Fanny Hjelm

Fanny Elisabeth Wilhelmina Hjelm (6 November 1858 - 6 October 1944)[1] was a Swedish visual artist.

[3] Sitters included prominent figures from Swedish society, and the arts, such as Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl[4] and members of the Swedish royal family, including King Gustaf V of Sweden and his Queen, Victoria of Baden.

Hjelm's work is held in the collections of the Nationalmuseum, the national gallery of Sweden,[7] and Skokloster Castle.

[8] Four of her paintings are held by the Finnish National Gallery, alongside 12 letters between Hjelm and art collector Paul Sinebrychoff dating from the first years of the twentieth century.

[9]Hjelm died on 6 October 1944 in Stockholm,[10] and is buried at Norra begravningsplatsen cemetery outside the city.

Fanny Hjelm in later life. Photograph from Allhem's Swedish Dictionary of Artists.