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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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
• 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
• 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

• 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

See also

• Hall of Femmes
• List of Scandinavian textile artists