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Style: Scandinavian Modern
Bicycle Model Midcentury Design "Itera" Plastic for Volvo, Sweden
By Volvo
Located in Antwerp, BE
In the current period where the bicycle is undergoing major development and provides a sporty displacement
is this very original green rare designed Volvo seventies bike a really collector's item.
In response to the 1974 oil crisis, a small group of Swedish engineers obtained government funding to develop a bicycle completely composed of fiber-reinforced composite plastics (FRP).
By 1980, the Itera Development Center AB was designing, producing, and marketing injection molded plastic bicycles to a seemingly interested market. The first bicycles were delivered in 1982, the problems with quality assurance and design began stacking up against the company.This bike is in a Vintage original condition.
The Itera bicycle...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$3,892 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Stoneware Floor Vase in Ceramic by Danish Artist Ole Victor, 2022
By Ole Victor
Located in Odense, DK
Large ceramic floor vase with glaze in variations of beige and pastel colors, made by Danish artist Ole Victor, 2022.
Ole Victor is a Danish artist who a...
Category
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Small vintage ceramic dish designed by Sylvia Leuchovius in the 60s/70s
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
Small square dish finely enamelled in relief by Swedish artist Sylvia Leuchovius (1915-2003) in the 1960s/70s. The decoration depicts a white bird in the centre surrounded by white f...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Handcarved Swedish Primitive Wabi Sabi Stump Chair, Lambswool Seat, 1900s
Located in Odense, DK
An authentic primitive stump chair made in one piece of solid wood. Seat reupholstered in great quality shearling lambswool.
Hand carved by a Swedish...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Lambskin, Sheepskin, Wood
Red-Toned Wooden Vintage Abstract Animal Sculpture, Swedish Mid Century Handmade
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely wooden sculpture designed in Sweden in the midcentury. It is in very good condition except from that one of its legs is repaired. The designer is unknown.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Arne Tjomsland 1950s Artic Musk Ox Mid-Century Scandinavian Norway Sculpture Vtg
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare small musk Ox figure/carving. Hand worked Norwegian Pine wood and leather. Burnished makers marks to bottom.
Arne Tjomsland was Norways leading souvenir designer in the 1950s...
Category
1950s Norwegian Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Saxbo Eva Stæhr Nielsen Signed Large Green Glazed Danish Pottery Table Lamp
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and somewhat rare Scandanavian stoneware pottery table lamp featuring a green hare's fur glaze by famed Danish designer/ceramis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Arne Tjomsland Teak Bear Cub Vintage Midcentury 1950s Figure Sculpture Norway
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Arne Tjomsland was Norways leading souvenir designer in the 1950s and 1960s. Arne Tjomsland's artistic style is characterized by soft structural lines and minimal detailing on his cr...
Category
1950s Norwegian Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Teak
$3,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Kay Bojesen, Denmark, Wooden Dog, Danish Design, 20th-21st Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Kay Bojesen, Denmark. Wooden dog. Danish design, 20th-21st century.
Measures: 8 x 7.5 cm.
Stamped.
In perfect condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Very Large Hand Woven Scandinavian Rug from the 60
s by Berit Woelfer
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Very large Scandinavian rug from the 60's by the Swedish artist Berit Woelfer. Flat weaving technique (rillakan), wool on linen. Traditional geometrical ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen
Annikki Hovisaari Signed Arabia Finland Scandinavian Modern Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Scandanavian glazed stoneware pottery footed vase by Annikki Hovisaari for Arabia Finland. This piece features a sea-like turquoise/ blue glaze and gourd-like shape.
...
Category
1960s Finnish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Scandinavian Modern Sculpture Signed by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ulrica Hydman-Vallien can certainly not be accused of being ordinary. Her design has had its own style ever since the beginning of her artistic career. Already when Ulrica was 17 years old she became a student at the College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, and went on to further study in the USA and Mexico. This bold and funny sculpture...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Maritime Painting Oil on Panel in Warm Colors by Noren Nils Martin
Located in Salzburg, AT
Maritime painting in oil on plate by Noren Nils Martin (1907 Västervik - 1998 Uppsala)
The scene on the water is calm and is characterized by warm colors.
The boat is already ashor...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,424 Sale Price
25% Off
Svend Lindhart Porcelain Figurines
Located in New York, NY
Porcelain Children Figurine by Danish designer Svend Lindhart for Bing & Grondahl. Scandinavian Modern, Made in Denmark circa 1970's.
$375 for the s...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$375 / set
Swedish Primitive Ladder 19th century
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Primitive Ladder 19th century
Made from a solid piece of wood, with carved-out steps.
Beautiful gray patina from the years in the sun.
Made...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Mid-Century Modern Scandanavian Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a classic shape with a rich glaze that radiates and changes co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage danish ceramic bowl by Helge Bjufstrøm for Michael Andersen workshop
Located in SAINT-YRIEIX-SUR-CHARENTE, FR
Glazed stoneware bowl designed by Helje Bjufstrøm for the Michael Andersen studio in the 1960s. The Michael Andersen studio was located on the island of Bornholm, east of Denmark, a ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Midcentury Scandanavian Minature Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed miniature vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a Classic shape with tiny spines and a rich glaze th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
A Beautiful Set of 9 Unique Curly Birch Cases and Bowls, Finland 20th Century
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful set of 9 unique curly birch bowls/objects, also known as silver birch boxes and bowls. Curly birch is a rare variety of birch that occurs naturally in Finland and is high...
Category
20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Birch
Antique Swedish Wood Carved Sami Sculpture, Torborg Lindberg-Karlsson
Located in Andernach, DE
One-of-a-kind woodcarving attributed to the Swedish artist Torborg Lindberg-Karlsson, Lapland.
This cheerfully smiling Sami man is wearing a traditional garb & hat in traditional colours.
Intricately carved and painted by a skilled hand.
The artist Torborg Lindberg-Karlsson was born in 1908 and she died 1980...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Vintage Kurt Naef Bauhaus Style Building Blocks Toy Wood Mid-Century
By Naef Spiele
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Huge lot of 67 Bauhaus style wooden blocks. Architectural pattern making toys. Sold as found, unrestored condition. 1 1/16 inch cubes.
Category
1930s Swiss Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Bjorn Wiinblad Tivoli Gardens Poster Copenhagen, Denmark, 1981
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Bjorn Wiinblad Tivoli Gardens of Copenhagen, Denmark framed poster.
Vintage poster printed by Permed & Rosengreen and designed by Bjorn Wiinblad depicting an harlequin advertising Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, the colors are bold and vivid.
Bjorn Wiinblad poster...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
1970s Finnish Aarikka Jewelry Wooden Bead Pin Brooch
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Classic Finnish 1970s jewelry by acclaimed Finnish designer Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014). Lacquered wooden beads set in two circles with additional hanging ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
$623 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair Kay Bojesen White Oak Elephants, Iconic Danish Wooden Toy
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Oakland, CA
Classic Kay Bojesen wooden elephants crafted of solid white oak with articulating leg, neck and trunk joints allowing the elephants to be posed in different positions. Designed in 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Lovely Vintage Black Abstract Sculpture Wood Johnny Mattsson, Midcentury, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely wooden sculpture designed by the famous wooden sculptor Johnny Mattsson in Gävle, Sweden in the midcentury. It is in very good condition except from that one of its legs is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Indigo Blue, Pastel Organic Modern Ceramic Art Wall Plate, Denmark
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique handmade indigo blue ceramic plate for wall or table decoration. Pastel blue, rose and yellow dots placed along white lines resembling flora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
$534 Sale Price
25% Off
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Burl Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Farsta, SE
Organic wabi-sabi burl wood taple lamp, circa 1960.
The organic and textual appearance of this lamp is in its own Scandinavian way, something that you c...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Birch
Floral Organic Modern Ceramic Wall Plate / Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage handmade fully glazed Swedish midcentury modern wall platter / centrepiece with organic, floral decor depicting a gazelle with a direct gaze surrounded by vegetation in brown, ochre, green, white and bright pink colors on a striped dark blue background created with the experimental sgraffito technique that Tilgmans became famous for. Designed and handpainted in the late 1950s by Eivor Lang and manufactured by German/Finnish Paul Harald Tilgman in his workshop in the small town of Kortedala close to Gothenburg, Sweden. Milky white glaze on the base and sides with curved, muted green decor framing the image along the edge. Three holes for hanging - two in use with metal wire. Signed under base.
A handpainted piece in beautiful condition.
Paul Harald “Harry” Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbynäs close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978) as artistic director in 1953, Tilgman Keramik started experimenting with the distinct sgraffito technique. The sgraffito technique consists of carving fine lines into the background of a design through a light colored glaze down to a dark grey clay slip. This created a unique textured ground which has become a style associated with Tilgmans Keramik in particular. The decorative elements also appear to be outlined with a carved line and then hand painted with overglazes where birds, fish, flowers, butterflies and other animals were a common theme. This type of work was the most popular in midcentury Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
$890 Sale Price
25% Off
Swedish Birch hook 1886
Located in Farsta, SE
A large pine hook made in 1886 in Sweden is a historical tool used for various purposes. Pine or birch hooks, often made from a sturdy piece of wood, were commonly used in agricultur...
Category
1880s Swedish Antique Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Birch
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Midcentury Scandanavian Minature Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed miniature vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a Classic shape with tiny spines and a rich glaze th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Painting On canvas Motif "Torshavn" By Zakarias Heinesen "Signed" From 2021
Located in Lejre, DK
Colorful painting by Faroese artist Zakarias Heinesen (b. 1936), painted with oil paint on canvas. The motif shows a view of Tórshavn in a characteristic expressive style, where ligh...
Category
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Kay Bojesen, Denmark, Wooden Horse, Danish Design, 20th-21st Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Kay Bojesen, Denmark. Wooden horse. Danish design, 20th/21st century.
Measures: 14.5 x 14 cm.
Stamped.
In perfect condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Oil painting by Ib Geertsen, 1959
By Ib Geertsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Oil painting by Ib Geertsen, 1959
Additional Information:
Style: Mid century, Scandinavian
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 66.5 cm
Condition: Good vintage condition
Category
20th Century Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Pine
Vintage Rare Scandinavian Craft Geometric Trivets by Kaija Aarikka
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Large 11 1/4 x 6 in.
Medium 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.
Small 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.
An ingenious and unusual wooden and metal wire rod trivet from the Finnish designer Kaija Aarikka. The Aarikka design house is over 50 years old, started in 1954 by Kaija Aarikka who, as a textile design student, was unable to find suitably attractive buttons for a suit she had created for a final assignment. She decided to carve her own - and was surprised that her five buttons turned out to be the star of the day. That same year she and her husband founded their company, called Aarikka Oy, and opened their first sales outlet in Helsinki. In the ensuing years the company has focused on creating unique decorative and household designs showcasing local Finnish materials - which entails quite a bit of birch wood. The wooden circles are echoed by the circular wire loops at the end of each row of rings. The construction allows it to be slightly flexible but quite sturdy, while the open loops allow air to circulate under the pot. The wires can be rotated. The Aarikka Finland...
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Steel
$540 Sale Price / set
60% Off
Christmas Ornament Featuring A Reindeer Made In Brass
18 Karat Gold From 2023
By Georg Jensen
Located in Lejre, DK
Christmas ornament featuring a reindeer, made of brass and gilded with 18-carat gold, designed by Sanne Lund Traberg for Georg Jensen in 2023. This beautiful ornament is part of Geor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Oli painting Made On Canvas With Gilded Frame Signed By Kai Drews From 1930s
By Kai Drews
Located in Lejre, DK
Oil painting framed in a gilded wooden frame with motif forest landscape in warm colors signed by Kai Drews from the 1930s
Measurements: L:45cm W:57cm
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Stoneware lidded jar by Birte Weggerby
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique earthenware lidded jar with incisions and turquoise blue and black glaze. Signed 'Weggerby 62'.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Novelty High Pile Rug, Sweden 1960s
Located in Rīga, LV
Vintage high pile wool rug with a novelty motif.
Additional information:
Country of manufacture: Sweden
Period: 1960s
Dimensions: W 55 cm x D 130 cm
Condition: After professional cl...
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Kay Bojesen, Denmark, Black Wooden Bird, Danish Design, 20th-21st Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Kay Bojesen, Denmark. Black wooden bird. Danish design, 20th-21st century.
Measures: 15.5 x 15.5 cm.
Stamped.
In perfect condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Scandinavian Modern folk art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Scandinavian Modern folk art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage folk art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Scandinavian Modern folk art made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original folk art, popular names associated with this style include Arne Tjomsland, Annikki Hovisaari, Bing
Grøndahl, and Birger Kaipiainen. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for folk art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $160 and tops out at $4,951 while the average work can sell for $1,100.
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