Gustavsberg porcelain in the context of "Nationalmuseum Stockholm"

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⭐ Core Definition: Gustavsberg porcelain

Gustavsberg is a Swedish porcelain company that originated in 1826.It broke up in the 1990s and was sold off in pieces, to the dismay of residents of the Gustavsberg area, but artisans continued producing ceramics and household porcelain in the Gustavsberg tradition.

Production was split up: AB Gustavsberg manufactures bathroom fixtures and sanitary ware and was a subsidiary of Villeroy & Boch from 2001 until its sale to the Finnish Oras Group in 2025. HPF i Gustavsberg AB, wholly Swedish-owned, continues to manufacture tableware in Gustavsberg.

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Gustavsberg porcelain in the context of Swedish National Museum

Nationalmuseum is the national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm.

The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the National Portrait Gallery collection at Gripshom, the Gustavsberg porcelain museum, several castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris (Institut Tessin). In the summer of 2018, Nationalmuseum Jamtli opened in Östersund to exhibit parts of the collection in the north of Sweden.

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Gustavsberg porcelain in the context of Gustavsberg, Värmdö Municipality

Gustavsberg is a locality situated on the island of Värmdö in Sweden's Stockholm archipelago. From an administrative perspective, it is in Stockholm County and is the seat of Värmdö Municipality. It has 24,000 inhabitants as of 2023. It is most known for its porcelain factory, Gustavsberg porcelain, and toilet bowls distributed nationwide and internationally.

Ösbyträsk Nature Reserve is located nearby.

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