The Most Famous

Painters from Sweden

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This page contains a list of the greatest Swedish Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 30 of which were born in Sweden. This makes Sweden the birth place of the 17th most number of Painters behind Japan and Ukraine.

Top 10 Swedish Painters

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Swedish Painters of all time. This list of famous Swedish Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Swedish Painters.

  1. #1
    Photo of Hilma af Klint

    Hilma af Klint

    1862 - 1944

    HPI 74.8838 langs

    Hilma af Klint is most famous for her abstract paintings and drawings. She was a Swedish artist who was a pioneer of abstract art.

  2. #2
    Photo of Carl Larsson

    Carl Larsson

    1853 - 1919

    HPI 73.2255 langs

    Carl Larsson is most famous for his watercolor paintings of Swedish life.

  3. #3
    Photo of Alexander Roslin

    Alexander Roslin

    1718 - 1793

    HPI 68.0730 langs

    Alexander Roslin is most famous for his 18th century paintings.

  4. #4
    Photo of John Bauer

    John Bauer

    1882 - 1918

    HPI 67.1242 langs
    John Bauer is most famous for his paintings of animals, people, and landscapes. He was born in 1882 in Dresden, Germany. He moved to the...Read moreShow less

    John Bauer is most famous for his paintings of animals, people, and landscapes. He was born in 1882 in Dresden, Germany. He moved to the United States in 1904.

  5. #5
    Photo of Odd Nerdrum

    Odd Nerdrum

    b. 1944

    HPI 64.6223 langs

    Norwegian painter (born 1944)

  6. #9
    Photo of Martin van Meytens

    Martin van Meytens

    1695 - 1770

    HPI 60.4117 langs

    Swedish-Austrian painter (1695–1770)

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Swedish Painters grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Painters were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 24 most globally memorable Painters since 1700.

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