Karl-Erik Forsberg

His wife was Geith Forsberg. Forsberg was the artistic director of Almqvist & Wiksell 1942-50 and at Norstedts 1950, where he designed books. Bibeln med bilder av Rembrandt (Bible with pictures by Rembrandt) (1954) is one of Forsberg's great achievements as a designer. The book was one of the first set with Forsberg's own typeface Berling antikva (1951). Forsberg also published several books: Exlibris, monogram och andra märken (Bookplates, monograms and other markings) (1981) and Mina bokstäver (My letters) (1983), Vandring bland bokstavsformer (Wandering among the letter forms) (1992) and others. In 1983 Forsberg received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden. On his 75th birthday in 1989 the Forsberg Berling Prize was instituted, awarded to a Swedish graphic artist every year since 1991. In 1965, he designed a text-only diploma for winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Training under Akke Kumlien is recorded. Kaj Piehl is recorded as having studied under Karl-Erik Forsberg. The recorded working language is Swedish. Works named in the authority record are Berling Prize. Work by Karl-Erik Forsberg is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum.

• Berling antikva (1952) • Antiqua. Vandring bland bokstavsformer (Walk in the letter forms) (1957) • Exlibris, monogram och andra märken (Bookplates, monograms and other markings) (1981, together with Geith Forsberg) • Bokstaven i mitt liv (The letter in my life) (1982) • Mina bokstäver (My letters) (1983, together with Geith Forsberg) • Skrift. Handledning i kalligrafi (Writing. Guide to Calligraphy) (1986) • Bokstaven och ordet (1990, together with Geith Forsberg) • Vandring bland bokstavsformer (Wandering among the letter forms) (1992, together with Geith Forsberg) • Alpha Magica (Alpha Lantern) (1994, together with Geith Forsberg) • Bokstaven som konst (The letter as art) (1996)