Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Baba vake, Gustaf, vaiva Commissioner muSweden National Audit Office. Akadzidza mifananidzo paRoyal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts kubva muna 1891 kusvika muna 1896 ukuwo achitora zvidzidzo paThe Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. Chii chaizova chinhu chikuru mubasa rake rapashure raiva shanyo yaakaita kuDalarna muna 1894. Akafadzwa netsika dzechivanhu ikoko uye akagara mumusha weUllvi, pedyo neLeksand, muna 1897; achishongedza purazi rake nemidziyo inogadzirwa munharaunda uye zvinhu zvokugadzira. Mufananidzo waakagadzira panguva iyoyo ("Wake in Leksand") wakaratidzwa zvinobudirira pa
General Art uye Industrial Exhibition yeStockholm. Ikoku kwakateverwa nenzendo dzokudzidza dzakareba dzinoverengeka kuFrance, Germany neNetherlands kuvambira muna 1898 kusvikira muna 1901.