Fredrik Ahlstedt

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Emil Cedercreutz and Väinö Blomstedt are recorded as having studied under Fredrik Ahlstedt. The recorded working language is Finnish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Employment is recorded with University of Helsinki. Work by Fredrik Ahlstedt is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, City of Pori art collection, Turku Art Museum and Art Museum of Estonia.

• Name — Fredrik Ahlstedt • Birth Name — August Fredrik Ahlstedt • Born — 24 April 1839 • Birthplace — Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Finland) • Died — 19 August 1901 • Place of death — Pargas, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Finland) • Field — Painting

Born in Turku, he studied under Robert Wilhelm Ekman before continuing his studies in Düsseldorf (1869–74). He was one of the first artists to join Victor Westerholm in the artists colony at Önningeby on the island of Åland in 1886. He and his wife Nina Ahlstedt, also a painter, returned there in subsequent years. • Illustration — Sitting in the chair at Önningebykolonin in 1886, with his wife Nina front right Ahlstedt was a prolific painter, creating a wide range of portraits and landscapes. His work is part of permanent collections in Finland and abroad. He participated in exhibitions at the Finnish Artists Exhibitions from 1892 to 1901, as well as in Stockholm (1897) and Paris (1900). A posthumous exhibition was held at the Finnish Artists Exhibition in 1924.

The authorities additionally record the headings F. Ahlstedt, August Fredrik Ahlstedt, A. Ahlstedt and Frederik Ahlstedt. His recorded languages were Finnish and Swedish. He married Nina Ahlstedt. One child is recorded: Margareta Ahlstedt-Willandt.