Art collection

Petra Lindholm All is One video 2006

The Pro Artibus art collection includes 800 pieces of work. A principle of the foundation is to make the art accessible for as many people as possible. For that reason, the items are put on display in schools and public places all over the Swedish-speaking area of Finland. The collection is expanded annually by acquiring approximately 30 pieces of art.

When the foundation was established in 1989, the art collection of the Foundation for Swedish Culture in Finland was transferred to Pro Artibus, as a basic capital. At that time, the Foundation for Swedish Culture in Finland owned 250 works of art. Works by the first four artists, Yngve Bäck, Gösta Diehl, Ragnar Ekelund, and Torger Enckell were acquired in 1957.

In 2006 the foundation acquired 39 works of art by the artists Hans-Christian Berg, Peter Borotinskij, Charlotta Boucht, Jenni Eskola, Bo Haglund, Åke Hellman, Marika Holm, Lars Höglund, Markku Kolehmainen, Pia Lindman, Sami Perttilä, Irina Pått, Ingrid Ung, and Pia Wikholm.

In 2007 the foundation acquired works of art by the artists Tor Arne, Robert Back, Annika Bergvik-Forsander, Kari Cavén, Saara Ekström, Carina Granlund, Peter Hedman, Åsa Hellman, Ylva Holländer, Gun Holmström, Hanne Ivars, Beni Juslin, Petra Lindholm, Pekka Niittyvirta, Laura Nissinen, Veronika Ringbom, Peter Rosvik, Per Stenius, Therese Sunngren, Nanna Söderström, Viggo Wallensköld, Niclas Warius, Sofia Wikman and Vesa Varrela.

In 2008 the foundation acquired works of art by the artists Axel Antas, Carolus Enckell, Ulrika Ferm, Niels Haukeland, Jorma Hautala, Åsa Hellman, Erik Kråkström, Robert Lucander, Megafån, Tommi Mäkelä, Caroline Pipping, Michael Rahikainen, Ru Runeberg, Joakim Sederholm, Tania Simberg, Carl-Erik Ström, Åsa Hellman, Albert Braun and Susanne Gottberg.

In 2009 the foundation acquired works of art by the artists Katarina Reuter, Sini Björkholm, Dan Palmgren, Anna Hackman, Gun Holmström, Janika Herlevi, Kenneth Bamberg, Göran Torrkulla, Ann Sundholm, Ingmar Lundberg, Silja Rantanen, Paavo Halonen, Pauliina Turakka Purhonen, Mattias Löfqvist, Pia Lindman, Ron Nordström, Stuart Wrede, Mikael Kilman, Carl Wargh and Maria Wikström.

The entire art collection owned by the foundation is on display in the E-gallery.