For many people, Gunnar Lundh (1898-1960) is the small-scale photographer who, together with Ivar Lo-Johansson, documented the state's lives in Sweden in the 1930s and 40s. Fewer people know the very extensive image agency archive he created during his business period. This includes a unique color archive with about 15,000 images from 1937 onwards.
Agriculture, preparedness and population; peace time and depression; people and royalty - Gunnar Lundh's orderly archives allow us to capture the time - the thought of Sweden during the decades of the Second World War.
Take a look at these incredible color photos taken by Gunnar Lundh to see everyday life of Sweden in the late 1930s.
Agriculture, preparedness and population; peace time and depression; people and royalty - Gunnar Lundh's orderly archives allow us to capture the time - the thought of Sweden during the decades of the Second World War.
Take a look at these incredible color photos taken by Gunnar Lundh to see everyday life of Sweden in the late 1930s.
A couple reading newspapers on the boat, 1938 |
Two ladies are sitting on a low fence of iron pipes, 1937 |
A farmer spreading lime on a field, Gotland, 1938 |
A maid with a vacuum cleaner, 1938 |
A man and a woman lead their bike, 1938 |
A sunbathing couple on the park bench, 1938 |
A young girl in a red swimsuit by an outdoor pool in Stockholm, 1938 |
An election worker for the Social Democratic Party during an election in Stockholm, 1938 |
Audience at World Cup races of the canoe, 1938 |
Blond woman in green blouse and orange bandeau, 1938 |
Four people stand on a jetty waiting for a steamer, 1938 |
People at beach, Visby, 1938 |
Radio presenter Sven Jerring sits down to the left among audiences in the canoe competition in a suit, Vaxholm, 1938 |
Scout camp at Tullgarn, Stockholm, 1938 |
Sheep shaving, Gotland, 1938 |
The PUB roof terrace, Stockholm, 1938 |
The royal barge 'Vasaorden' during the celebration of H.M. King Gustav V of Sweden’s 80th birthday, 16 June, 1938 |
Two girls hold a bath ball with stretched hands, 1938 |
Two women in casual clothes and shoulder straps looking out over water, 1938 |
View of Riddarfjärden from the terrace at the City Hall, 1938 |
Woman at hay cart, 1938 |
Woman in swimsuit and bathing cap on a pier, 1938 |
Women at the habor in Vaxholm, 1938 |
World Cup of the canoe, Vaxholm, 1938 |
Young man with spade, cap and shirt takes a break at work, 1938 |
A group of people sit on a staircase in the sun, 1939 |
A sunbathing man in black swim pants with braces leaning against a cliff, 1939 |
A woman sitting in a lounge chair with striped fabric, 1939 |
Customs officer at roadbom, Swedish-Norwegian border, 1939 |
Cycling company on the gravel road, 1939 |
Portrait of an old woman, 1939 |
Sailing yacht, 1939 |
Ski trip over the high mountain, Ullåsstugan, Duved, Jämtland, 1939 |
Stenhuggare, Hunnebostrand, Bohuslän, 1939 |
Young boy on a construction site, 1939 |