CURRICULUM VITAE
Karin Viola Forsberg
Book- and Paper Conservator
Via Montello 57, 210 20 Buguggiate VA, Italy
E-mail: karinforsberg@libero.it
Homepage: www.oocities.org/Vienna/Opera/1050
or: www.oocities.org/kar_for
 

 

    Degrees:  B.A., Uppsala University and University of Stockholm
                            Book- and Paper Conservator, Istituto per l´Arte e il Restauro "Palazzo Spinelli", Florence, Italy
 

    Graduate and postgraduate courses: Art History, Musical Science, Preservation and Management of National Heritage, Nutrition and Dietetics, Computer Science
 

    Language: Swedish, English, Italian, French, Spanish, German
 

    Positions as Conservator/Restorer: The National Archives of Sweden, The Military Archives of Sweden, Church of Sweden,  The Uppsala University Library,Sweden, The Regional Archives of Lund, Sweden
 
 


 

     My name is Karin Forsberg, I am  Book- and Paper Conservator, and I live in Varese, in northern Italy since 2001.
 

         I was trained as a Conservator at the Istituto per l´Arte e il Restauro "Palazzo Spinelli" in Florence, Italy, between 1989 and 1991. Since then I have worked in the conservation departments of several  institutions in Sweden during the last ten years, such as: The National Archives, The Military Archives, The Regional Archives of Lund ecc.
I have also worked on a free-lance-basis
 

        In my work I deal with any object made of paper: maps, prints, paintings,drawings and posters, but also with bookbinding and book-related materials: parchment, leather, wood, seals ecc.
I also have extensive experience in computer-based conservation surveys and condition reports.
Furthermore I have always tried to extend my knowledge and improve my techniques by attending classes and workshops; for example the manufacture of paper, japanese conservation techniques, iron-gall ink-corrosion etc.