About us

Our History

L. Edelstam Art and Antiques was founded by Lars Edelstam in 1958. Until 1986 we had our gallery in the Old Town in Stockholm, then we moved to Östermalm and since 2001 we have our gallery at Linnégatan 26. Today the company is run mainly by Erik.

Lars was involved in the founding of the Swedish Art & Antiquedealer's Association in the late 1950th, and was for eight years its President. Since 2005, Erik has been a member of the association's board and is since 2008 its President. In addition to being a member of Swedish Art & Antiquedealer's Association, we are also members of its international counterpart, CINOA. CINOA are represented in 21 countries and has about a 5000 individual members across the world. Erik is also a member of the board ofCINOA's.

Lars participated as one of the experts in the Swedish "Antiques Road Show" for 14 years.

Our Activities

Our ambition in our gallery and at fairs and exhibitions is to show exciting combinations and interesting objects from the 1600s until the early 1900s. The emphasis is, however, in Swedish Gustavian pieces of the best quality.

We hope that you as a vistiors at our website will find interesting and unusual objects from different time periods and different styles. Hopefully, we can provide inspiration to create unique and personal decorations. Whether it is a 17th century mirror or an art-deco table, however, the quality is the common denominator.

If you are looking for something special that we do not have for sale at present, we will attempt to locate such an item. We will also be happy to asist you with suggestions and help in decorating your home. In recent years, the number of decorating asignments has increased, and we assist our clients in everything from whole concepts to finding individual items.

We participate continuously in several fairs in Sweden, Antikmässan in Älvsjö in late winter, Helsingborgsmässan in the summer and "Grand Antiques" at Nordiska Museet in the autumn.

In addition to buying and selling antiques, we also carry out various types of valuations. For many years, we have been enlisted by the major insurance companies and banks for such missions.