Gustaf Hedberg (bookbinder)

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Gustaf Hedberg (born April 22, 1859 in Höja , Kristianstad district, † June 11, 1920 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish bookbinder .

life and work

His parents were the gardener Jöns Persson and Johanna Jönsdotter. Hedberg learned his trade in Helsingborg , Stockholm (1878–1881), Paris (1881–1885) and London . He opened his own workshop in 1886, in the now demolished Klara district (Klaakvarteren) of Stockholm. He was primarily known for the production of library and luxury bindings, some in leather mosaic with gold embossing, patent leather, real morocco, etc.

In 1889 Hedberg received a scholarship to visit the Paris World Exhibition . At the exhibitions in Chicago in 1893 and in Stockholm in 1897 he received his first prize. In 1901 he was appointed court bookbinder. He also went on study trips to London and Paris, from where he introduced new styles and ornaments.

Hedberg is known for its numerous remarkable Art Nouveau bindings, often created in collaboration with contemporary Swedish artists such as Olle Hjortzberg , Arthur Sjögren and Alf Wallander . He is considered to be Sweden's most important bookbinder of his time. In antiquarian bookshops, the term "Hedbergeinband" is often used to refer to his bindings. An example of Hedberg's bookbinding art is the large collection of books donated to the Lund University Library by the bibliophile Carl Martin Collin in 1926 .

Hedberg was unmarried.

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personal data
SURNAME Hedberg, Gustaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish bookbinder
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Höja , Kristianstad County
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1920
Place of death Stockholm