Biography

Sigurd Persson was one of the Nordic region’s most prominent and internationally influential designers. Born in Sweden, in 1914, into a family of jewelers in Hälsingborg, Persson trained as a silversmith in his father’s workshop, from 1928 to 1937, and then studied at the Akademie für Angewandte Kunst (Academy of Applied Arts), in Munich, from 1937 to 1939, and at the Konstfackskolan (University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design) in Stockholm from 1939 to 1942.