Johan Erik Lindberg

Place: Stockholm

Born: 1873

Death: 1966

Biography:

Swedish sculptor and engraver. He was the son of Adolph Lindberg (1839–1916) and his wife Hildegard Charlotta Grundström (1843–1923). His father was a noted sculptor and professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. He trained at his father's studio from 1892 to 1899 and also attended the Royal Swedish Academy from 1893 until 1897 when he graduated. He obtained a scholarship which enabled him to spend some years in Paris from around 1901 to 1902. He was influenced by modern French medal engravers of that period including Louis-Oscar Roty (1846–1911), Jules-Clément Chaplain (1839–1909), Ernest Paulin Tasset (1839–1921) and Frédéric-Charles-Victor de Vernon (1858–1912). In 1901 Lindberg was given the task of creating the medal for the Nobel Prizes in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature. The medal for the Nobel Peace Prize was created by Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943).