Margareta Aberg (b.1929) Swedish Designer

Margareta Aberg, Salabim Cupboard, for Swedfun

Margareta Arberg is a Swedish Designer born in Stockholm.

Education

She studied interior architecture and furniture design at Konstfackskolan, Stockholm.

In 1956, she opened her own architecture studio with her husband Rolf Aberg; designed the Salabim cupboard of 1986 produced by Swedfun (Sweden). She specialized in interior architecture and designed hospitals, hotels, and schools including the Bracke Osterjard Hospital, Gothenburg, for handicapped children.

Sources

Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing. https://amzn.to/3ElmSlL

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