[3] Sampe studied at Konstfack in Stockholm and later at the Royal College of Art in London.

In 1937 she became head of Nordiska Kompaniet's textile design department (Textilkammaren) and remained so until 1971.

[5] When the textile department closed in 1971, Astrid Sampe retired from Nordiska Kompaniet and established her own studio in Stockholm.

[6] For the exhibition in New York she worked on the design of the Swedish Pavilion together with the architect Sven Markelius.

In 1955 she produced several designs for domestic linens with geometric patterns and folk-inspired motifs that became a huge success.