List of Swedish women artists
Appearance
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This is a list of women artists who were born in Sweden or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
A
- Lena Ackebo (born 1950), cartoonist
- Ulla Adlerfelt (1736–1765), painter
- Sofia Adlersparre (1808–1862), painter
- Sofia Ahlbom (1823–1868), lithographer, engraver
- Lea Ahlborn (1829–1891), printmaker
- Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), painter
- Hjördis Piuva Andersson (born 1933), painter, writer
- Karin Mamma Andersson (born 1962), painter
- Charlotta Arfwedson (1776–1862), painter
- Efva Attling (born 1952), silversmith
B
- Jeanna Bauck (1840–1926), painter
- Carolina Benedicks-Bruce (1856–1935), sculptor
- Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), painter
- Johanna Billing (born 1973), conceptual artist
- Eva Bonnier (1857–1909), painter
- Fanny Brate (1862–1940), painter
- Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe (1927–2004), silversmith
- Agnes Börjesson (1827–1900), painter
C
- Anna Camner (born 1977), painter
- Nina Canell (born 1979), sculptor, installation artist
- Margareta Capsia (1682–1759), Swedish-Finnish painter, altarpiece decorator
- Mina Carlson-Bredberg (1857–1943), painter
- Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (1745–1797), painter
- Maria Carowsky (1723–1793), painter
- Charlotta Cedercreutz (1736–1815), painter
- Charlotta Cederström (1760–1832), painter
- Emma Chadwick (1855–1932), painter
- Brita von Cöln (died 1707), painter
D
- Siri Derkert (1888–1973), painter, sculptor
- Nathalie Djurberg (born 1978), video artist
- Fredrika Eleonora von Düben (1738–1808), textile artist
E
- Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956), author, illustrator
- Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl (1666–1729), painter
- Marianne Ehrenström (1773–1867), painter
- Annika Ekdahl (born 1955), textile artist
- Marie-Louise Ekman (born 1944), filmmaker, painter
- Ester Ellqvist (1880–1918), painter
- Pye Engström (born 1928), sculptor
- Eva Eriksson, (born 1949), illustrator
- Lisa Erlandsdotter (1774–1854)
- Anna Erlandsson (born 1956), illustrator, animator
F
- Ingrid Falk (born 1960), painter, photographer
- Fanny Falkner (1891–1963), actress, miniaturist
- Anna Fiske (born 1964), illustrator, now in Norway
- 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
- Anna Gardell-Ericson (1853–1939), painter
- Ida Gisiko-Spärck (1859–1940), landscape painter
- Maria Johanna Görtz (1783–1853), florist painter
- 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
- 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
- Annika von Hausswolff (born 1967), visual artist
- Snövit Hedstierna (born 1980), visual artist, performance artist, director
- Amalia von Helvig (1776–1831), artist, writer
- Nina Hemmingsson (born 1971), cartoonist
- Helena Henschen (1940–2011), designer, writer
- Kakan Hermansson (born 1981), ceramicist, comedian
- Helena Hernmarck (born 1941), tapestry artist
- Brita Sofia Hesselius (1801–1866), photographer
- Anna Maria Hilfeling, (1713–1783), miniaturist
- Hanna Hirsch-Pauli (1713–1783), painter
- Sigrid Hjertén (1885–1948), modernist painter
- Marie Höglund (born 1955), glass artist
- Rose-Marie Huuva (born 1943), textile artist, poet
- Sonja Härdin (born 1945), illustrator
I
- Helena Sophia Isberg (1819–1875), woodcut artist
J
- Rosa Lie Johansson (died 2004), Swedish-Mexican painter
- Ellen Jolin (1854–1939), painter
K
- Elisabeth Charlotta Karsten (1789–1856), painter
- Sophie Karsten (1783–1862), painter, ballerina
- Elisabeth Keyser (1851–1898), painter
- Asa Kitok (1894–1986), Sami birch-root artisan
- Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), painter
- 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
L
- Gunilla Lagerbielke (1926–2013), textile artist
- 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
- Adelaïde Leuhusen (1828–1923), painter, singer
- Klara Lidén (born 1979), contemporary artist
- 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 (born 1950), Finnish-Swedish photographer
- Cecilia Lundqvist (born 1971), animator
- Katarina Löfström (born 1970), video artist
M
- Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm (1768–1845), Finnish-Swedish painter, writer
- Ida Matton (1863–1940), sculptor
- Ulrika Melin (1767–1834), 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
N
- Catrine Näsmark (born 1970), painter, set designer
- Ida Göthilda Nilsson (1840–1920), sculptor
- Anna Nordlander (1843–1879), painter
- Jenny Nyström (1854–1946), painter, illustrator
O
- Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin (born 1961), photographer
- Barbro Östlihn (1930–1995), painter
P
- Anna Palm de Rosa (1859–1924), painter
- Ulrika Pasch (1735–1796), painter
Q
- Ann-Sophie Qvarnström (born 1958), illustrator, silversmith
R
- Emma Rendel (born 1976), graphic novel artist
- Anna Riwkin-Brick (1908–1970), photographer
- Joanna Rubin Dranger (born 1970), cartoonist, illustrator
- Hannah Ryggen (1894–1970), Swedish-Norwegian textile artist
- Maria Röhl (1801–1875), sketch artist
S
- Caroline Schlyter (born 1961), sculptor, installation artist
- Kristina Schmid (born 1972), photographer
- 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
- Josabeth Sjöberg (1812–1882), painter
- Ann Mari Sjögren (1918–2010), painter, illustrator
- Hilda Sjölin (1835–1915), photographer
- Monica Sjöö (1938–2005), painter, writer
- 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
- 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
T
- Rosa Taikon (born 1926), Swedish-Romani silversmith
- Astri Taube (1898–1980), sculptor
- 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
- Cecilia Torudd (born 1942), cartoonist
- Joanna Troikowicz (born 1952), Polish-Swedish sculptor
U
- Hedvig Ulfsparre, (1877–1963), Swedish textile collector
- Bea Uusma (born 1966), author, illustrator, physician
V
- Bertha Valerius (1824–1895), painter, photographer
W
- Charlotte Wahlström (1849–1924), painter
- Bianca Wallin (1909–2006), painter
- Elin Wallin (1884–1969), 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