Presentation Ewa Kumlin

Ewa Kumlin, was appointed as Managing Director of Svensk Form in December 2004.

Prior to her appointment at Svensk Form, she was running her own company for cultural production since 1991. She always focused on creating meetings between people from various fields of contemporary culture, and she has an extensive network of international contacts. Through her husband's work as a diplomat, she has lived in Paris, New York, Brasilia, Athens and Tokyo. During the postings abroad she has arranged a number of cultural projects, mainly within contemporary culture, design and literature.

In Tokyo, in 1999 she initiatied “Swedish Style in Tokyo”, a Swedish promotional event aimed at a young Japanese audience, featuring contemporary Swedish culture and life style, which has now become a yearly event in Tokyo, run by the Swedish Embassy. Upon her return to Sweden, Ewa arranged a continuation in "Tokyo Style in Stockholm” of contemporary Japanese Culture in August 2004

Originally Ewa Kumlin studied at the Royal College of Arts in Stockholm to become a Fine Arts Teacher, after a few years with the Foreign Ministry. She also has been writing articles for Swedish art and design magazines and published a book on her family story. In the early 90's she helped to coordinate two large literary cruises in the Baltic and the Black Sea with writers and translators from over forty countries.

About Svensk Form

Svensk Form (the Swedish Society of Craft and Design) is a membership society, the oldest society of design in the world, founded in 1845. Historically Svensk Form has always been working in the forefront of new ideas and visons in the design and craft field, and has initiated several movements and milestone exhibitions throughout its time. For instance the large Stockholmexhibition in 1930, and also the noteworthy H-55 exhibition in Helsingborg in 1955. Today it is a socitey with about 6000 members, with head office in Stockholm and regional offices and exhibition spaces around Sweden. Svensk Form publishes the design magazine FORM.

Svensk Form is also appointed by the Governement to act as the official organisation to promote Swedish Design nationally and internationally. www.svenskform.se