Stig Lindberg

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Wilhelm Kåge and Stig Lindberg (right), Gustavsberg, ca 1938

Stig Lindberg (1916–1982) was a Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, and illustrator.

One of Sweden's most important postwar designers, Lindberg created whimsical studio ceramics and graceful tableware lines during a long career with the Gustavsberg pottery factory. Stig Lindberg studied painting at the Swedish State School of Arts, Crafts and Design. In 1937, he went to work at Gustavsberg under Wilhelm Kåge. In 1949, he was named Kåge's successor as art director. From this period until he left Gustavsberg in 1980, he designed individual ceramic items, as well as factory produced ranges and lines of dinnerware. He achieved fame for his eccentric forms and whimsical decoration.

His work is featured in an exhibition— Utställning: ©Stig Lindberg (Exhibition: ©Stig Lindberg)— at the Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts May 11, 2006–February 25, 2007.