Rune Hammarling

1936-1999.

Curator.

Rune Hammarling took correspondence courses in drawing and painting and was apprenticed to conservator Alf Hedman in Gävle, where he worked for 17 years.

In 1981 he trained as a conservator in Copenhagen and two years later started his own business.

Hammarling has restored medieval paintings in a number of churches in Uppsala and also the 19th century paintings in Uppsala Cathedral, the University Hall, Carolina Rediviva, Geijersgården, as well as a number of student nations and the castles in Gävle and Västerås.

 

Burial site: 0127-1201

Image description: Rune Hammarling doing conservation work in Bälinge church, Uppland, 1989. Photo: Rune Hammarling / Upplandsmuseet. [The image is cropped]
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