Viola Gråsten

Viola Hildegard Gråsten (born Viola Hildegard Forsberg) (18 November 1910 – 20 October 1994) was a Swedish textile designer.[1][2][3]

Viola Gråsten
Viola Gråsten (1950),
photograph by Erik Holmén
Born
Viola Hildegard Forsberg

(1910-11-18)18 November 1910
Keuruu, Finland
Died20 October 1994(1994-10-20) (aged 83)
NationalitySwedish
Other namesViola Gråsten-Öhquist
Known forTextile design
SpouseNils Robert Waldemar Öhquist
AwardsPrince Eugen Medal (1973)

Gråsten was born in Keuruu in Häme, Finland and was brought up as a foster daughter by the Finnish Finance Minister, Ernst Gråsten. She studied for four years at the Central School of Crafts in Helsinki until 1936, after which she worked as a designer at the Friends of Finnish Handicraft. In 1944, because of wartime yarn shortages in Finland, she moved to Sweden and designed shaggy rugs for Textiles & Interiors in Stockholm. A year later she took a post at the NK Textile Studio, where she began to design patterns for textiles and made a reputation for her colourful geometric designs. In 1956 she became artistic director of fashion textiles at Mölnlycke Weavers, where she stayed until her retirement in 1973.[4][5]

Gråsten was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal for design in 1973.[6]

  • A blanket from Tidstrand's Wool Factories designed by Viola Gråsten.
    A blanket from Tidstrand's Wool Factories designed by Viola Gråsten.
  • Viola Gråsten's pattern on a dress from around 1955.
    Viola Gråsten's pattern on a dress from around 1955.

References
  1. "Viola Gråsten". bemz. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. Sundberg, Isabelle. "Viola Gråsten". von Platen Modern Form (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. von Platen, Jenny. "Viola Hildegard Gråsten". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Translated by Grosjean, Alexia. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. "Viola Gråsten Finland/Sweden 1910-1994". sotbcn. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. "Oktober 2007: Viola Gråsten (1910-1994)". Design Arkivet | Nationellt arkiv för svensk form och design (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. "Prins Eugen Medaljen" (PDF). Retrieved 14 February 2015.

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