Gustavsberg porcelain
Introduction "Berså" (left) and "Spisa Ribb" porcelain, both designed by Stig Lindberg. '''Gustavsberg''' is a Swedish porcelain company that originated in 1826.It broke up in the 1990s and was sold off in pieces, to the dismay of residents of the Gustavsberg area, but artisans continued producing ceramics and household porcelain in the Gustavsberg tradition. One of Gustavsberg's most famous collections is the "Nobel Porcelain" produced in 1994.One such artisan was Josef Ekberg, who, even as a young man, created many pieces for Gustavsberg.
Museum The Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum is an art, design and industrial history museum in Gustavsberg, which  has its origins in objects gradually preserved from the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory production. The museum was not originally open for public viewing,  but from 1956 there has been a museum open to the public. It is now run by Värmdö municipality. The municipality owns the property on the original factory site, while the object collection was donated to the National Museum  by the previous owner to Gustavsbergs Factories, "Kooperativa Förbundet" (the Cooperative Union).The basic exhibitions showing the history of porcelain from an international perspective, porcelain manufacture in Gustavsberg since the early 1800s, designs of Gustav's studio, in particular, Wilhelm Kåge, Stig Lindberg and Bernt Friberg and examples of functional porcelain from the 1900s.The Museum Director is Kjell Lööw.
Gallery File:Pyro skål kanna.jpg|Pyro, designed by Wilhelm KågeFile:Teefat 2007.jpg|Berså tea plate, designed by Stig LindbergFile:Bla Blom 1.jpg|"Blå Blom" (blue flower) porcelainFile:Stig Lindberg Domino 1a.jpg|A vase and an ashtray from Stig Lindbergs "Domino" seriesFile:Kan-du-inte-tala.jpg|''Kan du inte tala'' (Can you not talk), designed by Princess Eugenie of SwedenFile:Gustavsberg Kulan.jpg|Kulan ashtraysFile:Stig Lindberg Balett.jpg|Plastic plate, designed by Stig Lindberg
See also *Bernadotte & Kylberg
References ^ a b c ^ Svensk uppslagsbok, Malmö 1932^ Tusenkonstnären Stig Lindberg, Gisela Eronn, kapitel "Serviser för folkhemmet",
Further reading *Minardi, Robin Hecht, "Scandinavian Art Pottery: Denmark and Sweden", Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Rev. 2nd Ed., 2005, p. 131-143,
External links * Vintage ceramics website* The Gustavsbergs Porcelain Museum website