HANNA HEDMAN

Värnamo kommun, 2025 | Västhorjaskolan | Curator of public art Marlene Ulfsax
Casting together with Ludvig Ödman.

In ancient times, many people could not write, so they created images instead. The motifs reflected life at the time—focusing on harvests, animal husbandry, and seafaring. During this same period—the late Bronze Age—iron production began, and traces of this activity, such as slag heaps, forging waste, and furnace remnants, can be found across large parts of Småland. Evidence of metalworking has been discovered at the site where Västhojaskolan now stands. The artwork "Vi tillsammans" (We Together) is an artistically designed gathering place created to foster a sense of community while reflecting the site's history. It is composed of iron and cast iron combined with natural stone and oak. The shapes of the iron plates set into the ground around the gathering area evoke winding pools of water rising from the iron-rich soil. Hidden within these forms are objects and patterns that tell the story of the students' world, drawing inspiration from Old Norse embroidery and historical designs.

Materials: Casted iron, natural stone, oak and weathering steel.

Sigtuna kommun, 2023 | Aspbackensförskola & Tingvallaskolan Märsta | Curator of public art Heather Jones & Marcus Modh Images from the catalogue VUXIT UPP IHOP

Photography Sanna Lindberg & graphic form Matilda Flodmark

Kortebo | Jönköpings kommun, 2026 | Curator of public art Joel Albinsson & Artplatform
Construction and mounting together with Robert Mood.

Materials: Weathering steel.

“Mossridå”
Draperies can be more than just large pieces of fabric; they also carry symbolic meanings such as protection, transition, and renewal. Here, the curtain serves as a frame and a welcoming gateway to the stage of learning. The cut-out pattern in the metal is inspired by the vegetation in the Skams Hål nature reserve, located just a kilometer from the school. The elements of the pattern flow together like running water, evoking a sense of movement and growth in a constant stream. Despite the weight of the steel, the undulating form lends the work a fabric-like lightness. As the light shifts, the pattern emerges in different ways, transforming the work’s expression.

Djupadalsskolan | Jönköpings kommun, 2026 | Curator of public art Joel Albinsson & Artplatform
Construction and mounting together with Robert Mood, Artmek and Per Niva.

Photography: Sanna Lindberg

Värnamo kommun, 2025 | Västhorjaskolan | Curator of public art Marlene Ulfsax
Casting together with Ludvig Ödman.

When the first farmers arrived in Västhorja, they followed the watercourses and settled where the soil was sandy and easy to cultivate. “Broccoli, Meatballs, and Candy” is an artistic sandbox featuring hidden treasures inspired by the Bronze Age, food, and cultivated land. The artwork is made of cast bronze—a material that bridges the past and the present. It is composed of hundreds of cast replicas of edible items selected by the students. Some sculptures lie hidden in the sand, while others extend across stones and the ground, reaching down toward the stream and out into the schoolyard. They form a trail—clues to follow. The closer you get to the sandbox, the more numerous and larger they become.

Materials: Casted bronze and natural stone

Commission in collaboration with POM Gallery‍ ‍& Studio Stockholm | Miele’s head office, Sweden

Photography Sanna Lindberg

"Fluid" is a wall-mounted installation created from powder-coated and laser-cut steel, alongside reconfigured and reshaped components, scrap metal, and waste materials from the German company Miele’s production lines and foundry. During the creation process, I visited Miele’s factories in Bielefeld, Bünde, and Gütersloh to sketch and select steel and stainless-steel parts that would subsequently become elements of the installation. The work was commissioned by Miele for the company’s offices in Solna, Stockholm.

Värnamo kommun, 2025 | Västhorjaskolan

Curator of public art Marlene Ulfsax

Thousands of years ago, Västhorja lay buried beneath an ice sheet. When the ice eventually melted, the water level rose far above its current mark, and the site where Västhorja School stands today was submerged. Stones tumbled about in the rushing water. Time passed. The waters receded, and long afterwards, ancient boats glided along the waterways—perhaps right where the schoolyard now extends. People raised stones bearing carved stories—runes that spoke of their lives. Today, a new kind of stone hangs in the school’s entrance hall, also featuring carved stories. Inspired by Viking runestones, they do not bear tales from the distant past, but rather the students’ own memories and experiences of water.

Materials: Natural stone, steel, linseed paints, lacquer and PLA.

Omfamna" (Embrace), 2019-2026, is an ongoing series of embroideries on linen fabric and thin birch plywood that I began during the pandemic. The works serve as personal testimonies to a daily life defined by repetition. To me, they symbolize the experience of becoming a mother, as well as the effort involved in balancing the repetitive tasks of motherhood with artistic creation. Like many women before me, I chose to work with textiles—an accessible medium and form of expression within the home environment while caring for my infant. Each sequin in the embroidery is cut from wood, shaped by hand, painted with linseed oil paint in various shades of blue and green, and sewn onto the linen fabric. The green tones evoke the well-manicured shrubs of suburban neighborhoods—hedges one can hide behind. It captures the feeling of being in a bubble and finding restoration in a private sanctuary: the garden. My garden. /Hanna

Photography: Sanna Lindberg

Haninge kommun, 2023 | Ribbyskolan | Curator of public art Anna Ahlstrand
Photography Sanna Lindberg

“Stötta” is an installation located in the entrance hall of Ribbyskolan. The work connects to the school’s own arboretum and reflects on origins, diversity, and the school as a fertile ground for knowledge. The concept of a supportive structure for trees is mirrored in Stötta (Support) at the main entrance. Plants originating from all over the world weave in and out of the school’s façade, forming—together with supporting wooden posts—a portal to walk through.

Materials: Wood, stainless steel, lacquer and linseed based paints.

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg and Michelle Bondulich

Haninge kommun, 2023 | Ribbyskolan, Västerhaninge | Curator of public art Anna Ahlstrand

Photography Sanna Lindberg

Photographs by Michelle Bondulich

Studio visit interview by Current Obsession here

Göteborg Stad Lokalförvaltningen, 2019 | Skytteskolan, Högsbo | Curator of public art Laila Ekefäll

Photographs by Mariette Svensson

Haninge kommun, 2023 | Ribbyskolan, Västerhaninge | Curator of public art Anna Ahlstrand
Photography Sanna Lindberg

Västerhaninge is known as an early settlement site. "Innan oss" (Before Us)—located by the façade in the entrance area for grades F–6—can be seen as a remnant of times past. The artwork is reminiscent of a burial cairn where treasures might lie hidden, and it casts a magical glow during dark periods. The art was created in dialogue with the activities taking place there.

Materials: Natural stone and bronze

Östersunds kommun, 2023 | Lugnvikskolan | Curator of public art Andreas Ribbung

Vetlanda kommun, 2021 | Withalaskolan | Curator of public art Anna Dohrmann

Photographs by Erik Danielsson

”Andras liv hänger samman med mitt” celebrates plant life and is composed of sandblasted, tumbled, and lacquered stainless steel charms. What might initially appear to be patches of color or ivy climbing the school’s concrete wall transforms as the viewer draws closer, revealing a multitude of figurative shapes that—alongside leaves—form the foliage. These figures were created with the help of students from Withalaskolan. Through this artwork, I want to remind students every day that other people’s lives are intertwined with their own, and that they should continue to develop what makes them unique.

Materials: Stainless steel and lacquer

Vetlanda kommun, 2021 | Withalaskolan | Projektledare Anna Dohrmann

Photographs by Erik Danielsson

It is human to long for a sense of belonging and connection. I remember junior high school as a time in life when fitting in was especially important—an endeavor that consumed a great deal of time and energy. With the artwork "Passa in" (Fitting In), I aim to give form to this malleable period when our futures begin to take shape. I do this through seven shimmering sculptures that appear not yet to have found their final form; they cling to the pillars of the entrance hall, looking soft and pliable. Their anodized, gold-colored surfaces evoke gold nuggets. Hidden within these surfaces are uplifting words, imprints, symbols, and everyday objects. I want the artwork to inspire hope and positive thoughts; the details embedded in the surface spark curiosity, inviting students to return to the piece and discover something new.

Materials: Anodized aluminium

Kulturförvaltningen, 2019 | Södersjukhuset | Curator of public art Susanne Andersson Kopp

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Materials: Steel, stainless steel, wood, watercolor and graphite.

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Withalaskolan, Vetlanda, Sweden, Vetlanda kommun , 2021

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Commissioned and in collaboration with AMF Fastigheter | Equator Stockholm AB

Photographs by Sara Danielsson

Photographs by Gustav Karlsson Frost

Förskolan Grönmossen, Bagarmossen, Sweden

Stockholm konst, 2016 |  SISAB |  Projektledare Päivi Ernkvist

Commissioned by Ornamentum gallery for Design Miami 2019
Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Commissioned by Ornamentum gallery
Steel, wood, linseed oil, pigment

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Objects from the exhibition "Scenery" 2023, Ornamentum gallery, Hudson New York.

Commissioned by Region Sörmland | Birch, linnen, linnen thread, linseed oil, pigment

1160 mm x 930 mm x 50 mm

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Förskolan Trollsländan, Kungsbacka, Sweden

Kungsbacka kommun, 2017 |  Projektledare Andrej Green

Hanna Hedman & Sanna Lindberg

Murmuring invites us on a journey to a mythical place of shamanistic rites, death symbolism and elusive gender role-play. Through the lens of photographer Sanna Lindberg, the poetic force of Hanna Hedman’s jewellery art is revealed in a way that consciously stretches the expectations of what jewellery art is and can be. Over the course of eight years, Hedman and Lindberg have established an interdisciplinary collaboration in which their separate artistic moods and expressions have been combined into a unique figurative universe.

ISBN 978-3-7356-0169-8
29,00 x 22,00 cm
104 Pages
63 colored illustrations
Hardcover, bound
colored endpapers, embossing
Languages: English

Text by
Per Johansson, Emily King

Design by
Bankerwessel, Stockholm

Published by
Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld

Editor
Hanna Hedman, Sanna Lindberg, Edith Söderström

With the support of
Bengt Julins Stiftelse, Längmanska kulturfonden, Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse

www.murmuringbook.com
ORDER THE BOOK HERE

Comissioned by Ornamentum gallery for Design Miami 2019
Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Photographs by Gustav Karlsson Frost

Förskolan Zinket, Vällingby, Sweden

Stockholm konst, 2015  |  SISAB  |  Projektledare Päivi Ernkvist

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Comissioned cabinet för Ornamentum gallery.

Fabricated cabinet in steel, lacquer and linseed oils.

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

Förskolan Bäverdammen, Rågsved, Sweden

Stockholm konst, 2018 |  SISAB |  Projektledare Päivi Ernkvist

Photographs by Björn Wahlström

Skånes universitetssjukhus, Malmö, Sweden  
Region Skåne , 2017 | Projektledare: Kristina Olofsson

Photographs by Sanna Lindberg

A series of 500 pins in handpainted in different colours commisson by Art Jewelry Forum (AJF), a global nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the creation, study, and appreciation of art jewellery. The pins will be distributed in 2016 exclusively to new and renewing AJF supporters at the $120 level and above as a donor benefit.

The pin is made in stainless steel packaged as a jewelry kit containing a steel push tool so that the wearer can bend and manipulate the brooch into a three-dimensional form.

co-curator with Nicolas Cheng, Beatrice Brovia & Kajsa Lindberg
easy!upstream-Contemporary artspace, Munich, Germany, 2016

Artists:
Nicolas Cheng, Lin Cheung, David Clarke, Beatrice Brovia, Liesbet Bussche, Silke Fleischer, Hanna Hedman & Sanna Lindberg, Nils Hint, Göran Kling, Kajsa Lindberg, Yuka Oyama, Niels Van de Wouwer

Read review by Stephen Knott here

Hanna Hedman & Rut-Malin Barklund

Text by
Christina Zetterlund, Hanna Hedman, Rut-Malin Barklund

Design and typesetting by
Calle Ljungström

Photography by
Jonas Isfält, Sanna Lindberg

Printed by
Elander Fälth & Hässler

With the support of
Konstnärsnämden, Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse

ISBN 978-91-637-1179-4