Gunnel Hazelius-Berg | |
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Born | Gunnel Gunnarsdotter Hazelius 10 May 1905 Stockholm, Sweden |
Died | 7 November 1997 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 92)
Occupation(s) | Museum curator, textile researcher, writer |
Gunnel Gunnarsdotter Hazelius-Berg née Hazelius (1905–1997) was a Swedish museum curator, textile researcher and writer. She spent her entire professional career at Stockholm's Nordic Museum. As the director responsible for textiles, over the years she arranged several highly acclaimed exhibitions.[1][2] Hazelius-Berg took a special interest in traditional Swedish costumes. Together with her daughter-in-law Inga Arnö-Berg, in 1975 she published Folkdräkter och bygdedräkter från hela Sverige which was translated into English as Folk Costumes of Sweden: A Living Tradition.[3]