Erik Bruun
Finnish graphic designer (born 1926)
Rolf Erik von Bruun (born 7 April 1926) is a Finnish graphic designer whose works include the reverse sides of the 1986 Finnish Markka banknote series.
Life and career
Bruun was born in Viipuri on 7 April 1926. He spent his childhood in the village of Säiniö on the Karelian isthmus. In the war years his family was forced to move to Helsinki, where he later enrolled in the Central School of Industrial Design. He graduated as a graphics designer in 1950.
After graduation, Bruun worked for three years as an exhibition designer and advertisement artist. In 1953 he founded his own design studio, where he produced the most of his work.
Bruun's works are diverse and numerous. They include posters, postcards, stamps, and most notably all of the reverse sides of the last ever series of the Finnish Markka banknote series from year 1986. In the early days of the new banknote series, Bruun and his wife were visiting Stockholm, Sweden.
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