{"id":10322,"date":"2025-07-14T11:57:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/the-children\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:57:24","slug":"the-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/en\/the-children\/","title":{"rendered":"The Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10322\" class=\"elementor elementor-10322 elementor-96\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d073a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62d073a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4121a71 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4121a71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c00d6be elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-bcn_widget\" data-id=\"c00d6be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-bcn_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\">\r\n  <a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" href=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/en\/\" class=\"home\">\r\n    <span property=\"name\">Hem<\/span>\r\n  <\/a>\r\n  <meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\">\r\n<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e71098 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e71098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The children take center stage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbd60a3 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbd60a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Everyday life depicted<br \/>with Carl's brush<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad51ce1 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad51ce1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Everyday life depicted with Carl's brush<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f7f38 e-con-full 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>VIKING EXPEDITION IN DALOM. Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1900. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6b91 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5de6b91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vikingatag-i-dalom-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1890.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10323\" alt=\"Viking-expedition-in-dalom-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vikingatag-i-dalom-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1890.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vikingatag-i-dalom-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1890-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vikingatag-i-dalom-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1890-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vikingatag-i-dalom-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1890-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Vikingatag-i-dalom-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1890-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-716be6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"716be6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3182a8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3182a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Posing for father Carl is part of the children&#8217;s upbringing. The painting \u201c\u2060Viking Expedition in Dalom\u2060\u201d shows all the children gathered during a boat trip in Sundborn, the only painting in which they are all together. Carl captures the moment with a warm and harmonious feeling, filled with energy and activity. The children&#8217;s clothes are designed by Karin and adapted for children&#8217;s life and play, something that is not common for the time. Her craftsmanship contributes to the timeless quality that Carl captures in his works.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab5d6d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab5d6d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d32d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27d32d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Namnsdag-pa-harbret-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1898-rhs4u2z2dqkvasdbkpcxkamgva98f1kvefove23m1e.jpg\" title=\"Name-day-at-the-arbor-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1898\" alt=\"Name-day-at-the-arbor-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1898\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-444964f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"444964f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NAME DAY AT THE ARBOR. Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1898. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c7a522 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c7a522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Carl depicts how the children dress up to celebrate the maid Emma&#8217;s name day. Against Karin&#8217;s textile design\u2014the striped canopy with embroidered birds and the red balls inspired by folk costume decorations\u2014he composes his image of the family&#8217;s everyday life. Karin&#8217;s design language becomes the framework within which he works.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75bae7f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"75bae7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b3aeb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a0b3aeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-defc82c elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"defc82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"34.997\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 34.997\"><g id=\"Group_186\" data-name=\"Group 186\" transform=\"translate(0 13.846)\"><g id=\"Group_185\" data-name=\"Group 185\" transform=\"translate(0 -13.847)\"><path id=\"Path_309\" data-name=\"Path 309\" d=\"M10.577,0,3.715,6.862l6.862,6.84,6.862-6.84Zm3.771,17.5,6.862,6.86,6.865-6.86-6.865-6.842Zm-21.272,0,6.865,6.86L6.8,17.5-.059,10.659ZM3.715,28.135,10.577,35l6.862-6.862L10.577,21.3Z\" transform=\"translate(6.924)\" fill=\"#fd4834\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bab2046 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bab2046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7239d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d7239d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7023d99 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7023d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A family with<br \/>many siblings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d49a00 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d49a00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Carl and Karin Larsson have eight children, six of whom reach adulthood. The eldest is Suzanne (1884-1958) and after her follow four brothers and three sisters; Ulf (1887-1905), Pontus (1888-1984), Lisbeth (1891-1979), Brita (1893-1982), Mats (1894, died two months old), Kersti (1896-1975) and Esbj\u00f6rn (1900-1937). <br><br><\/p><p> <\/p><p>After spending Christmas and summers in Sundborn, the family moves to Lilla Hyttn\u00e4s in 1901. There the children grow up and we follow the family&#8217;s life just as it was through paintings such as <span class=\"cl-nbq\" style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u201cBrita&#8217;s Nap,\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"cl-nbq\" style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u201cName Day at the Arbor,\u201d<\/span> \u201c\u2060Brita, a Cat and a Sandwich<span class=\"cl-nbq\" style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u201d and \u201c<\/span>A Bathing Place.\u2060\u201d One could say that Carl and Karin together create \u201c\u2060the Instagram of their time,\u2060\u201d where the viewer is welcomed into their home and given a glimpse into a warm, loving and creative family life.  <br><br><\/p><p> <\/p><p>Even today, we as visitors are invited to share in the children&#8217;s world in Sundborn. New generations take over and the Carl Larsson House is still a living home where the family stays at the estate to celebrate Christmas and enjoy endless summers. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61aa24f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61aa24f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80861e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"80861e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e0b78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8e0b78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be2d0b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be2d0b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Suzanne-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1894-rhs4u4ui5cpvifeswuwwh1o58r9gfjxv8nlyzx36im.jpg\" title=\"Suzanne-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1894\" alt=\"Suzanne-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1894\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa4b52 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fa4b52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SUZANNE. Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1894. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d11df31 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d11df31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8143524 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8143524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Suzanne 1884-1958<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc73c5a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc73c5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Suzanne is born in Grez-sur-Loing in August 1884. She is their firstborn and even though Carl thinks it will be a Ulf, he is euphoric over his little daughter and writes blissful letters to his mother-in-law. Suzanne will pose for Carl many times in her life and shows artistic talent herself. The flowers she paints on the walls in her room at Lilla Hyttn\u00e4s are still there. She trains as a nurse at Sophiahemmet but after marrying the physician Petrus Ranstr\u00f6m in 1911, she devotes herself to the children instead. Gunl\u00f6g is born in 1912, Stig in 1914 and Tage in 1915. They settle in Eskilstuna.      <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d360ef6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d360ef6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c86988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c86988\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Ulf-och-Pontus-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1894-rhs4u5scc6r5u1dfrdbj1jflu54tn91lks9gh71u5o.jpg\" title=\"Ulf-and-Pontus-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1894\" alt=\"Ulf-and-Pontus-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1894\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9afb185 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9afb185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ULF AND PONTUS. Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1894. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7e4907 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7e4907\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00f7a0e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00f7a0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ulf 1887-1905<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b36a9f2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b36a9f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ulf is born in Gothenburg in April 1887 when the family lives there while Carl teaches at Valand School of Fine Arts. Ulf is also portrayed in countless paintings. Ulf is interested in agriculture and Carl long believes he will become a farmer. Tragically, he develops appendicitis in 1905 and dies from complications after the operation at only 18 years old. The grief strikes Carl and the family very hard and Carl travels in his sorrow through Europe with Karin&#8217;s fond memory. The letters home breathe sorrow and melancholy.     <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88567c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88567c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef090f4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef090f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pontus 1888-1984<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e805270 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e805270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pontus is born on October 26, 1888 in Paris where Carl was working on large commissions. Suzanne and Ulf stay home with grandmother in Hallsberg that year and do not meet their new sibling until Carl and Karin come home. During World War I, Pontus does his military service on the cruiser Fylgia and continues through life to love sailing. He trains as a shipbuilder at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and works as a civil engineer and designer at AB Separator in Stockholm and Germany for 50 years. In 1933 he marries Fredrika Sandberg (Rika) and they have their daughter Anna-Lisa in 1940.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e437e9b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e437e9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9453dc5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9453dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1577e91 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"1577e91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"34.997\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 34.997\"><g id=\"Group_186\" data-name=\"Group 186\" transform=\"translate(0 13.846)\"><g id=\"Group_185\" data-name=\"Group 185\" transform=\"translate(0 -13.847)\"><path id=\"Path_309\" data-name=\"Path 309\" d=\"M10.577,0,3.715,6.862l6.862,6.84,6.862-6.84Zm3.771,17.5,6.862,6.86,6.865-6.86-6.865-6.842Zm-21.272,0,6.865,6.86L6.8,17.5-.059,10.659ZM3.715,28.135,10.577,35l6.862-6.862L10.577,21.3Z\" transform=\"translate(6.924)\" fill=\"#fd4834\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d01e04 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9d01e04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6661944 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6661944\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c3f09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70c3f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Ateljeidyll-Pastell-Carl-Larsson-1885-rhs4tvg5w7pfc8e7jksw483t6mbt9i2ob2v0rjt4j2.jpg\" title=\"Studio-idyll-Pastel-Carl-Larsson-1885\" alt=\"Studio-idyll-Pastel-Carl-Larsson-1885\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb6bfc4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb6bfc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>STUDIO IDYLL. Pastel, Carl Larsson, 1885. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a36bf56 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a36bf56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Karin is portrayed with the couple&#8217;s first child Suzanne in the studio in Grez-sur-Loing where Carl and Karin live as newlyweds. The work is a pastel painting where the pastel crayon creates both lines and surfaces, giving the painting its characteristic powdery and velvety smooth surface. The painting has recently undergone extensive conservation and is displayed at the National Museum.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52f4356 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52f4356\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ee3ae elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"78ee3ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1111c1c elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"1111c1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"34.997\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 34.997\"><g id=\"Group_186\" data-name=\"Group 186\" transform=\"translate(0 13.846)\"><g id=\"Group_185\" data-name=\"Group 185\" transform=\"translate(0 -13.847)\"><path id=\"Path_309\" data-name=\"Path 309\" d=\"M10.577,0,3.715,6.862l6.862,6.84,6.862-6.84Zm3.771,17.5,6.862,6.86,6.865-6.86-6.865-6.842Zm-21.272,0,6.865,6.86L6.8,17.5-.059,10.659ZM3.715,28.135,10.577,35l6.862-6.862L10.577,21.3Z\" transform=\"translate(6.924)\" fill=\"#fd4834\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a19e5d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8a19e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06095bc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06095bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9db7c08 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9db7c08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbecf1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0fbecf1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-000af92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"000af92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Lisbeth-med-gul-tulpan-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1894-rhs4u20zkum0jliwdbp0rkdrglncsgmo89nik37cra.jpg\" title=\"Lisbeth-with-yellow-tulip-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1894\" alt=\"Lisbeth-with-yellow-tulip-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1894\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a95a7c8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a95a7c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IN THE NIGHTGOWN \/ LISBETH WITH YELLOW TULIP.<br\/>Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1894.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b72f170 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b72f170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IN THE NIGHTGOWN \/ LISBETH WITH YELLOW TULIP. Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1894. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6007c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6007c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d15dab3 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d15dab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lisbeth 1891-1979<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf238f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bf238f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lisbeth is born in February 1891 on Glasbruksgatan in S\u00f6der in Stockholm. She immediately proves to be a cheerful child and is frequently painted by Carl. Lisbeth trains as a physical therapist and gymnastics director at Arvedson&#8217;s Gymnastics Institute in Stockholm. She lives with Brita in Germany during World War I. In 1919, just a few months after Carl&#8217;s death, she marries the banker Gustaf Brunkman. They then live in Berlin, Copenhagen and finally in Djursholm. They have three children\u2014Kersti in 1920, Karin in 1923 and Birgit in 1925.      <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1fa26a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1fa26a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db7309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5db7309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Brita-och-jag-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1895-rhs4twdyfuealxr3a999clszwaf5ia0a7hqlofftfg.jpg\" title=\"Brita-and-I-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1895\" alt=\"Brita-and-I-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1895\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffdaa36 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffdaa36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BRITA AND I. Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1895. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3c7b9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3c7b9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db9b06 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6db9b06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brita 1893-1982<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12709f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c12709f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brita is born in Marstrand in May 1893. She grows up in Stockholm, Gothenburg and during summers in Sundborn. In 1910 she travels to Germany to improve her German and meets Gustav Friederich who later becomes her husband. Brita works during the war as a physical therapist in Bremen and Hamburg. Only after the war, in 1920, can she finally marry Gustav. They have the children Ulwa in 1921, Locki in 1923, Daike in 1925 and Nils in 1930. Gustav dies in 1933 and Brita then moves home to Falun where she resumes work as a physical therapist.      <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad1d628 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad1d628\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6561b5f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6561b5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b57e55f elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"b57e55f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"34.997\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 34.997\"><g id=\"Group_186\" data-name=\"Group 186\" transform=\"translate(0 13.846)\"><g id=\"Group_185\" data-name=\"Group 185\" transform=\"translate(0 -13.847)\"><path id=\"Path_309\" data-name=\"Path 309\" d=\"M10.577,0,3.715,6.862l6.862,6.84,6.862-6.84Zm3.771,17.5,6.862,6.86,6.865-6.86-6.865-6.842Zm-21.272,0,6.865,6.86L6.8,17.5-.059,10.659ZM3.715,28.135,10.577,35l6.862-6.862L10.577,21.3Z\" transform=\"translate(6.924)\" fill=\"#fd4834\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da90190 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"da90190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54bc93f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54bc93f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fca2329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fca2329\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karin-vid-Markusplatsen-Venedig-1894.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10330\" alt=\"Karin-at-St-Marks-Square-Venice-1894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karin-vid-Markusplatsen-Venedig-1894.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karin-vid-Markusplatsen-Venedig-1894-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karin-vid-Markusplatsen-Venedig-1894-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karin-vid-Markusplatsen-Venedig-1894-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karin-vid-Markusplatsen-Venedig-1894-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf98bcb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf98bcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-336f354 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"336f354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PHOTO: Carl Larsson House. Karin at St. Mark&#8217;s Square. Venice, 1894.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e1007 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e1007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PHOTO: Carl Larsson House. <br>Karin at St. Mark&#8217;s Square. Venice, 1894. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c501c2f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c501c2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-532d93f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"532d93f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mats 1894<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bb1cce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bb1cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a photograph from Venice in 1894, Karin is seen standing in the wind among the pigeons at St. Mark&#8217;s Square. One can see that she is pregnant and it is little Mats who is on the way. Mats is born in Stockholm in November 1894 but dies already in January 1895, only two months old. The grief is great. In a letter to Hilda, Karin writes: \u201c\u2060Our little boy fell asleep so gently this morning. He is already wrapped, white and cold out there in the studio. We are grateful that he did not have to suffer any longer.\u2060\u201d      <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1233a97 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1233a97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24230be elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"24230be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2eedbb elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"f2eedbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"34.997\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 34.997\"><g id=\"Group_186\" data-name=\"Group 186\" transform=\"translate(0 13.846)\"><g id=\"Group_185\" data-name=\"Group 185\" transform=\"translate(0 -13.847)\"><path id=\"Path_309\" data-name=\"Path 309\" d=\"M10.577,0,3.715,6.862l6.862,6.84,6.862-6.84Zm3.771,17.5,6.862,6.86,6.865-6.86-6.865-6.842Zm-21.272,0,6.865,6.86L6.8,17.5-.059,10.659ZM3.715,28.135,10.577,35l6.862-6.862L10.577,21.3Z\" transform=\"translate(6.924)\" fill=\"#fd4834\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e9f90f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4e9f90f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f5757a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f5757a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c80278 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c80278\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be625ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be625ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b76f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06b76f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Karin-och-Kersti-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1898-rhs4tz7h0ci5krmztsh5233dog195dbh7vp249bm78.jpg\" title=\"Karin-and-Kersti-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1898\" alt=\"Karin-and-Kersti-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1898\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-370eb7e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"370eb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>KARIN AND KERSTI. Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1898. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a0d95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03a0d95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce09a1e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce09a1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kersti 1896-1975<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f808e46 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f808e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the end of March 1896, Kersti is born, also frail and weak. But Kersti fortunately survives even though she has problems with her lungs in her youth and spends long periods with the Zorns in Mora to get peace and quiet. When she is strong again, it is her wish to become a gardener. In 1917 she attends Rudolf Abelin&#8217;s new gardening school at Adelsn\u00e4s and does practical training at Vrams Gunnarstorp. In 1918 she meets the lieutenant Axel Frieberg. They marry in 1921 and move into Spadarvet. They have the children Ulla-Brita in 1922, Anders in 1924, Marit in 1925, Ulf in 1932 and Karin in 1939.      <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25720a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25720a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45554e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45554e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carllarsson.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Esbjorn-Akvarell-Carl-Larsson-1900-rhs4ty9mtigv95ocza2ihlbx325vxo7qvr1kmzcvmm.jpg\" title=\"Esbjorn-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1900\" alt=\"Esbjorn-Watercolor-Carl-Larsson-1900\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a90322e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a90322e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ESBJ\u00d6RN. Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1900. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21bd0c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21bd0c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a970842 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a970842\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Esbj\u00f6rn 1900-1937<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ae818 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1ae818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Esbj\u00f6rn, who is born in Stockholm on May 5, 1900, becomes their eighth and last child. Already the following year they settle permanently in Sundborn and there Esbj\u00f6rn grows up. He and Karin spend much time together. Their coffee moments are often described in the letters. Esbj\u00f6rn trains as an agronomist at Alnarp and buys a farm outside Str\u00e4ngn\u00e4s. He marries Greta in 1929, a year after Karin&#8217;s death. They have their son Lars in 1930. During the 1930s depression and difficult economic situation, it is hard to manage the farm and Esbj\u00f6rn is forced to sell it, after which they move to Lilla Hyttn\u00e4s. But there the family&#8217;s difficulties continue and Esbj\u00f6rn takes his life in 1937.        <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-158a335 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"158a335\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abcf74 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9abcf74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6c092b elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"e6c092b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"35\" height=\"34.997\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 34.997\"><g id=\"Group_186\" data-name=\"Group 186\" transform=\"translate(0 13.846)\"><g id=\"Group_185\" data-name=\"Group 185\" transform=\"translate(0 -13.847)\"><path id=\"Path_309\" data-name=\"Path 309\" d=\"M10.577,0,3.715,6.862l6.862,6.84,6.862-6.84Zm3.771,17.5,6.862,6.86,6.865-6.86-6.865-6.842Zm-21.272,0,6.865,6.86L6.8,17.5-.059,10.659ZM3.715,28.135,10.577,35l6.862-6.862L10.577,21.3Z\" transform=\"translate(6.924)\" fill=\"#fd4834\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6cbbc4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e6cbbc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The children take center stage Everyday life depictedwith Carl&#8217;s brush Everyday life depicted with Carl&#8217;s brush VIKING EXPEDITION IN DALOM. Watercolor, Carl Larsson, 1900. Posing for father Carl is part of the children&#8217;s upbringing. 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