Ulla Ehrensvärd

Ulla Ehrensvärd (18 March 1927 — 17 April 2015) was a Swedish librarian, curator, and art historian, specializing in medals, architectural drawings, and maps.

She earned a doctoral degree at Stockholm University while working in her field, defending her dissertation on medal engraver Erik Lindberg in 1974, at age 47.

She was the Swedish representative on the International Cartographical Association, and helped to organized cartography conferences in Uppsala and Stockholm in 1988 and 1991.

[2] Ehrensvärd organized exhibitions on French drawings (1953), Erik Lindberg (1959), atlases (1966), globes (1966), A. E. Nordenskiöld (1968), color printing (1972), Edgar Chahine (1975),[5] Turkish-Swedish contacts (1977), gnomes and Santa Claus figures (1978), sea charts and maps of Estonia (1980s).

[2] In 2004, Ehrensvärd accepted an award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History, and Antiquities, to travel for her research.