Swedish art from the Middle Ages to today

Church paintings, Age of Greatness portraits, Düsseldorf, the Opponents, the Young Ones and the post-war years.

The history of Swedish art period by period, with the works and artists that shaped it.

Read the page at each step, then do the short exercise: three questions. Two right answers complete the step. You can repeat the exercise as often as you like.

The steps

• Step 1: Medieval Sweden
• Step 2: The Vasa era and the Renaissance
• Step 3: The Age of Greatness and the Baroque
• Step 4: The Age of Liberty and Rococo
• Step 5: The Gustavian age
• Step 6: Romanticism in Sweden
• Step 7: The Düsseldorf years and academicism
• Step 8: The Opponents and the 1890s
• Step 9: De unga and the breakthrough of Modernism
• Step 10: The 1930s: colourists and Surrealists
• Step 11: The post-war era and Concretism
• Step 12: The 1960s and 70s: Pop and politics
• Step 13: Swedish contemporary art

• Medieval Sweden
• The Vasa era and the Renaissance
• The Age of Greatness and the Baroque
• The Age of Liberty and Rococo
• The Gustavian age
• Romanticism in Sweden
• The Düsseldorf years and academicism
• The Opponents and the 1890s
• De unga and the breakthrough of Modernism
• The 1930s: colourists and Surrealists
• The post-war era and Concretism
• The 1960s and 70s: Pop and politics
• Swedish contemporary art