Stig Carlsson

Stig Olov Lennart Carlsson (1932-2008) was a Swedish sculptor and designer. He began as an apprentice under Gunnar Nylund at the Rörstrand porcelain factory and studied at the Konstfack in Stockholm. After study trips to Italy and Spain, he was employed in 1955 as the artistic director at the Ifö Works in Bromölla, where he, among other things, produced garden urns in chamotte. In the late 1960s, he worked for Jie Gantofta, and in the mid-1970s, he furnished the old closed-down pension Strandhem in Nyhamnsläge as a studio, exhibition space, and residence. Here, he created hundreds of large decorations in wood and ceramics for churches, hospitals, and sports facilities throughout the country.