Tore A Jonasson
Tore A Jonasson was born in 1916. His father Albert moved from Värmland to Stockholm as a young man, and met Hanna from Lindesberg. They had two children, Tore and Gurli, who spent Christmas and other holidays at the family farm in Värmland. Tore’s cousin Anders was very good at discus throwing and was probably a vital inspiration for Tore’s future sports career. Tore did his military service in Örebro, where he also engaged energetically in sports. The person who helped him build his fortune and triggered his interest in the stock market was his paternal aunt Lisa, who bequeathed shares to her niece and nephew.
Tore was passionate about sports, art and securities throughout his life. In sports, he focused on athletics, especially throw sports and long and short distance running, but he also skied, played football, tennis and bandy, and was active as a coach and referee. In art, his particular interest lay in Swedish painting by artists of his own generation, many of whom enjoyed his patronage.
When Tore A Jonasson died in 2015, the work began on establishing a foundation in accordance with his will from 2013. The mission of the Foundation is to present temporary exhibitions, to show selected works from his collection, to acquire sports-related art, and to annually award a number of grants to artists and sports practitioners. He had already been discussing this with the Swedish Sports Museum back in the late 1990s, but it was not until a year after his death that the Foundation approached the Museum with a proposal to set up a new art gallery. The plans for Konsthall 16 were finalised in autumn 2016.
