Viola Gråsten Explained

Viola Hildegard Gråsten (born Viola Hildegard Forsberg) (18 November 1910 – 20 October 1994) was a Swedish textile designer.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Gråsten was born in Keuruu in Häme, Finland and was brought up as a foster daughter by the Finnish Finance Minister, Ernst Gråsten. She studied for four years at the Central School of Crafts in Helsinki until 1936, after which she worked as a designer at the Friends of Finnish Handicraft. In 1944, because of wartime yarn shortages in Finland, she moved to Sweden and designed shaggy rugs for Textiles & Interiors in Stockholm. A year later she took a post at the NK Textile Studio, where she began to design patterns for textiles and made a reputation for her colourful geometric designs. In 1956 she became artistic director of fashion textiles at Mölnlycke Weavers, where she stayed until her retirement in 1973.^{[4] [5]}

Gråsten was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal for design in 1973.^[6]

External links

• Works in the Design Arkivet database (in Swedish)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Viola Gråsten. bemz. 16 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216012329/http://www.bemz.com/en-gb/designers/viola-grasten/ . 16 February 2015 . dead.
2. Web site: Sundberg . Isabelle . Viola Gråsten . von Platen Modern Form . 12 February 2019 . sv.
3. Web site: von Platen . Jenny . Viola Hildegard Gråsten . Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon . 12 February 2019 . Grosjean, Alexia.
4. Web site: Viola Gråsten Finland/Sweden 1910-1994 . sotbcn. 16 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216215945/http://www.sotbcn.com/sotbcn/designers/viola-grasten-6687401 . 16 February 2015 . dead.
5. Web site: Oktober 2007: Viola Gråsten (1910-1994) . Design Arkivet Nationellt arkiv för svensk form och design . 12 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100223090128/http://www.designarkivet.se/vg.htm . 23 February 2010 . dead . sv-SE.
6. Web site: Prins Eugen Medaljen. 14 February 2015.