Carl Fagerberg | 1878 - 1948
Carl Wilhelm Fagerberg, born November 3, 1878 at Dalarö in Dalarö parish in Stockholm county, died April 23, 1948 in Maria Magdalena parish in Stockholm, was a Swedish sculptor. He worked mainly as a sculptor in a realistic spirit, but also as a medal engraver. Generally Carl Fagerberg is known for portrait sculptures, sculptures of animals and athletes as well as for decorations in churches, such as in the Swedish Church in Paris (1913), Swedenborg Church in Stockholm (1927), Skellefteå Church (1927), Staffan Church in Gävle (1931), Luleå Cathedral (1938), Havstenssund's chapel (1938) and Fjärå's church (1941). He was hired for the decoration of profane public buildings such as the telegraph houses in Gothenburg and Örebro and the Katedralskolan, Linköping (formerly Linköping's public school). Among the grave monuments of Carl Fagerberg, one can be mentioned for wholesaler Carl Anders Danielsson (1918) at the Northern Cemetery in Stockholm. He has also signed medals and plaques, including several intended for sports awards. He lived and worked in the city of Sundbyberg. Arvid Knöppel studied sculpture for him.[6] Carl Fagerberg lived in his later years in rather great recluse, but in his younger years he participated in the camaraderie among artists with a healthy appetite. Although he retired, he continued with rich artistic creation. He was not much affected by the changing trends in style. In the artworks of his youth, he based a moderate realism, he based his design on a sure study of nature. He remained largely faithful to this style throughout the years. Over the years, the design received an addition of slightly archaic style features with a good decorative effect. According to Birgitta Lager and Erik Lindberg, Fagerberg's art has a decidedly masculine character and his person gave the impression of strength and security. Carl Fagerberg was called "Kalle Skakis", but he had a cheerful disposition and a straightforward manner. Among friends and comrades he was highly esteemed. In Albert Engström's home, he was a welcome guest. He belonged to the happy archipelago society, the Order of the Pillar. The Swedish order society was founded in the Stockholm archipelago as early as 1892. The founder and first chief of the Order of the Pillar was Axel Hultman and one of the brothers of the order was Albert Engström (1869-1940). In 1943, Carl Fagerberg created the bust at Albert Engström's grave at Hult's cemetery in Småland. Malin Engström Tufvesson (1897-1967), daughter of Albert Engström, writes in an obituary about Carl Fagerberg's childlike spirit and warm heart. A year after Carl Fagerberg's death, in 1949, a memorial room was set up in the local community museum in Sundbyberg, Sundbyberg's city museum. There are now the works, models and sketches and other works of his that were in his possession when he died. Sundbyberg's Hembygdsförening was already started in 1934 by "the world's best researcher" Henning Österberg (1899-1988), he was a writer, journalist and local historian. Henning Österberg moved to Sundbyberg in 1911 and took an early interest in Sundbyberg's history and culture, and in 1920 was commissioned by Sundbyberg's köping to guard cultural monuments in the municipality. The Hembygdsföreningen's main task today is to run Sundbyberg's city museum and manage its collections and archives. Carl Fagerberg is buried at Bromma cemetery in Stockholm. Family relationships, studio and residence Carl Fagerberg was the son of the builder and master carpenter in Sundbyberg Johannes Fagerberg and his wife Sofia Sandberg. Carl Fagerberg himself also lived in Sundbyberg for many years. After his study trips to France, Germany, Italy and Tunisia, he returned to Stockholm in 1909. When Carl Fagerberg returned home to Sweden in 1909, he opened the studio at Prästgårdsgatan 3 on Södermalm in Stockholm. His residence was first at Sjöstugan by Bällsta bro in Lilla Alby in the southern corner of Sundbyberg in what is now Central Sundbyberg. But in the 1920s he moved to Sankt Paulsgatan 6 in Stockholm and in recent times he lived in his studio at Prästgårdsgatan 3. He died in his studio at Prästgårdsgatan in Stockholm on April 23, 1948. Carl Fagerberg was unmarried. His entire estate went to the municipality of Sundbyberg. His sculptures and statuettes were signed "C. Fagerberg".
I en 1700-talsgård i fastigheten Nederland mindre 9 vid Maria Prästgårdsgata 3 (som före 1930 hette Prästgårdsgatan) på Södermalm i Stockholm inrättade han sin ateljé. I ateljén på Prästgårdsgatan inrymdes även flera andra konstnärsateljéer runt den grönskande gården och där hade förutom skulptören Christian Eriksson, som var fastighetens ägare, även bland andra konstnärerna Nils Kreuger, Oscar Hullgren, Sven Erixson och Stig Blomberg haft sina ateljéer. Carl Fagerberg hade sin ateljé här. I denna stimulerande arbetsmiljö stannade Fagerberg livet ut. Carl Fagerberg och Nils Kreuger verkade här samtidigt som skulptören Christian Eriksson. Fastigheten övertogs efter Christian Erikssons död 1935 av hans barn och levde kvar som ateljé. Erikssons ateljé disponerades till en början av Carl Fagerberg och därefterde av skulptörerna Åke Jönsson och Liss Eriksson, som var Erikssons yngste son. Bland övriga konstnärer som haft ateljé på gården kan nämnas Vera Nilsson, Emil Johanson-Thor och Bo Beskow. Konstnärsgården på Maria Prästgårdsgata 3 ligger innanför gathuset, som är från 1773, och den skapades av Ragnar Östberg och Christian Eriksson tillsammans. Det var när Eriksson kom hem från Paris 1897 som han ville skapa ett hem för sig och sin familj och det blev denna gård på Södermalm.
The Nordic Games
The artist David Wallin, bronze patinated plaster bust sculpted by Carl Fagerberg, 1902. At the plinth is engraved "Calle F-g". David Wallin and Carl Fagerberg were fellow students at the Art Academy in Stockholm in the years 1902-1905. The plaster cast of the bust from 1902 was made by Herman Bergmans Konstgjuteri. Academy of Arts, Stockholm. Carl Fagerberg himself practiced sports as a youngster and when kick support was a trend in Sweden, he competed in that sport for the club Sundbybergs IF in the 1901 Nordic Games, which took place in Stockholm. Among the competitors was the then future boxer Oscar "Bellis" Carlsson. Fagerberg won two races in the distances of 2,500 and 5,000 meters respectively, which were held on February 15, 1901 together with a third distance of one English mile. It was described as that Fagerberg kicked both powerfully and quickly, but also that he was cunning and the suggestions, as he kicked away the spikes of his toughest competitors at appropriate times.
Study time
He studied at the Technical School in Stockholm, and was a student at the Art Academy in Stockholm from August 1902 to 1905. He had to complete his studies at the Technical School and the Art Academy under great financial hardship. One of his fellow students at the Academy of Fine Arts was the artist David Wallin, who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts 1898-1904, another fellow student was the artist John Bauer, who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts 1900-1905. His fellow student Ivar Kamke, who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in the years 1900-1905, executed a portrait in oil of Carl Fagerberg in 1906. About Ivar Kamke, Carl Fagerberg has told that already during the first drawing lessons for Axel Kulle, he surprised everyone with his nimbleness and certainty of form in the sketches after a nude model. Kamke had a precocious aptitude for figure and genre painting and made himself known early on as a talented portraitist.
Studies abroad
He then conducted art studies abroad in Germany, France, Russia and Italy. He also received the Art Academy's Jenny Lind travel scholarship of 3,000 kroner annually for three years, 1906-1908. During his studies abroad, he stayed mainly in Paris, but he made trips to Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Tunisia, England, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia and Finland.[14] After returning from the scholarship trips, Carl Fagerberg exhibited around 40 works in 1909. These works pointed towards several of his future fields of work, namely animal studies, sportsmen, a fountain group and more. However, his larger figure compositions met with criticism at this exhibition. During the years 1910-1911, he made a study trip to Italy, North Africa and Spain. Medals and honorable mentions Carl Fagerberg 4th from the left at Herman Bergman Konstgjuteri's 15th anniversary on October 20, 1909. From left Herman Hägg, Erik Lindberg, Otto Strandman, Carl Fagerberg, Adolf Lindberg, Carl Eldh, Axel Tallberg and Herman Bergman. Carl Fagerberg received a silver medal in sculpture at the "Exposición Internacional del Centenario", held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1910. The Argentine pavilion at the "Centennial International Expo" art exhibition at París en Plaza San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1910. As a sculptor, he received the Art Academy's second medal (1904), or the chancellor's medal, and was awarded the Ribbing scholarship (240 kroner) and a commendation in anatomy (1904). The following year he received the Royal Medal of the Academy of Fine Arts (1905) and the Ribbingska scholarship (270 kroner). Sculptors and sculptors used to hire Herman Bergman Konstgjuteri to cast their sculptures and art objects in bronze. When the art foundry celebrated its 15th anniversary on October 20, 1909, Carl Fagerberg was present together with the architect and etcher Herman Hägg from London, the medal engraver Erik Lindberg, the admiral sculptor Otto Strandman, Professor Adolf Lindberg, the sculptor Carl Eldh, Professor Axel Tallberg and the art caster Herman Bergman. Herman Bergman Konstgjuteri was founded in 1895 by Herman Bergman and it is the largest and oldest foundry in Scandinavia. At the exhibition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Exposición Internacional del Centenario, which took place between May and November 1910, Carl Fagerberg received a silver medal in sculpture in 1910. At the exhibition in Buenos Aires on the same occasion, his compatriot and former student David Wallin received a silver medal in painting.[ 11][14] At the competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Carl Fagerberg received an honorable mention (Art Year 1932) for good performance. He received an award for his sculpture Skater at the art competitions of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, but no actual prize. Fagerberg's compatriot and former fellow student during the years at the Art Academy in Stockholm, the Swedish artist David Wallin, won an Olympic gold medal, Olympic gold at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in art for the oil painting Vid Arild's beach
Artist career
Plaster model for the future Stockholm stadium Plaster model of the future Stockholm stadium by Carl Fagerberg, 1911 from Hvar 8 dag, no. 30, April 23, 1911. On April 23, 1911, in Hvar 8 dag you could read the following text about "How the 1912 Stadium will look: The big plaster model": "The work on the construction of the Stadium, in the former Sports Park site, is now going on at its best. The foundation has been laid, and everything is almost ready for the masonry. The stadium's architect, Mr. Torben Grut, recently ordered a plaster model to be made by the Olympic Committee intended to be shown at the upcoming exhibition in Dresden, possibly also elsewhere, to arouse interest in the Olympic Games, which will be held in Stockholm in 1912. The model is made by the sculptor Carl Fagerberg with the assistance of Mr the same a particularly vivid impression of how the future large sports venue will look — monumental, beautiful, practical and lively in its design." Bronze statuettes for sports awards At the 1912 Olympic Games, Carl Fagerberg executed a dozen or so bronze statuettes for sports awards, including Count Gustaf Lewenhaupt's equestrian award. He participated in equestrian sports at the 1912 Summer Olympics and as a rider, Lewenhaupt took Olympic gold in the team competition in horse jumping in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm on the horse Medusa. The other three participants in the team competition were Gustaf Kilman, Fredrik Rosencrantz and Hans von Rosen. These also participated and won the gold medal in team jumping. Carl Fagerberg made medals for the 1913 Nordic Games, a forerunner to the Winter Olympics, which were held in Stockholm in 1913. The Nordic winter sports competitions were arranged in various locations in the Nordic region seven times from 1901-1926. In 1903 the games were arranged in Oslo (Kristiania), but in the other years, 1901, 1905, 1909, 1913, 1917 and 1922, the games were arranged in Stockholm. The sports that were on the program varied slightly between the different years. Furthermore, he made medals for the Baltic Exhibition in 1914 in Malmö. In 1923 he sculpted the KAK's gold medal, which King Gustav V was to award as a medal of merit to members of the Royal Automobile Club. Today the medal can be found in the Livrustkammaren in Stockholm. Decoration of profane public buildings and works in Swedish churches Carl Fagerberg was hired both for the decoration of profane public buildings and for the decoration of newly restored and newly erected churches with crucifixes, statues and reliefs, both in Sweden and abroad. Carl Fagerberg had an intimate collaboration with the architect Knut Nordenskjöld and Fagerberg was commissioned to create triumphal crucifixes, pulpits, baptismal font and statues in many of his large churches, such as Sankt Olov's church in Skellefteå, Staffan's church in Gävle and Älmhult's church in Småland. Fagerberg also created several grave monuments as well as medals and plaques, including several intended for sports awards. One of his first commissions (circa 1912) was a decoration of the Moskovsky railway station (in English: Moskovsky railway station, Saint Petersburg) in Saint Petersburg, Russia on the Saint Petersburg–Moscow line. Works in public buildings Televerkets hus, Gothenburg (1946), the picture shows the corner house with Carl Fagerberg's two bears carved into the sides of the stairs at the main entrance. One of Carl Fagerberg's first commissions (circa 1912) was a decoration of the Moskovsky railway station (in English: Moskovsky railway station, Saint Petersburg) in Saint Petersburg, Russia on the Saint Petersburg–Moscow line. The Moskovskij railway station (Moskovsky Railway station) in Saint Petersburg was built in 1844-1851 and continued until 1869-1879 and in 1912 and has an exterior of Corinthian columns and is crowned by a two-story bell tower. In the years 1851-1923 the station was called Nikolaevsky railway station and in 1923-1930 it was called Oktyabrsky. The Swedish Church in Paris, also the Swedish Sofia Congregation in Paris (1913), the relief with the motif "Christ blesses the children". The church "built during the reign of King Gustaf V 1911-1913" and is located at 9, Rue Guyot (now Rue Médéric) in the 17th arrondissement. Construction began in 1911 according to a drawing by Gustav Adolf Falk and was already inaugurated in 1913. The new church hall could hold 250 people. The old Sophia Chapel's altarpiece, a Christ image by the sculptor John Börjeson, was moved to the new church. Danviken's new hospital or Danvikshem (1912-1915), Danvikshemsvägen 8, Nacka. In a sandstone frieze around the main entrance, old men can be seen striving towards the gate. Katedralskolan, Linköping (1914-1915), (formerly Linköping's higher general education system), Platensgatan 20, Linköping. The building received a rich artistic decoration. Carl Fagerberg made the facade's sculptures, while Olle Hjortzberg decorated the auditorium. Carl Fagerberg created gable sculptures and reliefs at the main entrance. In the middle of the gable field at the main entrance to the Cathedral School, two female figures stand on either side of the large wall clock. The figures are two meters high and one symbolizes a praying mother and the other symbolizes a watchful mother. Above, the universe spreads out like a wide band with the all-seeing eye at the top. The reliefs and two coats of arms, Linköping's coat of arms and Östergötland's coat of arms, were carved in the summer of 1916 into granite blocks which were then walled in. Eskilstuna new savings bank (1915), Fristadstorget 5, Eskilstuna, six granite reliefs of professionals. Sparbankshuset Eskilstuna is located on Kungsgatan, which runs through central Eskilstuna in an east-west direction on the west and south sides of the Eskilstuna River. Through the center, including when it crosses Fristadstorget, there is a pedestrian street. It is the central shopping street in Eskilstuna. Post- and Telegrafhuset, Örebro (1915), Vasagatan 10, was built in the years 1912–1914, and the telephone exchange and post office moved to the newly built building in 1915. The building has been a cultural-historical memorial since 2003. The richly decorated main entrance is made of carved stone. The entrance is slightly pointed arched with a profiled extent, crowned by the small national coat of arms and flanked by two sculpted eagles. The Sower (1916), relief, stone goth, Västgötegatan, Västerås. Televerkets hus, Gothenburg, Telegrafhuset (1946), two bears carved into the sides of the stairs belong to the artistic decoration, as well as dog heads on the strong corner pillar. Televerket's house in Gothenburg is located in the district Inom Vallgraven 36:4 (formerly Telegrafen 2) in central Gothenburg. The stone friezes in the facade above the main entrance were carved by the sculptor Carl Eldh. The house is a building monument since 1 July 1993 according to ch. 3. The Cultural Environment Act
Works in Swedish churches
Swedenborg Church (Swedenborg's Memorial Church in Stockholm) (1927), Tegnérlunden 7, Stockholm, portal wall relief. Sankt Olov's church, Skellefteå (1927), Skellefteå city church, (architect Knut Nordenskjöld), crucifixes and statues. The sculptures at the western portal can almost be regarded as individual works of art, representing Ansgar, Martin Luther, Olaus Petri and J. O. Wallin, carved from plaster models by the artist Carl Fagerberg, Stockholm. Hudene church (ca. 1928), Herrljunga municipality, Västergötland.[22] Älmhult church (1929-1930), Småland, altar cabinet, baptismal font and triumphal crucifix as well as Madonna image and other sculptures. The altarpiece depicts five figures, "Christ and the four evangelists", Jesus is flanked by the four evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The baptismal font, whose lid is designed after a model of the church tower itself in the form of a sculpted miniature of Älmhult's church. On the scepter sits a dove. The triumphal crucifix depicts Christ in sunbeam wreath and evangelist symbols.[23] Staffan Church (1931), Gävle, in the district of Brynäs, the architect of the church is Knut Nordenskjöld, the triumphal crucifix, the pulpit and the baptismal font in marble. Idre church (1933), Älvdalen municipality, Dalarna, (church architect: Knut Nordenskjöld), two crucifixes and pulpit. The wall above the altar forms an eye-catcher with the large triumphal crucifix, as well as the crucifix, which stands on the altar, created by Carl Fagerberg in 1933. The pulpit was designed by Carl Fagerberg in 1933.[24][25][26] Luleå Cathedral, Luleå (1937-1938), the triumphal crucifix, which is a little different, on this triumphal cross Jesus hangs with his head, but on a normal triumphal cross Jesus should be depicted as the king of victory. Havstenssund's chapel (1938), the chapel is located at the entrance to Havstenssund in Tanum's parish in Bohuslän. A triumphal crucifix is placed on a cross beam in front of the chancel sculpted from wood by Carl Fagerberg and it is from the time of construction and contemporary with the chapel. It is sculpted with medieval crucifixes as models.[27] Norra Åsarp church or Åsarp-Smula church (1939-1940), Åsarp parish, Västergötland. The altarpiece and the triumphal crucifix were added during the renovation in 1939-1940.[28][29] Fjärås church (1941), in Fjärås kyrkby, parish church from the 12th century in Fjärås-Förlanda parish in Kungsbacka municipality, Halland. The altarpiece is mostly from around 1630 with three paintings. Some older paintings have been replaced over the years. In an opening in the middle part, three images can now be displayed: 1) Directly on two wooden planks is a painting of the First Supper with Jesus and the twelve disciples. Judas turns his head away. The painting was probably made by Johan Ross the elder (1695-1773) in 1724. This motif is shown at communion services. 2) At other services, the painting of Jesus on the cross is shown. This painting was donated to the church in 1770 by Bengt Andersson in Måå (in Fjärås in Kungsbacka). The canvas was later mounted over the older communion painting. During a restoration in 1937-1938, they were separated from each other and can now be displayed separately. 3) The youngest painting is a painted plaster relief from 1941 made by the Stockholm artist Carl Fagerberg. It represents the birth of Jesus and is shown at Christmas services.
In Visby on Gotland there is a well sculpture by Carl Fagerberg. In 1916, Gotlands Bank originally ordered a fountain for St. Hansplan in Visby. Fagerberg was commissioned to build the fountain. On the well you could see 8 reliefs, of which four were gods from Greek mythology and four were fish. The four gods represented Neptune - the god of the sea, Hera - the queen of the sky, Hermes - the messenger of God and Hephaestus - the god of blacksmiths and volcanoes. The fountain stood on St. Hansplan until it was removed to make way for new parking spaces. By then the school office had moved into the premises and needed parking for its employees, and the fountain was placed in the hides. In 1983, it was picked up again when decorating the harbor became relevant. However, the fountain was not considered to receive enough attention in the harbor and it was therefore moved in 2001 to Södertorg in connection with the municipality's LODIS project, which aimed to strengthen the city center as a commercial and cultural center. When the fountain was removed, it was in poor condition and needed restoration. Many parts were missing and the surface was full of holes. It was not known who would carry out the restoration. The then national antiquarian Valdemar Falck worriedly showed the remains to the sculptor István Varga in Öja. The agreement was that Varga would make a proposal based on the old fountain. With the help of drawings, new exact measurements and a 1:10 scale wax model, István Varga presented his proposal, which was approved. István Varga started by cutting down the entire surface all around. In this way, the sculpture regained a homogeneous surface without holes. The original reliefs were saved, patched and mended. You could once again see four gods from Greek mythology and four fish. István Varga composed a new plinth for it and a new top piece, in addition he also designed the tub, he cut it out and assembled it with stainless steel bolts. Industribrunnen with the sculpture The happy family at Sundbyberg square The industrial fountain with the sculpture The happy family at Sundbyberg square (1934). The sculpture The happy family, a man and a woman with a child, by Carl Fagerberg in 1934 and is located at Järnvägsgatan, Sundbyberg square. The fountain was built in 1933 and inaugurated on 1 May 1934 by Nils Edén, governor of Stockholm County. The well, also called Industribrunnen, is also decorated with four bronze reliefs that symbolize the city's former factories such as Marabou, Sieverts Kabelverk, Spis- och Knäckebrödsfabriken Kronan and Bryggeriet Kronan. The sculpture was donated to the city of Sundbyberg by Marabou. The town was incorporated in 1971 in the municipality of Sundbyberg. Marabou was established in Sundbyberg in 1916. Manufacturing started in 1919 in Sundbyberg's then köping. Spis- og Knäckebrödsfabriken Kronan in the Kronan quarter in Sundbyberg was named after the knäckebrödsfabriken and started its operations in most of the quarter in 1906. For his hometown of Sundbyberg, Fagerberg executed a fountain, the Industribrunnen, with a crowning group of figures and on the fountain basin reliefs with motifs from the city's main industries (1934). The fountain on Sundbyberg's square with a well is called Industribrunnen. The crowning group of figures is called The Happy Family, or Family Happiness, and depicts a man and a woman with a child, which was sculpted by Carl Fagerberg in 1933 and is located at Sundbyberg Square. On a high plinth in the middle of the fountain's water feature stands the sculpture group The Happy Family with mother, father and child. The parents look both healthy and fit and they have resilient bodies. The small child is held tenderly by the mother in her arms and the father stands close by, protective and present. The sculpture is a vision of the future and youth and it can be said to reflect the ideal family of the 1930s in a classically composed group. On the sides of the fountain's wells, the Industribrunnen is decorated with four bronze reliefs of working cupids. The image suite of the reliefs is a tribute to Sundbyberg's industry and they symbolize the city's former factories, various industries that were previously active in Sundbyberg, such as: Marabou, Sieverts Kabelverk, Spis- och Knäckebrödsfabriken Kronan and Bryggeri AB Kronan. The sculpture was donated to the city of Sundbyberg by Marabou. The managing director of the Marabou factory at this time was Henning Throne-Holst and he was very interested in art and donated the fountain to the city. In 1934, when the fountain was placed in the square, it was a much more prominent place than today. Then the fountain was placed symbolically in front of Sundbyberg's town hall, which today is a privately owned property. The town was incorporated in 1971 in the municipality of Sundbyberg. Sundbyberg's town hall moved in December 2013 to new premises in Hallonbergen. Sports sculptures As previously mentioned, Carl Fagerberg was an active sportsman in his youth and he was well equipped to choose motifs from modern sporting life for his sculptures. He created the figure skaters (1914), skiers (1919) and skaters (1920) and others.
Three sculptures at Stockholm's stadium
The relay runner, bronze sculpture at the main entrance to Stockholm's stadium. Of Carl Fagerberg's bronze sculptures today stand: The kicker at Stockholm Stadium (1937) The relay runners at the Stockholm stadium (1937) The javelin thrower at Sundbyberg Sports Center in Sundbyberg (1939) In 1931, Carl Fagerberg was commissioned to decorate the place in front of Stockholm's stadium on Valhallavägen, when director Josef Jansson made a donation available. The assignment was to make two of the four statues, one the Shot Putter and one the Relay Runner. The javelin thrower was originally supposed to have stood in Stockholm's stadium together with Fagerberberg's sculptures The Ball Thrower and the Relay Runners from 1937. Admittedly, the sculptures were met with fairly sharp criticism when they were unveiled, but Fagerberg at least received an order for another figure, a Javelin Thrower. The State Council of the Arts ruled that the statues be put up in the intended place, when the javelin thrower was completed in 1939. On the statue The Shot Putter, the sportsman has placed the ball at the neck and makes a twist and takes a bet, a quiet moment before the impact. On the statue of the Javelin thrower, it was judged that the athlete had incorrect leg position and javelin grip, and Carl Fagerberg then donated the Javelin thrower to Sundbyberg. This was a sensational measure, which caused resentful protests from artists. The Javelin Thrower statue is located in Centrala Sundbyberg, where it arrived in 1940.[38] In the 1930s, a series of idealized sculptures of athletic people were erected at Stockholm's stadium, at the main entrance (Marathon Gate) facing Valhallavägen, the bronze sculpture Löparna (Runners at the goal) by Carl Eldh and Carl Fagerberg's two bronze sculptures The Relay Racer and the Shot Putter, which all came into place in 1937 in in connection with Stockholm's stadium celebrating its 25th anniversary. However, a sculpture program that had been proposed by Torben Grut, including ceiling sculptures, was never carried out. Since 1937, the two sculptures by Carl Fagerberg with sports motifs, the Shot Putter and the Relay Runner, have stood at Stockholm's stadium. In 1999, a copy of the Spear Thrower was also added, the original of which stands at Sundbyberg's sports field. The Javelin thrower sculpture at Sundbyberg's sports ground The "spjutkastaren" in bronze on Fredsgatan's driveway towards Sundbyberg's sports ground in Sundbyberg. On Fredsgatan's driveway towards Sundbyberg's sports field stands the Spear Thrower. Originally it was intended for the Stockholm stadium where it was to stand together with Fagerberg's sculptures The Shot Put and the Relay Runners from 1937. But it was rejected by the experts when it was put up in 1939, because the figure had an incorrect spear grip and leg position. Fagerberg then donated the sculpture to the city of Sundbyberg in 1940. A smaller copy has been standing since 1999 at Stockholm's stadium. The artist Carl Eldh was originally commissioned to sculpt a javelin thrower for Stockholm's Olympic Stadium's 25th anniversary in 1937. However, it was never finished, which is why the commission went to Carl Fagerberg instead. A model was approved, but when the statue was put in place in 1939, it did not find favor with sports writer Torsten Tegnér, among others. Leg position and spear grip were incorrect, according to Tegnér.Then in 1940, Carl Fagerberg's Javelin thrower was put up on its plinth at Tulegatan - Fredsgatan in Sundbyberg. The javelin thrower is located at the Fredsgatan roundabout. Originally, it was thus intended to be placed at Stockholm's stadium. Large protests broke out when the sculpture The Spear Thrower was to be put up and, among other things, The beauty council had opinions, it was never set up at Stockholm's stadium, but instead was set up in close proximity to Sundbyberg's sports ground. During the 1990s, however, the city of Stockholm, on behalf of Stockholm Stadium, expressed a desire to get the Javelin Thrower "back" in order to set it up in the originally intended location. A compromise was that the city of Stockholm had to cast a smaller copy of the Spear Thrower, of the one that stands today at Sundbyberg's sports field. Since 1999, a copy of the Spear Thrower was added to the one that now stands at Stockholm's stadium, where it is clear that it is a copy of the original (the one at Sundbyberg's sports field).
Animal sculptures
Car Fagerberg is one of our foremost animal sculptors and he has also executed many images of various animals as decorations for pharmacy signs around the country. The following are some examples. Apoteket Älgen's gilded elk at Karlavägen 27 / Engelbrektsgatan 27. Älgen (1903), metal, above the entrance to the former Apoteket Älgen, corner Karlavägen 27/Engelbrektsgatan 27 on Östermalm in Stockholm Bulldoggar (1916), granite relief, Fristadstorget 2, Eskilstuna. Relief of professionals (1915), granite relief, Fristadstorget 5, Eskilstuna. Locket in dark granite at Johannes school (formerly Johannes folk school, which was inaugurated in 1891), Roslagsgatan 61, Vasastan, Stockholm. Björnfamilj (1916), house granite, carved by Arthur Sandin after a model by Carl Fagerberg, southern gate post at the main entrance to the National Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. Reliefs in the wall at the entrance gates to the National Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. Bears (1915) two statues outside the National Museum of Natural History in Frescati on Norra Djurgården, by the museum's portal (1915). 1) Björn (1916), house granite, northern gate post at the main entrance to the National Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, sculpted by Carl Fagerberg. Two sculptures. 2) The second sculpture is Björnfamilj (1916), house granite, carved by Arthur Sandin after a model by Carl Fagerberg, the southern gate post at the main entrance to the National Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. The National Museum's large building complex was built in the years 1907–1916 and the museum building, which is located within the Royal National City Park, was inaugurated on 13 November 1916. Reliefs in granite in the wall under Björn at the entrance gates at the National Museum of Natural History on Norra Djurgården (1915). Seahorses (1928), the roof of Östermalmsgatan 25-27 in Stockholm. Polar bears 1940), two polar bears carved Televerket's building, Gothenburg, in the sides of the stairs and dog heads on the strong corner pillar.
Portrait sculptures and monumental bust
Kristina Nilsson (1938), bronze sculpture of the opera singer at the Kristina Nilsson farm in Ljungby. Kristina Nilsson is portrayed as a thirteen-year-old with a violin in her hand. Carl Fagerberg was also extremely productive as a portrait sculptor and creator of monumental busts. Below are some examples of some of Fagerberg's best works as a portrait sculptor. Johannes Fagerberg, Carl Fagerberg's father, a half-length portrait, exhibited in 1908. David Stockman (1879-1951), court singer (tenor), painter and sculptor, bust in the Royal Opera House. Anders Zorn, artist, exhibited 1921, Prins Eugen's Waldemarsudde. At Waldemarsudde, Prince Eugen created a work of art where indoors and outdoors belong together and are continuations of each other. Albert Engström (1869-1940), artist and writer, several portrait sculptures of the friend, including 1914 and 1922. Albert Engström (1869-1940), gravekeeper at the cemetery at Hult's church in Småland (1943). Albert Engström lived during his upbringing in Hult in Hults parish in Jönköping county in Småland. The parish hut and poorhouse that Albert Engström tells about in his texts can be found in Hult. At Albert Engström's parents' home, Engströmsgården, there is an open-air stage where the so-called Engströmspelen are performed annually by the "Hult amateurs". Thorild Wulff (1877-1917), botanist and research traveler, portrait sculpture (1926) in the Ethnographic Museum in Stockholm. Olof Broman (1676-1750), portrait bust of the rector and parish priest in Hudiksvall (1931), Hudiksvall's church, Bromanparken, Hudiksvall. Olof Broman, together with Urban Hiärne, is considered to be Sweden's first novelist, and wrote about Hälsingland's history, nature and culture and more. Eric Sparre (1816-1886), governor, bust (1936), Plantaget's flowerbed at the square in Vänersborg. Anders Petter Löfström (1831-1909), Sundbyberg's founder, bust in black granite, diabase, (made in 1944, inaugurated in 1946), the bust stands on the slope of the Esplanade facing Tornparken in Sundbyberg since 1946, the bust donated by the city of Sundbyberg in 1946. Anders Petter Löfström was farmer and politician, he founded Sundbyberg's köping in 1888, which in 1927 became Sundbyberg's city. Bust of A.P. Löfström stands at Vegagatan, the founder looks out over the Esplanade. Furthermore, Fagerberg has sculpted monumental busts: Emilie Flygare-Carlén (1807-1892), writer, born in Strömstad (1939), Strömstad. Kristina Nilsson (1843-1921), opera singer (soprano), born in Vederslövs parish, died in Växjö, a statue of Kristina Nilsson at the Kristina Nilsson farm in Ljungby by Carl Fagerberg was unveiled in 1938. The statue shows her as a thirteen-year-old with a violin in the hand. She is buried in a mausoleum at Tegnérkyrkogården in Växjö. Axel Eliasson (1868-1932), wholesaler, businessman, founder of the Children's Day movement, organizer of Children's Day 1910-1931, monumental bust on Barnens ö (Lingslättö) in Väddö parish in Norrtälje municipality in Stockholm's northern archipelago, which was purchased in 1911. Barnens ö was inaugurated 1912 after the Children's Day Association in Stockholm purchased Lingslättö on Väddö. Christofer Wassberg (1863-1929), elementary school teacher, play leader at Stockholm's elementary schools, superintendent on Barnens ö, he was a good help to Axel Eliasson in organizing the children's parties, monumental bust on Barnens ö.
The relief in the Swedenborg church, Stockholm In the Swedenborg Church, Swedenborg's Memorial Church in Stockholm at Tegnérlunden 7 in Stockholm, Carl Fagerberg has created the large relief on the wall at the front to the west (1927). The entire building and the church room and its interior were designed by architect Erland Heurlin (1865-1947) on behalf of the Swedish congregation of the New Church and inaugurated on September 4, 1927.[41] During the years 1884-1887 Heurlin was a student at the Technical University and in the years 1887-1890 he was a student at the Academy of Arts. The church is named after Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). Swedenborg's Memorial Church is located at Tegnérlunden 7 in Stockholm. Swedenborg's Memorial Church in Stockholm at Tegnérlunden 7 in central Stockholm. Swedenborg's Memorial Church in Stockholm at Tegnérlunden 7 in central Stockholm. New Church or Swedenborg Church Carl Fagerberg created the wall relief of the portal (1927). New Church or Swedenborg Church Carl Fagerberg created the wall relief of the portal (1927). Represented Fagerberg is represented at, among others, the National Museum in Stockholm.[42] Kalmar Art Museum[43] Travelers Club Stockholm medal of honor Carl Fagerberg was a member of the Travelers Club and he sculpted the club's medal of honour, instituted in 1921 for the 10th anniversary. The Travelers Club was founded in Stockholm on February 13, 1911. The medal of honor was engraved by Professor Erik Lindberg, Academy of Fine Arts, he is the man behind the medals for the Nobel laureates.
