Robin Lindström & Synnöve Orebjörk
1 maj – 28 september 2025
The stone sculptors from Värmskog who, through mythology and geology, give voice to the hidden and recreate balance and connection between man and nature.
Robin Lindström and Synnöve Orebjörk are the artist couple who have formed a team in their artistic work as stone sculptors. “We are inspired by nature, by the stones who speak to us. We want to free and embody the beings that are already in the stone. We go on a treasure hunt together and find all sorts of beautiful stones in our secret places. Each stone is carefully selected. We want to give voice to the hidden and forgotten and recreate balance and connection between man and nature.”
Lindström’s interest in art began early with a fondness for ancient sculptures and their megalithic structures. His own career began fifteen years ago when he worked as a carpenter and shaped furniture from wood. And Lindström says that during a break in work he saw “her”, an angel who appeared in the log. Then he took up his chainsaw and freed her. Since then, there have been many wooden sculptures. A few years ago, Lindström was visited by a friend who showed him how to process and shape natural stone. One thing led to another and together they created a sculpture park in Tällberg, Dalarna.
Orebjörk has always been involved in various types of creativity, but previously mainly in painting. It was when Lindström and she became a couple, and she tried sculpting in stone for the first time, that she experienced something new. Instead of starting with a blank sheet of paper, it was as if the stone became what it wanted to be. Orebjörk explains that the self-criticism that she previously experienced in connection to her art is almost completely gone when she works with stone, since the stone itself is a co-creator.
For three years now, the artist couple has been involved with the honorable mission of creating unique prizes for the winners of Vasaloppet.
The sculptures presented in the garden of Gamla Kraftstationen cultural area are shaped from unusual stones from various discovery sites. Stones that were formed on our planet with a span of up to two billion to 380 million years ago. Several sculptures are made of Värmland’s landscape stone kyanite quartzite, a unique geological find that can only be found in Hålsjöberg just south of Stöllet. In this year’s edition of stone sculptures in the garden you will also find visual gold. The gold comes from the gold mine in Harnäs located in the area of Sillerud. The mine itself is a world sensation. – From these different stones, beings have emerged who now want to be looked at. QR code on each work makes it possible to delve into what kind of stone it is, where it comes from, how old it is and which mythological figure the artists depict.
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