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'''Rolf H. Lagerson''' (also spelled '''Lagersson'''; 8 January 1925 – 9 January 2006)<ref name="Rolf about"/> was a Swedish artist and graphic designer. He created art for Lego for 25 years, including the 1973 Lego logo and a lot of Fabuland stuff.
'''Rolf H. Lagerson''' (also spelled '''Lagersson'''; 8 January 1925 – 9 January 2006)<ref name="Rolf about"/> was a Swedish artist and graphic designer.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Rolf Lagerson was born on 8 January 1925 in [[Wikipedia:Malmö|Malmö]], [[Wikipedia:Skåne|Skåne]]. Lagerson originally studied to be an architect before switching to a career in graphic art. From 1946 to 1948 he studied at [[Wikipedia:sv:Beckmans designhögskola|Anders Beckman's school of advertising art]] and the SGF school of typographical design in [[Wikipedia:Stockholm|Stockholm]].<ref name="Amstutz"/><!--
Rolf Lagerson was born on 8 January 1925 in [[Wikipedia:Malmö|Malmö]], [[Wikipedia:Skåne|Skåne]]. Lagerson originally studied to be an architect before switching to a career in graphic art. From 1946 to 1948 he studied at [[Wikipedia:sv:Beckmans designhögskola|Anders Beckman's school of advertising art]] and the SGF school of typographical design in [[Wikipedia:Stockholm|Stockholm]]. For the next six years he worked as various advertising agencies in [[Wikipedia:Stockholm|Stockholm]], as well as at [[Wikipedia:Benton & Bowles|Benton & Bowles]] in New York during one year. In 1954 he started working as a freelance artist.<ref name="Amstutz"/>
Between 1948 and 1954 he worked at advertising agencies in Stockholm, and spent one year working for [[Wikipedia:Benton & Bowles|Benton & Bowles]] in New York. Starting in 1954 Lagerson
 
Rolf married Gitt Hammarberg, who was also a freelance artist. In 1965 Gitt and Rolf separated, and Rolf moved to Denmark.-->
== Select works ==
<gallery>
LEGO Gruppen logo redesign 1972.JPG | LEGO logo, 1972
General Caramel og hans bolsjegarde.JPG | "General Caramel", 1975
Lagersson, Lego Fabuland Bøger - Edward Elephant.JPG | ''Fabuland'' illustration, 1983
Duplo 1988 test 1.JPG | Duplo theme concept art, 1988
Duplo 1988 test 2.JPG | Duplo theme concept art, 1988
Lego 1989 test 1.jpg | LEGO theme concept art, 1989
Lego 1989 test 2.jpg | LEGO theme concept art, 1989
LEGO miljøsymbol, Design Rolf Lagersson.JPG | LEGO environmental symbol, 1995
Ygdrasil Lego prisen 2.JPG | [[The LEGO Prize|"Ygdrasil"]], 1995
</gallery>


== References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="Rolf about">[http://www.sve-dan.dk/midten-rolf.htm "About Rolf Lagersson"]. Rolf Lagersson Billedmager (''sve-dan.dk''). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240126152754/http://www.sve-dan.dk/midten-rolf.htm Archived] from the original on 26 January 2024.</ref>
<ref name="Rolf about">[http://www.sve-dan.dk/midten-rolf.htm "About Rolf Lagersson"]. Rolf Lagersson Billedmager (''sve-dan.dk''). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240126152754/http://www.sve-dan.dk/midten-rolf.htm Archived] from the original on 26 January 2024.</ref>
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Revision as of 06:00, 2 March 2024

Rolf H. Lagerson (also spelled Lagersson; 8 January 1925 – 9 January 2006)[1] was a Swedish artist and graphic designer.

Biography

Rolf Lagerson was born on 8 January 1925 in Malmö, Skåne. Lagerson originally studied to be an architect before switching to a career in graphic art. From 1946 to 1948 he studied at Anders Beckman's school of advertising art and the SGF school of typographical design in Stockholm. For the next six years he worked as various advertising agencies in Stockholm, as well as at Benton & Bowles in New York during one year. In 1954 he started working as a freelance artist.[2]

Select works

References

  1. "About Rolf Lagersson". Rolf Lagersson Billedmager (sve-dan.dk). Archived from the original on 26 January 2024.
  2. Amstutz, Walter (ed.) (1962). Who's Who in Graphic Art. Amstutz & Herdeg Graphis Press, Zurich. p. 433.