This poster is a real oldie! It’s impossible to say excactly how old, but from the flag seen on the top of the poster, we get a clue: the flag is a symbol of the union between Sweden and Norway. The union was dissolved in 1905, so our guess is that this poster is made […]
For every event and every happening at Skansen, they made a poster! Some poster were simpler and some where more lavish – here is one in the latter category. Gotthard “Gotte” Gustafsson is the artist behind this poster. Gotte worked at Skansen, and besides being a poster maker of great dimensions he was a skilled […]
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! […]
When the hotel Diplomat in Åre was in need of new murals in the late 1930s, Göte Hennix was the one they called. Hennix was from Östersund, so they considered him a local and knew that he would have the right touch for the job. Luckily for us, he also had time to make this […]
Inga-Greta Solbreck-Möller in her true element! If your heart beats for Östergötland you definitely need this poster, with the cornflower and some of the most known buildings in the province.
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, […]
Im hohen Norden – it does sound poetic, doesn’t it? This poster, created by Olle Skrede, was published in, at least, German, English and Swedish. Somehow this poster succeeds in capturing the colors of all the four seasons, with simple, but well thought-out, elements and lines. Looking at this graphic poster it might be hard […]
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.
