#nils santesson

[bosiegenau]

Nils santesson 1873-1960. He was a Swedish tinsmith, sculptor and writer. He belonged to the tinsmith family Santesson.

On 4 January 1907 he was arrested for homosexual fornication[similar too the law in the UK called” gross indecency “] and on 21 January he was sentenced to ten months' hard labour in a morality.

The law against homosexual acts was applied quite rarely at that time in Sweden. The fact that Santesson's case resulted in a trial was due to the tragic circumstances, in which a 22-year-old tin foundry worker had attempted to take his own life and in a suicide note to his parents accused Santesson of having destroyed him in body and soul.

[finnish-art-gallery]

The Sculptor Nils E. Santesson, Valle Rosenberg, 1916, Finnish National Gallery

Nils Erik Hjalmar Santesson (Tukholma 12.5. 1873- Tukholma 5.10.1960), ruotsalainen tinanvalaja, kirjailija ja kuvanveistäjä.

http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2062

[vintage-sweden]

Mugshot of Nils Santesson, 1907, Sweden. He was a well-known tinsmith. He was arrested and later convicted to 10 months of penal labour for a public morality crime (homosexuality.) The law against homosexuality was rarely enforced at this time but this case had unusual circumstances; an 18-year-old tinsmith apprentice attempted suicide and in the suicide note, he accused Nils of seducing him and ruining his “body and soul.”  The sentence was viewed as unusually harsh by some and inspired debate in the media about the law; however, homosexuality was not decriminalized until 1944.

[finnish-art-gallery]

The Sculptor Nils E. Santesson, Valle Rosenberg, 1916, Finnish National Gallery

Nils Erik Hjalmar Santesson (Tukholma 12.5. 1873- Tukholma 5.10.1960), ruotsalainen tinanvalaja, kirjailija ja kuvanveistäjä.

http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2062

[finnish-art-gallery]

The Sculptor Nils E. Santesson, Valle Rosenberg, 1916, Finnish National Gallery

Nils Erik Hjalmar Santesson (Tukholma 12.5. 1873- Tukholma 5.10.1960), ruotsalainen tinanvalaja, kirjailija ja kuvanveistäjä.

http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+III+2062