A Compass to Beauty (En Kompass Mot Skönhet)

Original Title EN KOMPASS MOT SKÖNHET
Documentary
Duration 51 mins
Production Year 2010
Language Versions Available Swedish version, English subtitles.
Producer ATHENAFILM, Sweden
A FILM ABOUT LARS SJÖBERG BY INGALILL SNITT

Lars Sjöberg is the author of 15 books including The Swedish Room and Classic Swedish Interiors. He is widely known for his knowledge of Sweden's historic houses and for his passionate concern to preserve them.

An art historian and a museum curator Sjöberg is also a superb self-taught craftsman, who believes ardently in the values of learning from the past to preserve the future. He has also been a consultant on reproduction 18th-century furniture for IKEA and has inspired IKEA to sell a collection of 18th-centry furniture, china and fabrics