Life is not just about work. In December 2017 I gave myself an early Christmas present: a weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 hours train ride from our home. Hotel, my favorite street food (Turkish) outside the Central Station and above all: European Short Course Swimming... Read More →

During this update of my website, I go through photo archives as a reminder of what has happened. And, dear diary, I must mention the day in November 2017 when I was allowed back stage at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Thank you Anni Foglert & conservators! The feeling of... Read More →

Keep on working! I made a new design for the second tapestry for Uppsala university. Title: The Deer in Nara Park. I dyed yarn in a variety of blue shades, which is quite far outside my comfort zone. But since I have spent so much time with deer in recent years, both figuratively... Read More →

I began my “post university life” (which ended in September 2017) by traveling to Uppsala and delivering the first of two tapestries commissioned by the university. The Graduation Party, 1,40m X 3,25m, hangs in room X in the university’s main building and will... Read More →

Dear Diary, one of my most precious memories is from October 2017 and the Academic Ceremony at University of Gothenburg. What a grand, solemn as well as entertaining night. I received an honorary doctorate, doctor honoris causa, at the faculty of Science. So proud and moved. (In... Read More →

My 5 year guest professorship at the Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, was made possible thanks to the important benefactor and patron of craft, Barbro Wingstrand. I named the book/report about my time at the department “A Tapestry Journey – the book... Read More →

The catalogue from the exhibition at Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde is out of stock and there’s just a few copies left in my studio. The texts are written by Karin Sidén, Kerstin Wickman, Tuija Nieminen Kristofersson and Thomas Kjellgren. Most of the photos are taken by... Read More →

To be invited to Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, the beautiful art museum in Stockholm, was a dream come true. From October 2017 till February 2018 my older and newer tapestries, most of them on loan from museums and institutions, met for the first time in this retrospective... Read More →

Dear Diary, I’m back. My website has been dead for so long. But yesterday a good person fixed it. Thank you! I hope it will stay healthy now. I’m going to upgrade it step by step. These days, March 2020, the world suffers from a pandemic. We, Peter and I, try to focus... Read More →

Dear Diary, in October I got the opportunity to travel with colleagues from The University in Gothenburg to Istanbul and also to Cappadocia in Central Anatolia, Turkey. We discussed future collaboration at the Marmara University in Istanbul, visited a carpet workshop in Avanos... Read More →