You know we love travel posters with our whole hearts, but did you know that the poster hunter also keeps other treasures, such as propaganda posters, in his archives? Since the prohibition period, efforts have been made to work for sobriety with the help of posters. The dangers of liquor have traditionally been warned by […]
You know we love travel posters with our whole hearts, but did you know that the poster hunter also keeps other treasures, such as propaganda posters, in his archives? Since the prohibition period, efforts have been made to work for sobriety with the help of posters. The dangers of liquor have traditionally been warned by […]
The poster is unfortunately unsigned, but we hope to find out who the artist behind the poster is. We definitely want to see more of an artist that makes us smile! Do you know anything about the artist or poster? If you do, please contact us at posters@cometosweden.se!
A classic in the poster world. The slightly fuzzy slogan “See the Lands of the Vikings” causes us to blush a bit, but at the same time we are proud of how the Nordic countries are united. The artist Ben Blessum was born in Norway, but got his career as a painter and illustrator in […]
Lapland was an extremely male domain at the beginning of the tourism age, and many eager men, but young and old, went north. The caravan of cartographers, geologists and botanists seems to never end. However, it can be difficult for us to understand how extremely far away and exciting Swedish Lapland was perceived to be […]
Bergslagen is a region that traditionally is known as a mining district. Since the Middle Ages (and probably much longer), mining has been important to the region, so it is obvious that iron should be included in the only poster we have found from the area. Today, however, all the former mines have closed. Times […]
In 1952 SAL, The Swedish American Line, announced a poster contest. The jury got as many as 719 contributions and a young Fritjof Pedersén won with his poster “The Swan”. SAL had their headquarters in Gothenburg, and the day before the winner was published Fritjof got a phone call to his home in Stockholm: “You […]
Saltsjöbaden was once an area that put a lot of effort in their marketing: Come to us! It’s really nice out here in the woods! The artist Ernst Åkerbladh rented a summer house in the area and the marketing officer at the time was cleaver enough to use his artistic skills.
In the 1930s, the expansion of the train lines was happening at a brisk pace, and thanks to that Sweden now becomes closer than ever before. Now it was possible for visitors to come to Stockholm, without spending days at sea. Of course, the train’s expansion is a huge boost for tourism and B. Gjörwell […]
What a feeling and harmony in this poster! Not to mention that Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) was one of Europe’s most successful graphic artists and poster makers of his time. The American Edward McKnight Kauffer moved to London early on and quickly became one of Europe’s foremost poster makers. He is best known for his […]
