Gustavsberg

Porcelain factory on Värmdö outside Stockholm. Owned from 1937 by the Swedish Co-operative Union; Wilhelm Kåge, Stig Lindberg and Lisa Larson gave it its 20th century.

Gustavsberg began making faience and later creamware and porcelain on Värmdö. The factory village was a community with housing, a school and a church built around the works.

Wilhelm Kåge was artistic director from 1917 and made both art wares such as Argenta and everyday tableware such as Praktika. Stig Lindberg followed him with the Spisa Ribb service and cheerful patterns. Large-scale production ended in the late 20th century, but porcelain is still made on a small scale at Gustavsberg.

The anchor in various forms, often with Gustavsberg, the service name and a year mark; hand-painted pieces with the artist’s signature.

• Ceramics and porcelain
• Praktika
• Argenta
• Spisa Ribb
• Wilhelm Kåge