Preliminary List of all Known Swedish Lutes and Citterns

All records, even the slightest one, of Swedish lutes (including a few guitars) and citterns have been listed even if no further information is available at present.

2021-08-04

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Kenneth Sparr

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Makers of Swedish Lutes and Citterns

Andersson, J., Skara

Anonymous

Broberg, Carl Johan, Gothenburg

Grönberg, Anders, Sveaborg, Finland

Jerner, Johan, Stockholm

Kraft, Matthias Peter, Stockholm

Lindberg, A., Åraslöf

Lundborg, Pehr, Stockholm

Mollenberg, Lorents, Stockholm

Odendahl, Anders

Ryberg, Erik

Stenvik

Sundberg, Carl Eric, Stockholm

Carl Petter Sundqvist, Turku

Carl Fredrik Thusberg, Turku

Westerdahl, Hans

Öhberg, Johan, Stockholm

References

J. Andersson, Skara

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	-	Skara, Länsmuseet	2160

Anonymous

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	-	London, V&A Museum	212-1882
-	-	Copenhagen, Musikhistorisk Museum, Carl Claudius Coll.	CL 116
-	-	Copenhagen, Musikhistorisk Museum, Carl Claudius Coll.	CL 117
-	-	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	KN 32
-	-	The Stockholm Music Museum	M123
-	-	The Stockholm Music Museum	N52453
-	-	The Stockholm Music Museum	M1510
	1829?	Helsinki, Sibelius Academy Musical Instrument Collection
-	-	Turku County Museum	TMM 10814

Carl Johan Broberg, Gothenburg

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	1781	The Stockholm Music Museum	M1367

Anders Grönberg, Sveaborg, Finland

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	1794	Helsinki, National Museum of Finland (formerly Ehrensvärd Museum, Sveaborg	NM 3912

Johan Jerner, Stockholm

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	1787	- (information by Alfred Brock)
	1788	- (Jerner's specimen of skill)
-	1791	The Stockholm Music Museum	M2584
-	1791	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	IKN 35
-	1792	Leipzig, Musikinstrumenten-Museum	514
-	1792	The Stockholm Music Museum	N144263
	1792	The Stockholm Music Museum (older restored lute dated 1672)	M36
-	1794	Private collection (former J. Jahnsson)
-	1794	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	IKN 38
-	1794	Stockholms auktionsverk 2015-09-19
-	1796	Private collection, T. Lindström
-	1796	Växjö auktionskammare 2015-07-05
-	1797	The Stockholm Music Museum	N164731
-	1800	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	IKN 43
-	1801	-	-
-	1801	Nuremberg, GNM	MIR 858
-	1802	The Stockholm Music Museum	N114023
-	1803	Copenhagen, Musikhistorisk Museum (according to the museum no lute by Jerner is in the museum, earlier in The Stockholm Music Museum M107)
-	1803	Göteborg City Museum, (formerly in the Historiska museet)	GM:3909
-	1803	The Stockholm Music Museum	M107
-	1807	Private collection, Per Bjurling.  Repaired by Herman Carlsson Levin, Gothenburg	-
-	1807	Private collection, Kenneth Sparr	-
-	1808	The Stockholm Music Museum	M4
-	1809	Private collection, Kenneth Sparr	-
-	1809	Private collection	-
-	1809	Helsinki, National Museum of Finland	NM5825:14
-	1810	Private collection	-
-	1811	Private collection	-
-	1812	Private collection	-
-	1812	The Stockholm Music Museum	M1790
-	1813	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	IKN 34
-	1814	Private collection
-	1816	The Stockholm Music Museum	F419
-	1817	Private collection	-
-	1817	Turku, Sibeliusmuseum	129
-	1817	Kalmar, Länsmuseet	14.062
-	1818	Private collection	-
-	1820	Private collection, Christer Ruteskog	-
-	-	Turku, Sibeliusmuseum	436

Matthias Peter Kraft, Stockholm

No.	Year	Location, owner	Inv. No.
6	1779	Carl-Henrik Lundborg
12	177?	The Stockholm Music Museum	M1898
28	1780	The Stockholm Music Museum	M2745
31	1780	-	-
36	1780	The Stockholm Music Museum	N34289
41	1781	Göteborg City Museum, (formerly in the Historiska museet)	GM:3883
44	1781	The Stockholm Music Museum	N26874.2
45	1781	-	-
49	1781	Stockholm, Par Bricole	246
53	1781	Private collection	-
54	1781	Private collection	-
74	1781	Turku, County Museum	TMM 1768
76	1781	The Stockholm Music Museum	M124
79	1781	The Stockholm Music Museum	N77202
80	1781	The Stockholm Music Museum	M399
90	1780	Stockholms auktionsverk 2002 (renovated Gerdins, Åmål 1901)	-
95	1782	-	-
99	1782	The Stockholm Music Museum	M1460
127	1783	Copenhagen, Musikhistorisk Museum, Carl Claudius Coll.	CL 119
145	1783	Private collection	-
167	1784	Private collection	-
175	1784	Helsinki, National Museum of Finland	NM 38050
181	1784	Stockholm,Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande	KN 39
182	1784	Oslo, Norsk folkemuseum	NF.1904-0211
184	1784	Kalmar, Länsmuseet?	?
-	1784	-	-
190	-	-	-
-	1785	Oslo, Musikhöyskolens Lindemannsamling	34
232	1787	Private collection, Hans-Börje Wittebo	-
237	1786	Göteborg City Museum, (formerly in the Historiska museet)	GM:3902
239	1786	The Stockholm Music Museum	M1938
246	1786	Private collection	-
254	1789	Gävle, County Museum	GM7601
262	1787	Bellmanmuseet, Aspa Herrgård	-
264	1787	Private collection	-
298	1787	The Stockholm Music Museum	N87413
299	1787	Private collection
304	1787	Private collection
308	1788	Private collection
314	1790	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	KN 31
321	1788	Göteborg City Museum, (formerly in the Historiska museet)	GM:17850
326	1788	Lund, Kulturen	CL 1977(111)
333	1788	Private collection (Nordéns auctions 1998)	-
347	1789	The Stockholm Music Museum	N147488
373	1790	Private collection
377	1790	The Stockholm Music Museum	M215
387	1790	Göteborg City Museum, (formerly in the Historiska museet)	GM:13610
392	1791	Private collection	-
395	1791	Private collection, Finland	-
397	1791	Private collection	-
409	1791	The Stockholm Music Museum	F442
429	1791	The Stockholm Music Museum	M219
430	-	-	-
438	1792	Private collection	-
452	1792	Helsinki, National Museum of Finland	NM 2150:5
453	1792	The Stockholm Music Museum	F443
461	1792	Private collection
474	1792	Private collection	-
477	1792	Svenskt teatermuseum
481	1793	Bussum, CvLB	-
482	1793	Private collection
487	1793	Copenhagen, Musikhistorisk Museum, Carl Claudius Coll.	CL 120
493	179-	Stockholms auktionsverk November 2001
495	1793	Private collection, Finland
503	1795	Turku, Sibeliusmuseum	0174
507	1793	-	-
510	1793	Private collection, J. Jahnsson	-
522	1794	Bukowskis market 2012-09-03	-
530	1794	Private collection, J. Jahnsson	-
529	1794	The Stockholm Music Museum	M3109
551	1794	Private collection, J. Jahnsson	-
-	1794	Private collection	-
-	1794	Turku, Sibeliusmuseum	-
570?	1795	The Stockholm Music Museum	N24735
571	1795	The Stockholm Music Museum	N32001
573	1795	The Stockholm Music Museum	M1535
579	1795	Private collection	-
581	1796	Lund, Kulturen	KM 13789
593	1796	Leipzig, Musikinstrumentenmuseum	515
-	1796	Turku, Sibeliusmuseum	-
-	179-	Turku, County Museum (lacking maker’s label)	TMM 1771
602	179?	Private collection	-
609	1797	Lake Vänern Museum (formerly Lidköping, Hantverks- och sjöfartsmuseum)	5M16-5281
619	1797	Private collection	-
621	1797	Private collection	-
622	1797	Göteborg City Museum, (formerly in the Historiska museet)	GM:10198
629	-	-	-
640	1798	Karlskrona, Blekinge läns museum	BLM2442
645	1798	Copenhagen, Musikhistorisk Museum, Carl Claudius Coll.	114
663/665	1795/96	Private collection, Peder Svan	-
670	1800	Kristinestad, Finland, the Lebell Collection	430
671	1800	Guitar. Private collection	-
674	-	-	-
676	1800	Bengt Nilsson’s collection of old Swedish instruments, Malmö
681	1801	Private collection
682	1802	Private collection, Tampere, Finland	-
687	1801	Private collection (Clas Yngström, Falun)	-
690	1802	Private collection (Tommy Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden)	-
6??	1801	The Stockholm Music Museum	M1448
691	1802	Copenhagen, Musikhistorisk Museum	X 12
701	1802	Private collection	-
713	1803	Private collection	-
716	1803	Private collection	-
718	-	-	-
722	-	-	-
724	1804	-	-
729	1804	Stockholm, Nordiska museet? (according to Boivie p. 69)	26,873
732	1804	Private collection	-
737	1805	Private collection	-
740	1805	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	-
744	1805	Copenhagen, Musikhistorisk Museum, Carl Claudius Coll.	CL 115
749	1806	Private collection
790	1805	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	KN 44
793	1805	Eisenach	7
796	1806	The Stockholm Music Museum, D. Fryklund Coll.	F418
-	-	Göteborg City Museum, (formerly in the Historiska museet)	GM:12120
-	-	Göteborg City Museum, (formerly in the Historiska museet)	Gmallm:1535
		Vasa, Österbottens museum, the Hedman Collection	KH 2773

A. Lindberg, Åraslöf

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	1831	Lund, Kulturen	KM 16437

Pehr Lundborg, Stockholm

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	1799	Private collection, J. Jahnsson	-

Lorents Mollenberg, Stockholm

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
7	1810	The Stockholm Music Museum	N25818
19	1812	Private collection, Per Sporsén	-
24	1813	-	-
25	1813	Bukowskis 2017-06-25. Restored 1918 by Alfred Brock. Not original.	-
41	1814	Private collection, Hammer's collection	-
50	1814	Private collection, United Kongdom	-
52	1814	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	KN 28
53	1814	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	KN 30
57	1814	Bengt Nilsson’s collection of old Swedish instruments, Malmö	-
58	1814	-	-
-	1814	Leipzig, Musikinstrumentenmuseum	516
60	1815	The Stockholm Music Museum	M1364
61	1815	Stockholms auktionsverk 2010-06-04	-
65	1816	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	KN 29
-	1815	Turku, Sibeliusmuseum	56
-	1815	Private collection, Lars Svantesson, Sundsvall, Sweden	-
73	1816	-	-
75	1816	Gitarr. Göteborg, Göteborgs stadsmuseum	GM:10244
78	1816	The Stockholm Music Museum	N26873
80	1816	Private collection, Hammer's collection	-
82 or 89	1817	London, Royal College of Music	RCM 135
83	1817	The Stockholm Music Museum	M3371
84	1817	Helsinki, National Museum of Finland	NM 3566:38
90	1818	Private collection, J. Sjöstrand	-
93	1819	Stockholms auktionsverk 2017-08-30. Lot no. 480560. Provenance: Fållans gård, Trångsund	-
96	1819	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	KN 27
97	1819	Skara, Länsmuseet	10358
99	1819	Guitar. Private collection
104	1820	Private collection	-
105	1820	Helsinki, National Museum of Finland	NM 2547
111	1821	Private collection, Kenneth Sparr	-
115	1822	Guitar. Stockholm, Stiftelsen Musikkulturens främjande	IKN054
122	1823	Guitar. Private collection, Kenneth Sparr
126	1823	Guitar. Private collection
-	-	Utrecht, Institut voor Muziekwetenschap	N3. 380
-	-	Unsigned. Private collection	-

Anders Odendahl, Stockholm

Nr	År	Lokalisering	Inv. nr.
3	1812	The Stockholm Music Museum	M2338

Erik Ryberg, Uddevalla

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	1811?	The Stockholm Music Museum	N70989

Stenvik

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
3	1800	Private collection, J. Jahnsson	-

Carl Eric Sundberg, Stockholm

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	1804	- Has belonged to Sven Scholander. Rebuilt by Brock (?)	-
-	1818	-	-

Carl Petter Sundqvist, Turku

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	1832	Helsinki, National Museum of Finland	NM 20000038

Carl Fredrik Thusberg (1754-1814), Turku

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	-	Porvo, Porvoon museum, Finland	BM292

Hans Westerdahl

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
-	1792	Lund, Kulturen (now lost)	KM36791

Johan Öhberg, Stockholm

No.	Year	Location	Inv. No.
6	1772	Private collection
35	1776	The Stockholm Music Museum	M2812
40	1776	Copenhagen, Musikhistorisk Museum, Carl Claudius Coll.	CL 118
45	1777	The Nydahl Collection (The Foundation for the Advancement of Music Culture), Stockholm	KN 42
-	1778	The Stockholm Music Museum	N66421

References

Baines, A. Victoria and Albert Museum. Catalogue of Musical Instruments. Volume II. Non-Keyboard Instruments. London 1964.

Baines, A. European and American Musical Instruments. London 1966.

Boivie, H. Några svenska lut- och fiolmakare under 1700-talet. Fataburen 1921 pp. 51-73.

Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp Collection of Musical Instruments. Amsterdam 1971.

Claudius, C. Carl Claudius samling af gamle musikinstrumenter. Köbenhavn 1951.

Fryklund, D. Viol- och lutmakare från medeltiden till nutiden. W. L. Lütgendorff: (Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 4/1922 pp. 101-108)

Helenius-Öberg, E. Svenskt instrumentmakeri 1720-1800. Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 59:1 (1977) pp. 5-43.

Kinsky, G. Katalog des Musikhistorischen Museums von Wilhelm Heyer in Cöln. Band II, Zupf- und Streichinstrumente. Köln 1912.

Meer, J. H. van der. Musikinstrumente. Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. München 1983.

[Musikmuseet] Den svenska lutan. [Utställninsgkatalog 25 oktober 1992-31 januari 1993].

Nordén auktioner AB. Konst & antikviteter. Internationella höstauktionen 1998. Katalog nr 29. Stockholm 1998.

Norlind, T. Den svenska lutan. Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning 17(1935) pp. 5-43.

Nyström, M. Citrinchen & porträtt som tillhört Carl Michael Bellman. [Stockholm] 1990.

Pohlmann, E. Laute-Theorbe-Chitarrone. 5 rev. und ergänzteAuflage. Bremen 1982.

[Sibeliusmuseum, Turku] Instrumentutställning. Åbo 1980.

[Sjöstrand, Johan] Berömda lutbyggare i det gamla Stockholm. Slöjd och ton 1931 pp.18-22, 49-51 and 1945 pp. 37-41.

Utställning av musikinstrument ur Daniel Fryklunds samling i Hälsingborg... Katalog. Hälsingborg 1945.

Vi äro musikanter alltifrån Skaraborg. Falköping 1983.

Wells, Elizabeth & Nobbs, Christopher. European Stringed Instruments. Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments. Catalogue. Part III. London 2007

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