Marianne Richter

Marianne Elisabet Richter Lindroth (1916–2010) was a Swedish textile artist who from 1942 was engaged as a designer at Märta Måås-Fjetterström's workshop.

[1] After training as a textile artist at the Technical School in Stockholm and an apprenticeship in Märta Måås-Fjetterström's workshop in Båstad, her first job was with the handicraft association Svensk Hemslöjd in Växjö.

In 1942, Barbro Nilsson invited her to work as a designer in the Båstad workshop where her first creation was Forsythia, a rug made using the flossa technique.

[1] One of her most significant works is the tapestry commissioned by the Swedish government for a conference room at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Marianne Elisabet Lindroth died on 24 November 2010 in Mölle and is buried at Brunnby cemetery.