Biography
Arne Blomberg, a world renowned designer and jeweller, was born in 1930 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He started of by studying at Valand School of Art and continued later on at the Goldsmiths´Company Trege where he got a journeyman exam, and followed up by an engineering degree and a masters degree as engraver.
At the age of 30, Blomberg bought a farm outside of Uddevalla, a small town on the west coast of Sweden. To make a living he tilled the soil during the summers and designed and manufactured jewelry during the wintertime. After ten years he bought another farm on Öddö, an island close by. Shortly thereafter he took over the local jewelry shop, Krohn Jewel in Strömstad.
Arne Blombergs inspiration flourished by his imaginations inspired by the environment of Bohuslän. He often said “the sea and coast are inexhaustible sources that stimulates my creativity”. At this place he created the internationelly known and popular collection of Nature of Sweden.
After ten years on the west coast Arne Blomberg left Sweden and moved to Idar-Oberstein, also called the precious gemstone metropolis in Germany. After a few years he moved on to Spain both to live and work until his death in 2006. He died at the age of 76.
Arne Blomberg´s work has reached high reputation and success worldwide.
His work is currently available to be seen at many sites and museums in Europe, North America, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia as well as in the royal houses of Sweden.
Nature of Sweden in the magnificent
landscapes of the west coast of Sweden.
The stucture of all jewelry is a direct
impression of a lime tree, whose lines
have given the form. Applying a unique
technique, I have been able to transfer
the structure of the tree to a
sensational collection."
