Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving

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The Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving is a style of figure carving. The figures are carved in large flat planes, created primarily using a carving knife. Tool marks are left in the carving and very little (if any) rounding or sanding is done.

[edit] Artisans

• Carl Johan Trygg (1877 – 1954)
• Carl Olaf Trygg (1910 – 1993)
• Nils Trygg (1914 – 1951)
• Lars Trygg
• Harley Refsal
• Axel Petersson Döderhultarn (1868 – 1925)
• Sverre Johnsen (1844 – 1939)
• H. S. "Andy" Anderson (1893 – 1960)
• Josef Oscar Sjògren (1883 – 1964)
• Herman Rosell
• Emil Janel
• Sven Gunnarsson (1909 – 1985)
• Urban Gunnarsson
• Martin Engseth (1903 – 1972)
• Bjarne Walle (1911 – 1989)
• Henning Engelsen (1918 – 2005)

[edit] References

• Refsal, Harley (1992). Woodcarving in the Scandinavian Style. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, New York, 128. ISBN 0-8069-8633-6.