Anna Boberg

Boberg spent a great deal of time in the area near Lofoten in Norway, where she eventually had a cabin, and made many of those trips on her own.

Boberg lacked formal training but began painting already in 1882 during a trip to Spain with her mother and some of her siblings.

The Bobergs married in 1888, initially staying with the Scholanders, until their improved economy allowed them to move into their own flat at Tegnérgatan 13 in Stockholm.

These 'tapestries' were displayed as wall decorations in, among other places, Hôtel Rydberg (which was later demolished, and the tapestries were transferred to Årsta Castle).

Boberg exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

[3] In 1904, her husband designed a small house for her, which was built on the Fyrön island by Svolvær, where Boberg could stay during her many trips to Lofoten.

An exhibition in Paris in 1905 brought greater success and overwhelmingly positive feedback, laying the foundation for a prolific career in France.

Ferdinand Boberg sketched buildings of significance to the cultural heritage, to document areas he thought would disappear within a not too distant future.

In 1925, the Bobergs were forced to sell Villa Vintra [sv] on Södra Djurgården, designed by Ferdinand, where they had lived since 1903.

In march 1929, the couple returned to Stockholm, residing in Villa Blecktornet on Södermalm until Boberg's death from gall bladder surgery complications in 1935.

Anna Boberg, Silent Evening: Scene from Lofoten , oil on canvas, 1910–14
Anna Boberg, Northern Lights , oil on canvas, n.d.