36 Swedish portrait painters

Sofia Adolfina Adlersparre was a Swedish painter.

Alma Constantia Arnell was a Swedish painter.

Elias Brenner was a Finnish born, Swedish artist, draftsman and antiquarian. He is especially known for his work as a portrait miniaturist and a numismatist.

Michael Dahl (1659–1743) was a Swedish portrait painter who lived and worked in England most of his career and died there. He was one of the most internationally known Swedish painters of his time. He painted portraits of many aristocrats and some members of royal families, such as Queen Anne of Great Britain, Prince George of Denmark and the exiled Queen Christina of Sweden.

Georg Desmarées or Des Marées, was a Swedish-German portrait painter.

Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, was a Swedish Baroque painter. She is known for her allegorical works paintings, portraits and group portraits.

David Klöcker Ehrenstråhl was a Swedish nobleman and portrait painter.

Emma Amalia Ekwall was a Swedish painter.

Per Leander Engström, sometimes denoted as The Elder was a Swedish painter. He specialized in portraits and colorful wilderness scenes in the Expressionist style.

Jonas Forsslund was a Swedish portrait painter and sculptor.

Ernst Abraham Josephson (1851-1906) was a Swedish painter and poet. He specialized in portraits, genre scenes of folklife and folklore.

Per Krafft the Elder was a Swedish portraitist. He was the father of the artists Per Krafft the Younger and Wilhelmina Krafft.

Per Krafft the Younger was a Swedish painter of portraits and historical scenes.

Maria Wilhelmina Krafft was a Swedish painter and portrait miniaturist. She was the daughter of the painter Per Krafft the Elder and Maria Vilhelmina Ekebom and the sister of the painter Per Krafft the Younger.

Carl Peter Lehmann was a Danish-Swedish portrait painter who also worked in Norway.

Amalia Euphrosyne Lindegren was a Swedish artist and painter. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1856).

Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk was a Polish-born Swedish painter, drawer and sculptor.

Carl Wilhelm Nordgren was a Swedish portrait painter and professional trumpeter, for the Life Guards of Horse.

Gustaf Bernhard Österman was a Swedish painter, illustrator and curator. His twin brother, Emil, was also an artist.

Carl Emil Österman was a Swedish painter, illustrator and academician. His twin brother, Bernhard, was also an artist.

Lorens Pasch the Elder, sometimes spelled Lorentz or Lorenz was a Swedish portrait painter.

Lorens or Lorenz Pasch the Younger (1733–1805) was a Swedish painter.

Ulrika "Ulla" Fredrica Pasch, was a Swedish rococo painter and miniaturist, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.

Maria Christina Röhl was a Swedish portrait artist. She made portraits of many of the best known people in Sweden in the first half of the 19th century. Her paintings are exhibited at the national museum Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. The Swedish Royal library has a collection of 1800 portraits by her. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1843) and an official portrait artist of the royal court.

Alexander Roslin was a Swedish portrait painter who worked in Scania, Bayreuth, Paris, Italy, Warsaw and St. Petersburg, primarily for members of aristocratic families. He combined insightful psychological portrayal with a skillful representation of fabrics and jewels. His style combined Classicist tendencies with the lustrous, shimmering colours of Rococo, a jocular, elegant and ornate style. He lived in France from 1752 until 1793, a period that spanned most of his career. The painting by Roslin depicting Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis, Countess of Egmont Pignatelli, was bought by the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2006 for US$3 million.

Johan Gustaf Sandberg was a Swedish painter. He was foremost a history painter and used settings from Norse mythology and Swedish history. His most widely known work in this area are his frescoes in Uppsala Cathedral that depict the Swedish king Gustav Vasa. In addition to his history paintings, Sandberg painted a number of portraits.

Olof Johan Södermark was a Swedish military officer, painter, graphic artist and sculptor. His son, Per Södermark, was also a well-known painter and lithographer.

Johan Per Södermark was a Swedish military officer, painter and lithographer.

Isak Johan Emerik Gustaf Stenberg was a Swedish draftsman, painter and folklorist.

Axel Tallberg was a Swedish visual artist and engraver. He is remembered for his etching course at the Royal Swedish Academy of Art and for his portraits, including those of King Oscar II, Leo Tolstoy and Theodore Roosevelt.

Johan Natanael Törnros, known as Nabot was a Swedish painter, illustrator and cartoonist. He specialized in portraits and interiors. After 1900, he was a member of a short-lived progressive artists' group known as "De Frie", which was notable for its inclusion of a female artist, Harriet Sundström. His nickname is derived from the French word for dwarf.

Gustaf Uno Troili was a Swedish portrait painter and musician.

Gerda Charlotta Wallander was a Swedish portrait and genre painter.

Johann Heinrich Wedekind was a Baltic-German painter who worked in Sweden and Russia, for Peter the Great. He helped to establish secular portrait painting in Russia.

Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller was a Swedish painter whose notable works include Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold.

Fredric Westin was a Swedish history and portrait painter.