Björn Landström

Björn Olof August Landström was a Finland Swedish artist, writer, graphic designer, illustrator and researcher. He was the son of master builder Artur Landström and Ester Äberg, and in 1939 married Else Astrid Linnea Grönros. After attending an advertising art school in Stockholm, he worked as an advertising manager from 1937 to 1939, a freelance artist from 1939 to 1949, and then as an illustrator and artistic director for the advertising agency Mainos-Taucher from 1949 to 1957. From 1955 to 1958, he was the rector of the School of Advertising Graphic Designers. He also staged and directed the theater, co-writing the play Ett spel om en väg som till Äbo bar in 1949. Landström resided in Sweden from 1959–1970 and 1976–1979, and received an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in 1971.