1876–1956), painter and engraver
* Emma Schenson (1827–1913), photographer and painter
* Caroline Schlyter (born 1961), sculptor, installation artist
* Kristina Schmid (born 1972), photographer
* Anna Maria Schmilau (died 1725), tapestry artist
* Helene Schmitz (born 1960), photographer
* Ida von Schulzenheim (1859–1940), painter
* Anna Brita Sergel (1733–1819), textile artist
* Ann-Sofi Sidén (born 1962), visual artist
* Amanda Sidwall (1844–1892), painter, illustrator
* Henriette Sjöberg (1842–1915), painter, illustrator
* Josabeth Sjöberg (1812–1882), painter
* Ann Mari Sjögren (1918–2010), painter, illustrator
* Hilda Sjölin (1835–1915), photographer
* Rosalie Sjöman (1833–1919), photographer
* Monica Sjöö (1938–2005), painter, writer
* Maja Sjöström (1868–1961), textile artist
* Gudrun Slettengren-Fernholm (1909–1980), ceramicist and sculptor
* Emma Josepha Sparre (1851–1913), painter
* Wendela Gustafva Sparre (1772–1855), textile artist
* Evelina Stading (1803–1829), landscape painter
* Margareta Stafhell (1720–1762), chalcographist
* Pernilla Stalfelt (born 1962), children's writer and illustrator
* Sylvia Stave (1908–1994), silversmith
* Katharina Stenbeck (born 1987), contemporary artist and singer
* Birgitta Stenberg (1932–2014), illustrator, author
* Ulla Stenberg (1792–1858), textile artist
* Magdalena Margareta Stenbock (1744–1822), painter
* Gustava Johanna Stenborg (1776–1819), textile artist
* Annika Ström (born 1964), visual artist
* Minna Sundberg (born 1990), illustrator, cartoonist
* Harriet Sundström (1872–1961), painter
* Maja Synnergren (1891–1950), painter, illustrator
* Sigrid Synnergren (1894–1986), textile artist

## T

* Rosa Taikon (1926–2017), Swedish-Romani silversmith
* Astri Taube (1898–1980), sculptor
* Maria Tesch (1850–1936), photographer
* Anna Maria Thelott (1683–1710), engraver, illustrator, woodcut-artist and miniaturist painter
* Hildegard Thorell (1850–1930), painter
* Anna-Clara Tidholm (born 1946), children's writer, illustrator
* Marit Törnqvist (born 1964), Swedish-Dutch illustrator
* Cecilia Torudd (born 1942), cartoonist
* Joanna Troikowicz (born 1952), Polish-Swedish sculptor
* Ida Trotzig (1864–1943), photographer, ethnographer, Japanologist, painter and writer

## U

* Hedvig Ulfsparre, (1877–1963), textile collector
* Irène K:son Ullberg (1930–2022), painter
* Bea Uusma (born 1966), author, illustrator, physician

## V

* Bertha Valerius (1824–1895), painter, photographer

## W

* Elsa Danson Wåghals (1885–1977), Swedish visual artist
* Charlotte Wahlström (1849–1924), painter
* Gerda Wallander (1860–1926), painter
* Berit Wallenberg (1902–1995), archaeologist, art historian, photographer
* Bianca Wallin (1909–2006), painter
* Elin Wallin (1884–1969), painter
* Carin Wästberg (1859–1942), textile artist
* Wilhelmina Wendt (1896–1988), silversmith
* Maria Widebeck (1858–1929), textile artist
* Agnes Wieslander (1873–1934), painter
* Ilon Wikland (born 1930), illustrator
* Helena Willis (born 1964), illustrator, writer
* Hanna Winge (1838–1896), painter
* Stina Wirsén (born 1968), illustrator, writer
* Gunilla Wolde (1939–2015), writer, illustrator
* Stina Wollter (born 1964), painter, illustrator

## Z

* Lilli Zickerman (1858–1949), textile artist