Above, the reverse side of the CDV from the prior post for photographer Axel Sjöberg.
So, we see it was at least 1905 when this particular CDV was created, per the dates advertising the awards won, and where and when. “Prisbelönt Med Diplom Samt Svenska Turistföreningens Hederspris” translates from Google as: Award-winning with diploma and Swedish Tourist Association’s Honorary Award. Note the beautiful flower and cross design in Malmö, (and underneath: Stortorget, indicating Sjöberg’s Malmö studio was located in the Main Square.)
In looking online for biographical info for this photographer, we found other CDVs, Cabinet Cards from the 1880s, verification of some of his awards mentioned in various publications of Svenska turistföreningens årsskrift (Swedish Tourist’s Association Yearbook) and a grateful acknowledgement to Sjöberg (among others) from author William Widgery Thomas, Jr. in Sweden and the Swedes (1893) for the use of his landscape photos, “…especially along the Göta Canal.” Check out the illustrations and other artwork in the eBook, and it looks like great reading (Now, where to find the time? 😉 ) The book was also published in Swedish.
Stepping stones….
From one bit of information to the next, like jumping from stone to stone we find:
From the Swedish website Moderna Museet: “Axel Sjöberg (1865-1936). Active in Malmö. He won second prize in the Swedish Touring Club’s first competition in 1933 for his characteristic and poetic images of the flat landscape of Skåne. He also won second prize in the next two competitions organized by the Swedish Touring Club.”
From the website KulterNav: The full name for the photographer was Per Axel Sjöberg, born June 15, 1865 in Södertälje, Södertälje kommun, Stockholms län (Södertälje, Stockholm County, Sweden). He died July 19, 1936 in Skåne län (Skåne County, Sweden).
Then, a Household Clerical Survey record confirming name, date of birth and occupation, recorded that he’d moved in 1887 from Södertelge to Karlsborgs garnisonsförsamling, (parish) in Skaraborg County. And the online death record showed his place of death as Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden.
Sources: Svenska turistföreningens årsskrift för år 1899. Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm. p. 419. (Google eBook.)
William W. Thomas, Jr. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Thomas,_Jr. (accessed September 4, 2016).
Thomas, William W. Sweden and the Swedes. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893. (Google eBook).
Thomas, William W. Sverige och Svenskarne: eller Från Slott till Koja. Chicago: Swedish Publishing Company, 1901. (Google eBook).
Biographies, Axel Sjöberg (1865-1936). Moderna Museet. (accessed September 4, 2016).
“Sjöberg, Axel (1865 – 1936) [sv]” KulterNav. (accessed September 4, 2016).
Roll/Fiche Number: GO-550; Volume Number: AI:38; Page Number: 93. Ancestry.com. Sweden, Selected Indexed Household Clerical Surveys, 1880-1893.
Swedish Church Records Archive. Johanneshov, Sweden: Genline AB. Ancestry.com. Sweden, Selected Indexed Death Records, 1840-1860 and 1878-1942.