Sven Erlandsson

Sven Erlandsson was a Swedish artist.
Son of the gardener Erland Hallberg and Anna Maria Kristoffersdotter and the brother of Katarina Erlandsdotter and Lisa Erlandsdotter ; the three siblings all became known as artists, and are counted among the most prominent within their craft in 18th-century Sweden. He made bonadsmålning, a Swedish art form, which is a type of painted tapestry of textile used for decoration, largely among the peasantry.
He lived his entire life in the countryside at Mårdaklev in Älvsborgs län.