Calle Örnemark Explained

Calle Olof Sigvard Örnemark (19 December 1933 – 4 August 2015) was a Swedish artist and sculptor from Jönköping Municipality, Sweden.^[1] He is particularly known for his large wooden sculptures, but he also made paintings and metal sculptures.

His first large sculpture was Jätten Vist (the Vist the Giant), completed in 1969 and standing over high next to the European route E4, at Huskvarna. According to the legend, the giant was on his way home from a party in Västergötland. He threw some grass and soil into Lake Vättern for his wife to step on, thus creating the island Visingsö.^[2]

In the 1980s, his very large outdoor wooden sculptures Bounty and Indiska reptricket (the Indian rope trick) at Riddersberg manor, south of Jönköping, drew many visitors. The mobile Bounty resembled a ship, and the 103-meter-high Indiska reptricket was the world's tallest sculpture. Both were removed from the exhibition in 2007 after their condition had deteriorated.^{[3] [4] [5]}

His later work includes a wooden balloon in Gränna, Sweden^[6] and Morgans skip in Gratangen, Norway, showing the wrecking of Henry Morgan's ship Oxford in the Caribbean.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Örnemark lived and worked in Gränna but also maintained a studio on Visingsö.^[10]

Örnemark died on 4 August 2015 at the age of 81.^[11]

Further reading

• Book: Andersson, Stellan . Den fantastiske Calle Örnemark (The Fantastic Calle Örnemark) . Rydheims Tryckeri . 1983 . 91-7260-887-0 . Huskvarna . Swedish.
• Book: Borbas, Josef . Konst och experiment av Calle Örnemark : Art and experiment of Calle Örnemark = Kunst und Experiment von Calle Örnemark . Rydheims Tryckeri . 1987 . Huskvarna . Swedish, English, German.

External links

• Calle Örnemark website

Notes and References

1. Book: Konst och experiment av Calle Örnemark . . 1987 . Swedish . 2009-04-05.
2. News: Fäldt . Gabriella . 2006-11-03 . Jätten Vist skapade Visingsö . 2009-04-05 . . Swedish.
3. Web site: Maltell . Tommy . 2004 . Jätten Vist . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080329061404/http://www.pb.edu.jonkoping.se/konst/Jatten.html . 2008-03-29 . 2009-04-05 . Per Brahegymnasiet website . . Swedish.
4. News: Söderlund . Andreas . 2008-04-24 . En gåva från himmelen - till Norge . 2009-04-05 . . Swedish.
5. News: 2007-01-11 . Välkända konstverk rivna . 2009-04-05 . . Swedish.
6. News: Sandbacka . Sara . 2008-10-20 . Calles ballong har landat . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081022064641/http://www.jnytt.se/Read__19181.aspx . 2008-10-22 . 2009-04-05 . . Swedish.
7. News: Mortensen . Martin . Fuglesang, Kaspar . 2008-09-27 . Fuktig dåp . 2009-04-05 . . Norwegian.
8. News: Borgersen . Merete Loftsgarden . 2008-09-28 . Velkommen til Lille Jamaica . 2009-04-05 . . Norwegian.
9. News: Hanssen . Ann-Kristin . 2008-09-18 . Bodøværing "strandet" i Gratangen . 2009-04-05 . . Norwegian.
10. Web site: Calle Örnemark . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041231051543/http://www.visingso.net/naring/ornemark/calle.html . 2004-12-31 . 2009-04-05 . Calle Örnemark website . Swedish.
11. Web site: Skulptören Calle Örnemark död . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150825013852/http://www.folkbladet.nu/1496992/skulptoren-calle-ornemark-dod . 25 August 2015 . 8 August 2015 . folkbladet.nu.