Maj-Britt Hilstrom

You will forever be in our hearts, The Carlsons.

Photo: "Runic Alpha Book 1" exhibited in the group exhibition by Nordic 5 Arts in "Runes Revealed" in 2016 at the Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA. I was sad to receive the news of MaJ-Britt´s passing. She was an impressive and accomplished artist and a role model in so many ways. One of the founding members of Nordic 5 Arts, she hosted many membership meetings in her beautiful art filled home. Her participation and guidance during several decades was always appreciated and her...

Maj-Britt was my cousin and a friend to my wife Gerd-Britt and me. I am sad she is dead and I will miss her. The first time I met her was 1978 (I think) when she brought her children to Europe. She bought a Volkswagen bus in which they traveled in Europe and they also visited my father and mother in Östersund. My father was brother to Maj-Britts mother Dagny. We went to see the place where Maj-Britts grandparents lived until our grandfather (Maj-Britts and mine) suddenly died 1922 leaving our...

It has always been a great pleasure to meet Maj-Britt and I feel very sad that this era is gone. Since 1977 I have had contact with Maj-Britt, my second cousin. When my father Ivar Asen and I met her mother Dagny, my father´s cousin, in Chicago, we desired to see Maj-Britt in San Fransisco as well. Since then we have had frequent contact with each other as well as with her children. I am so glad to have met her and I am proud to be her cousin. A very warm and generous woman with great...

It was very sad to learn that my dear relative Maj-Britt has passed away. We both come from the Swedish Asen family. I and my family met Maj Britt several times both in the US and in Sweden. She was a remarkable woman, talented with many skills and with a very warm personality. She was so beautiful and always elegant. A woman to remember and who will be deeply missed. We send our warmast condolences to her family. Carin Ahlberg, born Asen

As a member of Nordic 5 Arts, I always felt close to Maj-Britt as we had many aspects of our lives in common - Midwestern family roots (Chicago, Des Moines), enjoyment of time spent at cabins in the North Woods (Wisconsin, Minnesota), a love of the arts, particularly printmaking (CSP), an affinity for Japanese aesthetics, fabrics and travel to Japan, our Swedish heritage, and that we each had daughters named `Britta.´ I had the wonderful fortune to run into Maj-Britt at the Moderna Museet...

Maj-Britt and `Apollon´ by Henri Matisse, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sept 12, 2017

Maj-Britt and Debra Jewell, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sept 12, 2017