The building pictured in this poster, the City Hall of Stockholm, is one of the most famous buildings in Stockholm. If you’ve ever watched the prestigious Nobel banquet on TV, you’ve seen this establishment. First they dine in the Blue Hall (Blå Hallen) and from there they move on to the Golden Hall, where the […]
What difference does a year make? Stockholm actually celebrated 700 years already in 1952, but the Olympics was held in Helsinki that year and the cities didn’t want to compete about the tourists. So Stockholm decided to celebrate the jubilee a year later instead, 1953. And for any jubilee there has to be a poster! […]
Hans-Eric Olsén was often sought out whenever a city or company needed a new poster, which reveals how talented and respected he was. He was also a skilled leader and visionary within advertisment, and he climbed quickly on the corporate ladder giving him more time for strategizing but less time for illustrating.Too bad for us, […]
Quite a few travel posters came into being through poster contests, and this poster is no exception. In 1944 the Swedish Lloyd Line announced a competition, and the artist Erik Heffer was quick to enter. His poster ”When you wish upon a star” won, and his prize was the respectful amount of 2 500 kr.
In 1952 the Swedish American Line announced a big poster contest. The contest activated almost 700 artists, both professionals and happy amateurs. One of the artist who participarted was Inga-Greta Solbreck-Möller who created this happy poster for the contest. She didn’t win, but the poster made it to the top 10. However, for us this […]
