The Gustavsberg Collection encompasses more than 45,000 objects that were produced in Gustavsberg's porcelain factory over a period of about 170 years. The collection is owned by the Swedish state and is managed by Nationalmuseum. A selection of it is on display at the Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum.
The Gustavsberg Collection contains everything from studio ceramics and showpiece vases to everyday tableware and sanitaryware as well as art and design in enamel and plastics. All of it was produced at the Gustavsberg factory between 1825 and 1993, when the factory closed. The collection also contains many prototypes of pieces that never went into production.
Designers represented in the collection include Stig Lindberg, Lisa Larson, Wilhelm Kåge, Karin Björquist, Tyra Lundgren, Gunnar G:son Wennerberg and Margareta Hennix.
A part of Nationalmuseum
In 2000, the Swedish Cooperative Union (KF), which owned the collection, donated it to the Swedish state and Nationalmuseum, which has managed it ever since.
Some 35,000 objects from the collection are registered in Nationalmuseum’s online database. To find an object or designer in the database, write 'Gustavsberg' plus the name of the artist or porcelain service in the free text field.