Gerda Höglund

Gerda Höglund (12 March 1878 – 25 March 1973) was a Swedish painter. After attending Kerstin Cardon's school in Stockholm, she moved to Paris where she continued her education at the Académie Julian. In addition to painting landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, she was one of the few 20th-century women who decorated Swedish churches. She began specializing in sacred art after she had been invited to paint an altarpiece for the Swedish church in Johannesburg. Her work can be seen today in 20 churches as well as in the Stockholm City Hall and in the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Biography Born in Stockholm on 12 March 1878, Gerda Höglund was the daughter of the wholesaler and politician and his wife Elin Clara Eugenia née Werner. She was the second of the family's three children. After attending Anna Sandström's girls' school, she trained in art at Kerstin Cardon's painting school and from 1900 to 1904 at the Académie Julian in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens.

Gerda Höglund died in Stockholm on 25 March 1973, aged 95.