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Nationalmuseum in Stockholm will be supported by a new American Friends Foundation

Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has a new partner in The American Friends of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden Foundation. The Foundation, which was founded this spring, will promote Nationalmuseum's work through, among other things, support for new acquisitions of art and design.

Nationalmuseum is one of the oldest art museums in Europe with the task of preserving the cultural heritage as well as promoting interest in and knowledge of art. It is Sweden’s premier museum of art and design. Its remarkable collections comprise older paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art, and applied art and design up to the present day. In its activities, the museum also integrates an international and intercultural exchange.

"Cooperation with The American Friends of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden Foundation will strengthen Nationalmuseum's extensive international relations with other museums and organizations. With the help of the new friends organization the museum can further develop its position as Sweden's foremost art and design museum", says Berndt Arell, Director General of the government authority Nationalmuseum, incorporating Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde.

To mark the re-opening of the Nationalmuseum building in Stockholm in 2018 and to further develop the museum’s trans-Atlantic collaboration, The American Friends of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden Foundation was founded by a group of US-based supporters. The Foundation’s mission is to support and foster the understanding and appreciation of art and design, which includes promoting and supporting the work of Nationalmuseum. The Foundation will also have a US-based membership program, which will give members access to activities such as exhibitions, lectures, and educational initiatives related to the Nationalmuseum and to art and design generally.

The President of the board is Mr. David Dangoor, the Principal and Presidentof Innoventive Partners LLC. The other Directors are Mr. Berndt Arell, Director General of Nationalmuseum, Mr. Anders Holst, the Founder and President of Unheard of Music LLC, Mr. Bengt Sjogren, the CEO of Interverbum Technology, and Mrs. Barbro Osher, the Honorary Consul General of Sweden in San Francisco.

“Nationalmuseumis one of the leading museums of the world and also recognized and admired in the United States. We are pleased to be able to contribute to the Nationalmuseum'scontinued development and international network of this leading institution at this important time," says Mr Dangoor, President of the board.

The Foundation will launch its first activities in the US in autumn 2017.

For more information, please contact

Berndt Arell, Director General Nationalmuseum, berndt.arell@nationalmuseum.se, +46 767 24 68 48

Mattias Robertson, Head of Press, press@nationalmuseum.se, +46 767 23 46 32

Nationalmuseum is Sweden’s premier museum of art and design. The collections comprise older paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art, and applied art and design up to the present day. The museum building is currently under renovation and scheduled to open again in 2018. In the meantime, the museum will continue its activities through collaborations both in Sweden and abroad as well as temporary exhibitions at Nationalmuseum Design at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm. Nationalmuseum has partnerships with Svenska Dagbladet and the Grand Hôtel Stockholm, and acknowledges the support of FCB Fältman & Malmén.

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Welcome to Nationalmuseum Sweden!

Nationalmuseum is Sweden’s museum of art and design. The collections include paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art from the 16th century up to the beginning of the 20th century and the collection of applied art and design up to the present day. The total amount of objects is around 700,000. .

The emphasis of the collection of paintings is on Swedish 18th and 19th century painting. Dutch painting from the 17th century is also well represented, and the French 18th century collection is regarded as one of the best in the world. The works are made by artists such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Goya, Boucher, Watteau, Renoir and Degas as well as Swedish artists such as Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, Ernst Josephson and Carl Fredrik Hill.

The collection of applied art and design consists of objects such as ceramics, textiles, glass and precious and non-precious metals as well as furniture and books etc. The collection of prints and drawings comprises works by Rembrandt, Watteau, Manet, Sergel, Carl Larsson, Carl Fredrik Hill and Ernst Josephson. Central are the 2,000 master drawings that Carl Gustaf Tessin acquired during his tour of duty as Sweden's ambassador to France in the 18th century.

Art and objects from Nationalmuseum’s collections can also be seen at several royal palaces such as Gripsholm, Drottningholm, Strömsholm, Rosersberg and Ulriksdal as well as in the Swedish Institute in Paris. The museum administers the Swedish National Portrait Gallery at Gripsholm Castle, the world’s oldest national portrait gallery and the Gustavsberg collection with approximately 45,000 objects manufactured at the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory. Nationalmuseum also curates exhibitions at Nationalmuseum Jamtli and the Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum.

Nationalmuseum is a government authority with a mandate to preserve cultural heritage and promote art, interest in art and knowledge of art and that falls within the remit of the Swedish Ministry of Culture.

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