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Viola Gråsten

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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)
Other nameViola Gråsten-Öhquist
Citizenship
  • Finland
  • Sweden
Known forTextile design
SpouseNils Robert Waldemar Öhquist
AwardsPrince Eugen Medal (1973)

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

Gråsten was born in Keuruu in Häme, Finland and was brought up as a foster daughter by the Finnish Finance Minister, Ernst Gråsten.[4] 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 1950, she received Swedish citizenship.[5] In 1956 she became artistic director of fashion textiles at Mölnlycke Weavers, where she stayed until her retirement in 1973.[6][7]

Gråsten was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal for design in 1973.[8]

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  • 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

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  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". Röhsska Museum. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Gråsten, Viola". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). 4 May 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Viola Gråsten Finland/Sweden 1910–1994". sotbcn. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Prins Eugen Medaljen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2015.

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