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SPRING 2021 BOKFÖRLAGET STOLPE
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Cover: Lejonjakten [The Lion Hunt] by Axel Törneman, 1918.
Design: Patric Leo
HILMA AF KLINT
Occult Painter and Abstract Pioneer
This classic pioneering work by Åke Fant is now available in English
translation for the first time since its original publication in 1989. Following
her training at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and
twenty years of painting, Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) began working with an
abstract visual language in 1906. She then dedicated the rest of her life to an
immense artistic commission. Like her contemporaries Kandinsky, Malevich
and Mondrian, af Klint was inspired by the spiritual realm. She drew on
occult sources of her day, such as Spiritualism and the writings of Madame
Blavatsky, Annie Besant and Rudolf Steiner.
This edition supplements Åke Fant’s original text and Lars Nittve’s
foreword with a new preface by Kurt Almqvist and an updated timeline.
Fant’s work remains vital even in the light of subsequent research, at a time
when interest in Hilma af Klint and her work has never been greater.
Åke Fant, (1943–1997) was a senior
lecturer, art historian and sculptor.
To this day he is considered to be
the foremost connoisseur of Hilma
af Klint’s oeuvre and the one who
performed the first comprehensive
review of her works.
Translation: Ruth Urbom
ISBN: 978-91-89069-47-3. 155 illustrations. 29 x 23 cm (portrait). 256 pp. Also available in Swedish.
Specification: Clothbound with a debossed sticker and gold foil stamp, sewn.
Published in February 2021.
HILMA AF KLINT
Message and Mission
Hilma af Klint’s works carry within them a message and a philosophy of life,
and according to Erik af Klint (1901–81), who was the sole heir to af Klint’s
oeuvre, and founder of The Hilma af Klint Foundation, ‘Everything should
be done to bring this hidden message to light.’
The artist left behind 1600 works of different kinds, of which 124 are
notebooks with a total of 26,000 pages. For the first time, all these diaries
and notebooks have now been combed through in the quest for the answer to
what message, mission and philosophy of life the work contains, and what, as
Erik af Klint writes, ‘Hilma af Klint’s spiritual masters intended with them.’
Hilma af Klint called the notebooks ‘educational material’, and they are the
key to understanding her paintings.
The book, among other things, brings up ideas from Spiritualism,
Theosophy and Anthroposophy, and also thoughts from Rosicrucianism,
that af Klint called ‘mystery knowledge’, and which influenced her message,
mission and philosophy of life.
Kurt Almqvist, President of Axel
and Margaret Ax:son Johnsons
Foundation for Public Benefit, and
board member of The Hilma af Klint
Foundation.
Translation: Ruth Urbom
ISBN: 978-91-89069-96-1. Approx. 95 illustrations. 29 x 23 cm (portrait). Approx. 152 pages. Also available in Swedish.
Specifications: Clothbound with a debossed sticker and gold foil stamp, sewn.
Release: Autumn 2021.
Not all artists oeuvre can, will, or deserve to be collected in a CATALOGUE
RAISONNÉ. But Hilma af Klint’s art not only deserves it – it demands it –
since her oeuvre holds a message and reveals a philosophy. For the first time
ever, the reader will be able to review the complete works of Hilma af Klint
in this historical document divided into seven volumes. It is undeniably one
of Sweden’s most fascinating collections of artistic output. The first three
volumes was published in autumn 2020.
The paintings are presented in the same order as the anthroposophist
Olof Sundström placed them in 1945, on assignment from Erik af Klint
(1901–1981). He was the sole heir of Hilma af Klint’s works as well as the
sole donor to and founder of The Hilma af Klint Foundation in 1972.
The works are printed in an exclusive edition designed by Patric Leo. The
series is produced in cooperation with Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson
Foundation, and features introductions by Daniel Birnbaum and Kurt
Almqvist. The final volume includes a biographical essay on Hilma af Klint
by the German author Julia Voss. A separate slipcase containing the seven
volumes will be available in spring 2022.
‘Here we can all follow the chronological development and hopefully
understand a bit more about af Klint’s elusive, esoteric image-world. It is a
tool that facilitates research, and fundamentally establishes the artist’s work
– all in all, a true deed for culture.’ Birgitta Rubin, Dagens Nyheter
Kurt Almqvist, President of Axel and Daniel Birnbaum, Artistic Director of
Margaret Ax:son Johnsons Foundation Acute Art, London, UK. Former roles
for Public Benefit, and board member include Director of Moderna Museet in
of The Hilma af Klint Foundation. Stockholm, and board member of The
Hilma af Klint Foundation.
Slipcase including books ISBN: 978-91-98523-66-9. Slipcase excluding books ISBN: 978-91-89069-32-9.
Specification: Clothbound with a debossed sticker. Dimensions TBA.
Release: Spring 2022.
SPIRITUALISTIC DRAWINGS (1895–1910) THE PAINTINGS FOR THE TEMPLE (1906 –1915)
The abstraction in Hilma af Klint’s pictures developed over time; it was The Paintings for the Temple is the best known of Hilma af Klint’s series of
a process in which a group of female friends, The Five, played a major works. These mostly abstract paintings, including The Ten Largest, came to
role. The members of the group acted as mediums and deemed themselves the artist – she claims – mediumistically. The series illustrates the message to
receivers of messages from spirits regarding the development of humanity. humanity that she believed had come to her by way of the High Masters.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-23-7. Approx. 350 illustrations. 31 x 24 cm (portrait). 368 pp. ISBN: 978-91-89069-11-4. 193 illustrations. 31 x 24 cm (portrait). 232 pp.
Specification: Clothbound with a debossed sticker, sewn. Specification: Clothbound with a debossed sticker, sewn.
Published in January 2021. Published in November 2020.
THE BLUE BOOKS PARSIFAL AND THE ATOM (1916 –1917)
In ten blue sketchbooks Hilma af Klint’s presented miniatures for The In her two series Parsifal and The Atom, Hilma af Klint interpreted the
Paintings for the Temple, photographs as well as aquarelles. Hilma af Klint messages she previously had received. In Parsifal she explored humanity’s
travelled with these books in order to show a selected few her creations in a different levels of experience through an inner journey that overcomes all
more accessible format. types of duality. In The Atom series, af Klint explored the spiritual foundation
of reality beyond the immediate impressions of the mind.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-24-4. 140 illustrations. 31 x 24 cm (portrait). 192 pp. ISBN: 978-91-89069-25-1. Approx. 212 illustrations. 31 x 24 cm (portrait). 196 pp.
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Published in November 2020. Release: May 2021.
GEOMETRIC SERIES AND LATE WATERCOLOURS (1922 –1941)
OTHER WORKS (1917–1920) After her mother’s death in 1920, Hilma af Klint gave up her geometric
works and began to paint with watercolours, inspired by Anthroposophy.
Hilma af Klint executed a sort of research and used ‘spiritual scientific’
This is seen in the series On the Viewing of Flowers and Trees from 1922.
methods, a phrase from Anthroposophy, in order to understand the spiritual
evolution and development of mankind. In her studies of living beings she
gained insight into an abstract world of geometrical conditions and guidelines.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-26-8. Approx. 126 illustrations. 31 x 24 cm (portrait). Approx. 140 pp. ISBN: 978-91-89069-27-5. Approx. 450 illustrations. 31 x 24 cm (portrait). 376 pp.
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Release: Autumn 2021. Release: May 2021.
LANDSCAPES, PORTRAITS AND
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS (1886 –1940)
This volume shows Hilma af Klint as a painter of landscapes, portraits and
botanical works. The total number of illustrations is still not determined
since many of these works were sold to private buyers, where they remain.
In 2020, the publishing house will conduct a search to find further works.
“Today Hilma af Klint is recognised as one of the world’s most esteemed
artists – an unprecedented triumph. Hilma af Klint’s time is now. Her art has
become an important part of our Swedish cultural heritage.
Few artists have been given the privilege of a catalogue raisonné. Thanks to
Bokförlaget Stolpe’s comprehensive work, we now have the opportunity to
become acquainted with the entirety of Hilma af Klint’s artistry. This would
not have been possible without the support of the Axel and Margaret Ax:son
Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. As chairman of The Hilma af Klint
Foundation, I would like to convey my warmest thanks.”
Ulrika af Klint
Chair, The Hilma af Klint Foundation
ISBN: 978-91-89069-28-2. Number of illustrations and pages not determined. 31 x 24 cm (portrait).
Specification: Clothbound with a debossed sticker, sewn.
Release: Spring 2022.
MÄNNISKAN OCH HENNES SYMBOLER
(‘Man and His Symbols’)
Man and His Symbols (here in a new edition, translated by Karin Stolpe in
1966) came about in cooperation with C.G. Jung’s closest associates. The
book, that is one of depth psychology’s popular-science classics, explains his
theory of the meaning of symbols – especially dream symbols.
The first chapter, ‘Approaching the Unconscious’, was written by Jung
himself shortly before his death in June 1961. It constitutes a third of the
book and presents an accessible and fascinating account of Jung’s view of
the unconscious and its symbols.
Jung’s associates Joseph L. Henderson, Marie-Louise von Franz, Aniela
Jaffé and Jolande Jacobi, then develop his ideas in the chapters ‘Ancient
Myth and Modern Man’, ‘The Process of Individuation’, ‘Symbolism in the
Visual Arts’, and ‘Symbols in an Individual Analysis’.
Over 500 illustrations provide a continuous commentary to Jung’s ideas.
They show the nature of dreams and their function, penetrate the symbolism
in art and interpret the psychological significance. Jung’s thoughts about
what creates meaning for a person, and the insight into how symbols affect
our emotional lives, are constantly relevant as an expression of humanity’s
never-ending existential need for goals and meaning – and with that also
wisdom.
Carl Gustav Jung, 1875–1961, Swiss Joseph L. Henderson, 1903–2007,
psychiatrist and founder of analytical American physician and Jungian
psychology, also known as Jungian psychologist.
psychology. Jolande Jacobi, 1890–1973, Swiss
Marie-Louise von Franz, 1915–1998, psychologist and author.
Swiss psychologist, author and Aniela Jaffé, 1903–1991, Swiss analyst.
founder of the C. G. Jung Institute
Zurich. Translation: Karin Stolpe
ISBN Swedish edition: 978-91-89069-05-3. 400 illustrations. 30 x 20 cm (portrait). 510 pp.
Specification: Clothbound with a debossed sticker, gold and silver foil stamp, sewn, ribbon markers.
Published in December 2020.THE VANADIS EXPEDITION
An Ethnographic Voyage Around the World
1883–1885
The Swedish steam frigate Vanadis circumnavigated the globe between 1883
and 1885. Onboard was the archaeologist and ethnographer Hjalmar Stolpe,
accompanied by the young photographer Oscar Ekholm. Together they
documented the peoples and societies from South America’s coasts to the
islands of the Pacific.
Oscar Ekholm became one of the first global travellers practising the
nascent art of photography, but is almost completely forgotten today. For the
first time, a selection of around 700 of Ekholm’s unique photographs from
the expedition are showcased. With copious extracts from Hjalmar Stolpe’s
letters and articles, this graphic depiction gives us access to life onboard
the Vanadis. Despite the colonial imperialism and social divides of the
time, the photos and texts also tell the story of human warmth, curiosity and
humanism in the encounter between people of different continents.
Bo G Erikson, holds an honorary
doctorate at Uppsala University
and is a well-known tv presenter
and producer. He has devoted
several years to the research of both
Hjalmar Stolpe’s life and the Vanadis
Expedition.
Bengt Wanselius is a photographer and a
picture editor. He has created several
award-winning photography books.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-20-6. 130 illustrations. 23 x 31 cm (landscape). 230 pp. Also available in Swedish.
Specification: Clothbound with a debossed sticker and gold foil stamp, sewn.
Release: March 2021.AXEL TÖRNEMAN
1880–1925
A Forgotten Pioneer
Axel Törneman (1880–1925) was a pioneer in modern Swedish art history,
mostly noted for his monumental frescos in the Stockholm City Hall and the
Swedish parliament building. Intense and headstrong, he pursued his own
path, consciously choosing not to belong to any contemporary artistic group.
This is the first biography of Axel Törneman. It includes all his best-
known works alongside a large number of easel paintings and drawings. With
previously unpublished material such as photographs and drawings, the
book paints the picture of an artist who constantly sought new motifs as well
as techniques, and who despite a short and at times quite dramatic life was
one of the most significant artists at the dawn of modernism in Sweden.
Anita Theorell holds a PhD in Art
History and is the author of several
books on cultural history. She has
done research on Axel Törneman
since the 1960s.
Bengt Wanselius is a photographer
and picture editor who has
received acclaim for several of his
photography books.
Translation: Anna Wohl
ISBN: 978-91-89069-09-1. 140 illustrations. 32 x 24 cm (portrait). 268 pp. Also available in Swedish.
Specification: Clothbound with foil stamp, sewn.
Release: March 2021.THE ART AND CRAFT OF
GARDEN MAKING
Thomas H. Mawson’s book was first published in 1900 and is a classic today,
the definitive guide to garden making. The book deals with topics such as ‘the
practice of garden design’, ‘the choice of a site and its treatment’, ‘terraces
and terrace gardens’ and ‘flower gardens, beds and borders’.
The Art and Craft of Garden Making has been published in many editions;
the fifth edition from 1926 is considered the most beautiful. We are making
this version available as a facsimile to give more people the opportunity to
discover Mawson’s exquisite work. The book contains a new foreword written
by author Clive Aslet.
Thomas Hayton Mawson (1861–1933),
was a British garden designer,
landscape architect and urban planner.
ISBN English facsimile: 978-91-89069-98-5. Approx. 200 illustrations. 36 x 24.5 cm (portrait). 440 + 4 pages with a new foreword.
Specifications: Clothbound with gold foil and gilded page edges, sewn.
Release: April 2021.KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION
The Potential and Peril of Human Intelligence
We have come a long way from the religions, myths and foundation stories
that created the bedrock of man’s early understanding of the world and
everything in it, and our stock of knowledge has increased exponentially
in recent times. In this volume leading scholars in the arts and sciences
discuss how knowledge and information have been preserved and transferred
throughout history, bringing us up to today’s digital age and the multiple
challenges it presents, not least with regard to our personal data.
Amid growing tension between a ‘cognitive elite’ and those who feel
excluded from public discourse and decision making, alongside increasing
friction in academia over freedom of interpretation and expression, will our
information society turn out to be an era of enlightenment or are we entering
a new dark age for knowledge?
The anthology is published in a richly illustrated clothbound edition.
Editors are Kurt Almqvist and Mattias Hessérus.
Contributing writers:
Erica Benner, Gill Bennett, Maria Borelius, Peter Burke, Nicholas Carr,
Christopher Coker, Peter Frankopan, Jessica Frazier, David Goodhart,
Michael Goodman, Janne Haaland Matláry, John Hemming,
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Martin Ingvar, Andrew Keen, Elisabeth Kendall,
Claire Lehmann, Iain Martin, Simon Mayall, Richard Miles, Fraser Nelson,
Brendan O’Neill, Mark Pagel, Mark Plotkin, Nathan Shachar, Mariano Sigman,
M Antoni J Ucerler and Adrian Wooldridge.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-61-9. 60 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm (portrait). 352 pages. Also available in Swedish.
Specifications: Clothbound with debossed sticker and gold foil stamp, sewn, ribbon marker.
Published in February 2021.SOCIETY IN CRISIS
Our Capacity for Adaptation and Reorientation
Wars, revolutions and pandemics are recurring phenomena in human history.
In this anthology twenty-five world-leading scholars describe and analyse
how different societies handle these situations, and highlight humanity’s
unprecedented capacity for adaption and reorientation. A crisis entails
problems, but also opportunities.
The anthology is published in a richly illustrated clothbound edition.
Editors are Kurt Almqvist, Mattias Hessérus and Iain Martin.
Contributing writers:
Clive Aslet, Philip Bobbitt, Peter Burke, Gillian Clark, Jonathan Fenby,
Peter Frankopan, Jessica Frazier, Lawrence Freedman, Matthew Goodwin,
Andrew Graham-Dixon, Johan Hakelius, Vanessa Harding, Tom Holland,
Mark Honigsbaum, Alex Lee, Tim Marshall, Lincoln Paine, Iskander Rehman,
Donald Sassoon, David Seedhouse, Graham Stewart, Hew Strachan,
Helen Thompson, Richard Whatmore and Adrian Wooldridge.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-93-0. Approx. 80 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm (portrait). Approx. 300 pages. Also available in Swedish.
Specifications: Clothbound with debossed sticker and gold foil stamp, sewn, ribbon marker.
Release: April 2021.SVENSKARNA
OCH DET HELIGA LANDET
(‘Swedes and the Holy Land’)
The relationship between the Swede and the Holy Land is unique in cultural
history. Ever since the Bible started being read in Swedish about 500 years
ago, the geography of the land and the legends of the scripture have been
woven into our identity and our view on history. How did this come to be?
In this anthology crusaders, pilgrims, merchants, scientists, and writers
with a connection to the country, illuminate how this fascinating relationship
developed, from the Viking Age until the present day. Among other things,
we get to read about how Swedish people’s idea of themselves as Christians
has been shaped over the centuries; how we came to change our religion;
and what effect Holy Birgitta’s revelations in Bethlehem had on Swedish
religiosity; as well as the effects of Fredrika Bremer’s and Selma Lagerlöf’s
books about Jerusalem.
Are contemporary Swedes really as secular as we generally assume?
The essays in this richly illustrated volume come from the seminar ‘Swedes
in the Holy Land’, which took place at the American Colony Hotel in
Jerusalem in 2020. Editors are Kurt Almqvist, Louise Belfrage and Nathan
Shachar.
Contributing writers:
Roger Andersson, Louise Belfrage, Karin Bosch Roxman, Carina Burman,
David Dunér, Nils Ekedahl, Mia Gröndahl, Thord Heinonen Silverbark,
Åsa Karlsson, Dan Korn, Arne Lapidus, Rachel Lev, Anna Nordlund, Axel Odelberg,
Nathan Shachar, Jesper Svartvik, David Thurfjell, Kurt Villads Jensen,
Håkan Wahlquist and Lars Wollin.
ISBN Swedish edition: 978-91-89069-95-4. Approx. 140 illustrations. 25.6 x 25.3 cm (landscape). 240 pages.
Specifications: Clothbound with foil stamp, sewn.
Release: May 2021.FOLKTRO
En besjälad värld
(‘Folklore: A Spiritual World’)
Ever since Max Weber’s famous thesis about Entzauberung der Welt – the
disenchantment of the world – in light of the decline of religion associated
with the Enlightenment and scientific progress, many scholars have
considered the thesis of gradual general secularisation. The light of reason
should indeed disenchant the world and enable people to increasingly control
and understand it.
However, faith in a meaningful spiritual world lives on, which for better or
worse affects people’s lives in a meaningful way, still in step with scientific
progress in many cultures. What similarities and differences are there in
folklore across the world and what role has folklore played in the course
of history? What distinguishes folklore – often condescendingly called
superstition – from traditional religion, for example: Christian belief in the
Virgin Birth, Jesus’s resurrection from the dead and in particular the crypto-
cannibalistic Catholic belief that the bread and wine of Communion are in
pure physical terms the body and blood of Christ?
This richly illustrated anthology considers the question of people’s
tendency to animate the world around them with spirits – from folklore and
mythology to religion. Editors are Kurt Almqvist and Lotta Gröning.
Contributing writers:
Camilla Asplund Ingemark, Gabriella Beer, Karin Blomqvist and Jerker Blomqvist,
Kristina Ekero Eriksson, Joel Halldorf, Tommy Kuusela, Lena Kättström Höök,
Lars Lönnroth, Per-Johan Norelius, Britt-Mari Näsström, David Thurfjell,
Tora Wall and Andreas Winkler.
ISBN Swedish edition: 978-91-89069-19-0. Approx. 100 illustrations. 29 x 25 cm (portrait). Approx. 250 pages.
Specifications: Clothbound with gold foil stamp, sewn.
Release: May 2021.GUSTAV III
Sin egen arkitekt / His Own Architect
Gustav III (1746–1792) is one of Sweden’s best-known and most important
kings, both in Sweden and internationally. He is especially renowned as the
founder of several academies – perhaps most notably the Swedish Academy,
the body that selects the Nobel Prize laureates in literature – but also for his
importance to theatre and art.
Despite his fame, Gustav III’s great importance as an architect has however
remained unknown. Now published for the first time, this spectacular edition
will feature a total of 571 drawings, many by the king’s hand, and in a 1:1
scale. It will be divided into three parts, gathered in a clamshell box, and
printed in a limited edition. The book comes with a bespoke Gustavian table
for display, and will be an exclusive collector’s item.
Magnus Olausson, first lecturer, art
historian and Head of Collections at
Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
Translation: Clare Barnes.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-06-0. Approx. 600 illustrations. 70 x 50 cm (portrait). 600 pp. Bilingual Swedish/English edition.
Specification: Clothbound with debossed sticker and copper foil stamp, sewn. The volumes will be collected in a clothbound clamshell-box.
Release: Autumn 2021.GUSTAV III:S COLLECTION
Architectural Drawings from 17th–19th Centuries
Gustav III’s Collection including his own and other famous architects’
drawings, accompanied Gustav IV Adolf during his exile in 1809. The
collection was returned to Sweden via a purchase in 1925 by the brothers
Helge and Axel Ax:son Johnson and was inherited by Axel’s daughter
Marie-Claire. It is today stored at Engelsberg’s Ironworks and is owned by
the Marie-Claire Cronstedt Foundation.
The drawings were made by Sweden’s leading architects during the 17th-
and 18th centuries and include, among others, the castles and gardens at
Drottningholm, Ekolsund, Haga, Gripsholm, Karlberg, Ulriksdal, Svartsjö,
Stockholm and Uppsala. Even Gustav III’s own sketches are attributed.
This book serves as a compendium to Gustav III – His Own Architect where
the drawings are reproduced in 1:1 format over three volumes.
Magnus Olausson, first lecturer, art
historian and Head of Collections at
Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
Translation: Clare Barnes.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-48-0. Approx. 600 illustrations. 21 x 29,5 cm (landscape). Approx. 300 pp. Available in English and Swedish.
Specification: Clothbound with debossed sticker and copper foil stamp, sewn.
Release: Autumn 2021.KAKELUGNEN I SVERIGE
(‘Tile Stoves in Sweden’)
In 1767, the architect and superintendent Carl Johan Cronstedt presented
a memorandum titled Beskrifning på Ny Inrättning af Kakelugnar til Weds
Besparing för Rikets råd (‘Description of a New Apparatus for Saving Wood
for the Privy Council’), in which he describes a revolutionary construction
that would change Swedish architecture and domestic life over the next
couple of hundred years: the modern tile stove.
Until the early 20th century, the tile stove remained by far the most
important source of heating in Swedish homes. Both the technology and
aesthetics were refined, although the same basic principles for installing
tiled ovens are still largely used today. Today, the tile stove is an important
example of work with technology, science and craftsmanship during the
Enlightenment, and following the development of the tile stove provides a
window into the world of 18th century thinking.
This book is part of the Swedish series Perspektiv från världsarvet
Engelsbergs bruk (‘Perspectives from the Engelsberg Ironworks World
Heritage Site’). Already published in the series is Tapeter genom tiderna
(‘Wallpaper through Times’). Future volumes include Trädgårdar under
brukens tidevarv (‘Gardens in the Era of Swedish Industrial Works’). Editors
are Kurt Almqvist and Svante Helmbaek Tirén.
Contributing writers:
Carl Frängsmyr, Karl Grandin, Maria Perers, Claes Pettersson,
Susanna Scherman, Anders Stjernberg, Linnéa Rollenhagen Tilly,
Svante Helmbaek Tirén, Bo Vahlne and Vicki Wenander.
ISBN Swedish edition: 978-91-89069-16-9. Approx. 100 illustrations. 30.5 x 24 cm (portrait). Approx. 200 pages.
Specifications: Half leather binding with gold foil stamp and printed cover, sewn.
Release: June 2021.JÄRNBRUKENS HISTORIA
(‘The History of Swedish Ironworks’)
The rumble of clanging hammers and roaring waterfalls is no longer heard
today. But from their stillness, preserved industrial settings tell the story of
how Bergslagen in central Sweden became a centre of global iron production.
In heat and soot, the foundations were laid for the country’s position as a
major power and for its economic prosperity.
In the book Järnbrukens historia, we explore different perspectives on the
crucial role that iron played in Sweden’s history. This journey through time
begins more than two thousand years ago, but the main emphasis is on the
thriving culture at these industrial works in the 18th and 19th century. Iron
works were hubs of civilisation. New technologies, new professions and
new customs were developed here. At the manor houses built near these
industrial works, there was a flourishing interest in culture, art and
literature, and works by great Swedish authors such as Geijer, Lagerlöf and
Fröding were born here.
In this richly illustrated book written by the scientific journalist Nils
Johan Tjärnlund, we find clear examples of the strong influences left
behind by this Swedish industrial culture: from more famous settings like
the Engelsberg Ironworks world heritage site and the Walloon Ironworks in
Uppland to forgotten ironworks along the coast of Norrland. Can the very
idea of the Swedish folkhem – the welfare state – be traced back to the
special spirit of these industrial works?
Nils Johan Tjärnlund is an author, lecturer
and scientific journalist who puts work
into vitalising history and science.
Bengt Wanselius is a photographer and
picture editor who has received acclaim
for several of his photography books.
ISBN Swedish edition: 978-91-89069-02-2. Approx. 100 illustrations. 30.5 x 24 cm (portrait). Approx. 200 pages.
Specifications: Half leather binding with gold foil stamp and printed cover, sewn.
Release: Autumn 2021.CIVILISATION
Civilisation has been described as the collectivity of values among a people
or in a society. But what does it mean to be civilised? Perhaps it is an ideal,
a quest to achieve a higher state of being: intellectually, artistically or
financially. Simultaneously the word can also represent self-exaltation or
even xenophobia.
What are the roots of civilisation and how did particular civilisations
emerge in antiquity? What do we have in common today with early
civilisations and what values do we still honour that originated in antiquity?
This anthology, which has its origins in the internationally acclaimed
Engelsberg Seminar held in 2013, consists of essays that examine how the
understanding of the concept civilisation has changed, from its birth to that
of today’s advanced world powers.
This volume is part of an exclusive series being published in limited
editions of 25 copies, all handbound by Leonard Gustafssons bokbinderi.
The cover is bound in kid leather with hand-painted marbled paper from
England, with the title gilt-stamped on the spine. Editors are Kurt Almqvist
and Mattias Hessérus.
The Engelsberg Series is available for sale only through the publishing
house.
Contributing writers:
John Armstrong, Graeme Barker, Örjan Berner, Philip Bobbitt, Peter Burke,
Richard Buxton, Stephen Cave, Christopher Coker, Harriet Crawford, Rolf Ekéus,
Karsten Fischer, Jack Fuller, Jonathan Haslam, Eva Hoffman, Tom Holland,
Jonathan Israel, Robert Johnson, Richard Miles, Rana Mitter, Sheldon Pollock,
Donald Sassoon, Nathan Shachar, Richard Swartz, D. J. Taylor, Ruut Veenhoven,
David Wengrow, Rita P. Wright and Martin West.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-31-2. 88 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm (portrait). 396 pages. Also available in Swedish.
Specifications: Half leather binding with hand-painted marbled boards, gilt stamp on spine, ribbon marker.
Release: March 2021.NATION, STATE AND EMPIRE
With the end of the Cold War and the triumph of globalisation, many
believed that nationalism now was a thing of the past: instead the opposite is
true. Today, we can see nationalism spreading across the world, as populistic
and anti-democratic movements grow stronger.
Belonging somewhere seems to become even more important in a time of
economic and social uncertainty. In a globalised world, identity, citizenship,
and belonging are consequently connected to birthplace and an established
residence. The essays in this anthology are based on the Engelsberg
Seminar in 2017, where different kinds of identity – tied to different kinds
of communities – were considered. How does a nation emerge? How is unity
achieved in an empire with a diverse population?
This volume is part of an exclusive series being published in limited
editions of 25 copies, all handbound by Leonard Gustafssons bokbinderi.
The cover is bound in kid leather with hand-painted marbled paper from
England, with the title gilt-stamped on the spine. Editors are Kurt Almqvist
and Mattias Hessérus.
The Engelsberg Series is available for sale only through the publishing
house.
Contributing writers:
Philip Bobbitt, Gillian Clark, Christopher Coker, Carlos Escudé, Richard J. Evans,
Jonathan Fenby, Jessica Frazier, David Goodhart, Freddy Gray, Steven Grosby,
Janne Haaland Matláry, Tom Holland, Lawrence James, Jeremy Jennings,
Josef Joffe, Rob Johnson, Robin Lane Fox, Charles S. Maier, Tim Marshall,
Iain Martin, Simon Mayall, Lucy Riall, Larry Siedentop, Lars Trägårdh,
Peter H. Wilson, Harvey Whitehouse, Martina Winkelhofer and Maurizio Viroli.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-44-2. Approx. 85 illustrations. 24 x 17 cm (portrait). 394 pages. Also available in Swedish.
Specifications: Half leather binding with hand-painted marbled boards, gilt stamp on spine, ribbon marker.
Release: June 2021.HILMA AF KLINT
Sketchbook of The Five, No. 1
From 5 October 1896 to 12 April 1898
Hilma af Klint was part of a group of female friends who called themselves
‘The Five’, that was active between 1896 and 1908. Together with Anna
Cassel, Cornelia Cederberg, Sigrid Hedman, and Mathilda Nilsson, af Klint
had been a member of the ‘Edelweiss Society’ – a group that combined
Christian ideas, Theosophy, and Spiritualism. The Five received messages
from higher spirits, that they called the High Masters, and during their
seances they documented the messages in trance-like states with automatic
writing and drawing.
There are 15 sketchbooks from this period, and Bokförlaget Stolpe
are now making one of them (work number HaK 1515, S2) available in a
facsimile edition.
Hilma af Klint, 1862–1944.
Anna Cassel, 1860–1937.
Cornelia Cederberg, 1854–1933.
Sigrid Hedman, 1855–1922.
Mathilda Nilsson, 1844–1923.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-73-2. Approx. 32 illustrations. 31 x 26 cm (portrait). 36 pages.
Specifications: Soft cover, saddle stitch.
Release: June 2021.HILMA AF KLINT
Sketchbooks
These sketchbooks are copies of two of The Five’s sketchbooks. Each book
contains four drawings made by the group; the rest of the pages have been
left blank for notes.
The Five Notebook 1 ISBN: 978-91-89069-62-6. 31 x 26 cm (portrait). 64 pages. The Five Notebook 2 ISBN: 978-91-89069-63-3. 31 x 26 cm (portrait). 64 pages.
Specifications: Soft cover, saddle stitch with detachable waist-band. Specifications: Soft cover, saddle stitch with detachable waist-band.HILMA AF KLINT
Notebooks
These blank-page notebooks are hardbound with covers featuring two of
Hilma af Klint’s most iconic artworks, The Ten Largest No.1 Childhood
Group IV and The Ten Largest No 3. Youth Group IV.
Blue Notebook ISBN: 978-91-89069-21-3. 24 x 17.5 cm (portrait). 160 pages. Yellow Notebook ISBN: 978-91-89069-22-0. 24 x 17.5 cm (portrait). 160 pages.
Specifications: Matte laminate, sewn. Specifications: Matte laminate, sewn.HILMA AF KLINT
Posters
In conjunction with Bokförlaget Stolpe’s publication of Hilma af Klint’s
Catalogue Raisonné, we also release a series of posters with motifs from the
books. The posters are 100 x 70 cm (portrait) and printed on high quality art
paper. The first series includes five poster with motifs from the well-known
series The Paintings for the Temple, as well as one poster with motifs from
Spiritualistic Drawings. All posters are endorsed by The Hilma af Klint
Foundation.
1) 2) 3)
1) The Large Figure Paintings, No. 5, The Key to All Work to Date. ISBN 978-91-89069-65-7
2) The Swan, No. 1–24. ISBN 978-91-89069-66-4
3) Tree of Knowledge, No. 5. ISBN 978-91-89069-67-1 4) 5) 6)
4) The Evolution, No. 16. ISBN 978-91-89069-68-8
5) The Dove, No. 13. ISBN 978-91-89069-69-5
6) The Five: Untitled. ISBN 978-91-89069-70-1BACKLIST HILMA AF KLINT: The Art of Seeing the Invisible
In this, the most exhaustive book on Hilma af Klint published
to date, 16 specialists in modern art, art history, the history of
Ideas, and religious studies give their unique views on af Klint’s
unique artistry. Excerpts from Hilma af Klint’s personal notes
and research are also included.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-17-6. 100 illustrations.
29 x 23 cm (portrait). 264 pages.
Also available in Swedish. Published in 2020.
HILMA AF KLINT: Seeing Is Believing
This volume presents the seven series of works that af Klint
created in the first half of the year 1920, and which the last
paintings af Klint made before adopting a recognisable style of
painting taught by Rudolf Steiner and his disciples.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-18-3. 95 illustrations.
29 x 23 cm (portrait). 152 pages.
Also available in Swedish. Published in 2020.
THE ENGELSBERG SERIES
The internationally renowned Engelsberg Seminar takes place every summer
in Engelsberg Ironworks, Sweden, since 1999. The Seminar has been labelled HILMA AF KLINT: Visionary
‘the most intellectually stimulating conference in Europe’ (The Spectator), and is
participated by internationally distinguished public intellectuals, scholars and This anthology is based on a seminar held at the Solomon
politicians. R. Guggenheim Museum in New York at the opening of its
Bokförlaget Stolpe present an exclusive series of books based on these semi- highly-acclaimed exhibition Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the
nars. Each volume with illustrated essays is published in both Swedish and Eng- Future in October 2018.
lish with a limited run of 25 copies and is hand-bound by Leonard Gustafssons
Bookbindery in Stockholm. The covers are bound in kid leather with hand-painted ISBN: 978-91-63972-03-4. 60 illustrations.
marbled paper from England, with the titles gilt-stamped on the spines. 29 x 23 cm (portrait). 128 pages.
Please contact us for more information on published and upcoming titles. Also available in Swedish. Published in 2019.PAST AND PRESENT. To Learn from History IMAGERY OF THE SEA. Figureheads and Symbols
History, the collective experience of Mankind, teaches us about the Maritime figureheads, ornaments and other decorative elements
present and the future. How do we look at events of the past? From bear witness to many stories about life at sea. This anthology
perspectives of the History of Ideas and Evolutionary Psychology presents a number of approaches to the many symbols and
the writers apply history to today’s concerns such as Geopolitics and artistic expressions found on vessels and offers new knowledge
Economics, the role of the individual and human nature in history. about the figureheads.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-34-3. 90 illustrations. ISBN: 978-91-98523-79-9. 130 illustrations.
24 x 17 cm (portrait). 380 pages. 32 x 24.5 cm (portrait). 260 pages. Translation: William Sleath.
Also available in Swedish. Published in 2020. Also available in Swedish. Published in 2020.
RELIGION. In the Past, the Present and the Future
TAPETER GENOM TIDERNA
The essays in this book investigate the role which religion plays (‘Wallpapers Through Times’)
in society today and in the past. They also explore religion as a
phenomenon in relation to the human condition and how it manifests Through this anthology’s numerous illustrations, both historical
itself as an individual experience. In order to understand ourselves, and modern, various experts in the field provide us with an in-
we also need to understand religion. depth look into wallpaper, both as a craft and as an expression of
different decorative ideals.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-36-7. 60 illustrations.
24 x 17 cm (portrait). 424 pages. ISBN Swedish edition: 978-91-89069-03-9. 130 illustrations.
Also available in Swedish. Published in 2020. 30.5 x 24 cm (portrait). 200 pages. Published in 2020.
JAPAN’S PAST AND PRESENT
CITY, CIVILITY AND CAPITALISM. A Historical Perspective
Japanese civilisation and its unique culture has often represented
Using Renaissance Italy as a starting point – where the first trading an enigma to the rest of the world. In this anthology a large number
town was born – the writers of this anthology bring us on a journey of experts explore Japan’s history and aspects of the Japanese quest
to modern cities and societies, and explores how architecture, urban for a national identity – and what it means to the rest of the world
planning and trade have contributed to civility and political order. – through topics like architecture, religion, manga, Christianity in
Japan and the Samurais.
ISBN: 978-91-89069-14-5. 40 illustrations.
24 x 17 cm (portrait). 140 pages. ISBN: 978-91-63972-05-8. 155 illustrations.
Published in 2020. 24 x 17 cm (portrait). 570 pages. Published in 2020.THE SAMPANS FROM CANTON ESSAYS ON JANE JACOBS
This award-winning book consists of 99 Chinese Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) is an icon in urban planning and gained
gouaches from the second half of the 18th international recognition with her book The Death and Life of Great
century. In minute detail they depict an entire American Cities. In this anthology, 13 writers consider unique
community afloat on the water. aspects of Jacobs, reassessing her work in the context of our
contemporary reality.
ISBN 978-91-63072-02-7. 99 illustrations.
27 x 36 cm (landscape). 220 + 48 pages of stand- ISBN: 978-91-98523-69-0. 30 illustrations.
alone essays. Also available in Swedish and in a 22.5 x 16 cm (portrait). 300 pages. Translation: Julie Martin.
bibliophile edition. Published in 2018. Published in 2020.
SWEDISH GRACE. The Forgotten Modern RURAL URBANISM
Swedish Grace is the most celebrated of all periods and styles What role will our rural designs and the cultivation of organic food
of Swedish architecture. In this anthology scholars of various play in the future? New Ruralism and Rural Agrarian Urbanism may
nationalities discuss Swedish Grace from different angles, provide solutions to the challenges we are facing. This book, with
highlighting its contemporary relevance. contributions from leading experts in the field, addresses issues such
as sustainable food production and community planning.
ISBN Swedish edition: 978-91-98523-67-6. 153 illustrations.
31 x 23 cm (portrait). 232 pages. Translation: Joachim Retzlaff. ISBN: 978-91-98523-68-3. 30 illustrations.
Published in 2020. 22.5 x 16 cm (portrait). 136 pages. Published in 2019.
DECADENCE AND DECAY. From Ancient Rome to
the Present
The essays in this volume address how notions of decadence
and decay have been used both as opprobrium and as a form
of self-definition and empowerment – an instrument to protect
individualism against collectivistic oppression.
ISBN: 978-91-98523-65-2. 100 illustrations.
29 x 25 cm (portrait). 300 pages.
Published in 2019.www.bokforlagetstolpe.com
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