Bohus Stickning

Bohus Stickning Label, Akvamarin design, ca. 1963. Susanna Hansson Collection.
Bohus Stickning Label, Akvamarin design, ca. 1963. Susanna Hansson Collection.

Bohus Stickning was a Swedish knitting cooperative that was active between 1939 and 1969. It was established as a cottage industry to provide income for poor families in Bohuslän (Sweden) during the Great Depression. Knitwear designed by the founder Emma Jacobsson and other designers was handknit by women in Bohuslän Province and sold to department stores, boutiques and fashion houses both in Sweden and internationally.