Glass Country’s first boom came during the difficult 19th century — when a sixth of Sweden’s population emigrated to America as the country’s iron mills were closing.

It’s no surprise that glassmaking caught on. The necessary resources are abundant: dense forest (endless wood to fire the ovens) and many lakes (ample sand to melt into glass).

STOCKHOLM – Sweden has been famous for its unique approach to high-quality glassmaking since the 1920s, when an inspired group of Swedish artists, using glass as their medium, brought ...

Kjell Engman, known as the “Glass Wizard” for his unlimited imagination with art glass, is one of 10 highly talented artists retained by Kosta Boda, the oldest operating glass house in Sweden.

The rooms have been created by designers from the Kosta Boda glass factory, Sweden's oldest artistic glass maker, founded in 1742, which continues to produce high quality glass today.

View Snöripa i lä (Grouse in shelter), a glass sculpture, ed. 3/30, Kosta Boda, Sweden By Billgren Ernst; glass sculpture; height 23 cm height 33 31.5 x 28.5 cm 40 x 36 cm; Signed; Edition. Access ...

Sweden's rural Glass Country is filled with arty surprises. ... The storied Kosta Boda workshop dominates, with a flagship campus in the village of Kosta that’s complete with plush hotel, ...

View Ernst Billgren, Snöripa i lä (Grouse in shelter), a glass sculpture, ed. 3/30, Kosta Boda, Sweden By Billgren Ernst; glass sculpture; height 23 cm height 33.5 cm. 31.5 x 28.5 cm 40 x 36 cm; ...