Berndt
Friberg
Berndt Friberg (1899-1981) was born into a family with ceramic
traditions, his grandfather and uncles all worked for Höganäs
stoneware factory. Friberg left Höganäs after five
years of training and after working at smaller factories in
Denmark and Sweden, Friberg came to Gustavsberg in 1934 as
a thrower for Wilhelm Kåge. He soon became indespensible
and was always asked to take on technically difficult objects.
Friberg felt he had much to learn on forms and glazes from
the old Chinese masters. He became a glaze specialist by trial
and errors and is said to have had the recipes to over 200
glaze variations. He sprayed the glazes on the vessles, knowing
fairly accurately how the chemical composition would react
in the kiln, calculating as few surprises as possible. Friberg
truly became the master of his medium, acclaimed by critics
and public alike.
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