Swedish Council Of America Articles

DECORATIVE ARTS
- Antikhuset (Spring 91)
- Falu rödfärg (red paint) (Winter 89)
- Ferdinand Boberg (Summer 97)
- FibreWall (Spring 90)
- Gärdsgård: The Swedish Longfence (Spring 96)
- Kakelugn: Heating the Swedish Way (Summer 89)
- Loran Nordgren’s Swedish-Style Home (Autumn-Winter 98)
- Pergo Flooring (Winter 97)
- Rejmyre Lamps (Autumn 90)
- Sweden Sends Its Best (Autumn 87)
- Swedish Craft and Design in the 20th Century (Autumn 88)
- Swedish Culture in the 1980s (Autumn 88)
FOLK ART
- All Tradition is Change (Summer 95)
- Lindsborg’s Dala Horseman (Summer 87)
- Swedish Folk Art (Autumn 94)
- The Swedish Wooden Horse (Summer 93)
- When Moses Became a Swede (Spring 98)
FABRIC ARTS
- Folk and Provincial Costumes (Winter 91)
- Helena Hernmarck’s Tapestries (Autumn 92)
- Glimåkra Looms (Spring 89)
- Swedish Craft and Design in the 20th Century (Autumn 88)
MUSEUMS
- The Art of Preserving a Swedish Heritage (Autumn 97)
- National Museum: 200 Years of Art (Summer 92)
- Richard Oldenberg, Museum Director (Spring 94)
- Sweden Sends Its Best (Autumn 87)
- Uppsala’s Gustavianum Museum (Winter 99)
- The Vasa Comes Home (Spring 90)
WOODWORKING
- See also FOLK ART, above
- How to Build a Nyckelharpa (Summer 87)
- Jonsered Chain Saws (Summer 92)
- Swedish Boatbuilding in Yankee Maine (Spring 87)
- The Vasa Comes Home (Spring 90)
- Woodcarvers of Lindsborg, Kansas (Summer 92)
PAINTING AND DRAWING
- Albertus Pictor: Sweden’s First Great Painter (Autumn 93)
- America Discovers Anders Zorn (Winter 93)
- Carl Larsson and Sundborn (Autumn 91)
- Fred Somers, Swedish-American Artist (Spring 94)
- Gustaf Tenggren’s Golden Tales (Winter 87)
- John F. Carlson: American Landscapes (Spring 95)
- Jordi Arkö: A “Neo-Runic” Artist (Winter 95)
- Lindsborg and the Legacy of Birger Sandzén (Spring 93)
- Margareta Sjödin and Hanna Hellsten (Winter 94)
- Mona Starfelt: From Poems to Paints (Winter 93)
- National Museum: 200 Years of Art (Summer 92)
- Ray “Padre” Johnson (Autumn 92)
- Roger Tory Peterson (Spring 97)
- The Royal Artists of Sweden (Spring 94)
- Sweden Sends Its Best (Autumn 87)
- Swedish Culture in the 1980s (Autumn 88)
- Swedish Folk Art (Autumn 94)
- Ulla Wachtmeister’s Colorful World (Summer 94)
CRAFTS AND DECORATIVE ARTS (book reviews)
- The Book of Wheat Weaving and Straw Craft: From Simple Plaits to Exquisite Designs (Winter 99)
- Carl and Karin Larsson: Creators of Swedish Style (Summer 98)
- Carving Swedish Woodenware (video) (Summer 92)
- Creating the Look: Swedish Style (Spring 97)
- Dräktbruk och linnetradition I dalasocknarna Svårdsjö och Enviken (Autumn-Winter 98)
- Essential Swedish Style (Spring 97)
- Gamla möbler (Winter 96)
- The Magic Horse: “Devil’s Plaything” That Became a National Symbol (Winter 99)
- Making Swedish Country Furniture & Household Things (Autumn 94)
- New Swedish Style: A Practical Decorating Guide (Spring 97)
- Old Swedish Quilts (Spring 96)
- Poems of Color: Knitting in the Bohus Tradition (Summer 96)
- Porches of Pride in the Swedish Province of Hälsingland (Summer 99)
- Scandinavian Country, JoAnne Barwick (Spring 92)
- Scandinavian Country, Pamela Diaconis (Autumn 99)
- Scandinavian Painted Décor (Spring 91)
- Scandinavian Painted Furniture: A Step-by-Step Workbook (Summer 98)
- Sjutton Skansenhus berättar om Stockholm (Winter 99)
- Skansen: Traditional Swedish Style (Winter 96)
- Solveig Kristiansson, folkkonstnär (Summer 99)
- Swedish Carving Techniques (Summer 92)
- Swedish Folk Art: All Tradition is Change (Spring 95)
- A Swedish Legacy: Decorative Arts 1700–1960 in the Collections of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (Spring 99)
- The Swedish Room (Winter 95)
- Swedish Sweaters: New Designs from Historical Examples (Summer 91)
- A Taste for All Seasons: Cooking and Design in Sweden (Autumn-Winter 98)
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