Artwork: Båtbärarna

In a tourist book about Bor, Thomas Qvarsebo read the sentence: “They came carrying their slender vessels”, which he interpreted to mean carrying boats between waterways by way of travel. “I have tried to bring out the spirit of the settlers by showing the construction of the boats. Together, the three figures build a balanced composition that may evoke ancient rock carvings.”

Thomas Qvarsebo works extensively in steel, Corten, copper and bronze. His most famous sculpture is the bronze bust of Olof Palme in the Riksdag building in Stockholm, but he has made many sculptures for public places throughout the country. Many of the sculptures have an open-ended pattern with a somewhat cubist form, but some are very true to nature with a strong personal expression (such as Olof Palme). Purchased by the Municipality of Värnamo in 1989.