Edward Hald (1883 – 1980) is one of the well-known

Swedish glass artists who have worked for Orrefors. After studying in Leipzig,

he completed his artistic training with Henri Matisse in Paris. The famous

Graal glass is one of the first masterpieces of Edward Hald, which he developed

together with Simon Gate and Knut Bergqvist. In the 1920s, his work coined the

term 'Swedish grace', the Swedish variant of Art Deco. The celestial globe that

Edward Hald created for the 1930 Stockholm World's Fair is seen as the pinnacle

of his career. During the Second World War he led the management of Orrefors,

which forced him to perform a balancing act between economics and art.

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