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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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