Agda Österberg
Agda Elisabeth Österberg (1891–1987) was a Swedish
Biography
Born on 28 October 1891 in Stockholm, Agda Elisabeth Österberg was the daughter of the metal worker August Österberg and his wife Agnes Amelia Rebecka née Mittag. She was the second child of six. Her father died when she was 11, forcing her mother to earn a living by running a restaurant with one of her neighbours.[1]
From the age of 13, Österberg worked as a nanny for a colonel's family where she showed a talent for embroidery. When she was 18, she was allowed to attend the Althin Painting School which led to evening classes at the Technical College. Thanks to a scholarship, from 1912 to 1914 she studied weaving there. Carin Wästberg, the artistic director of the Friends of Handicraft association selected her as an assistance for the textile artist Maja Sjöström. In 1916, Friends of Handicraft employed her as a pattern designer for upholstery, curtains and rugs.[1]
From 1915 to 1921, she also worked as a
In 1933, Österberg was appointed artistic director of Axevalla-Varnhem Slöjd in
Agda Österberg died in Varnhem on 30 May 1987.[4]
References
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