Career
She was the most significant Finnish lighting designer in the second half of the 1900s. Her priorities were first about the functions then the design. After graduating in 1927 from the Central School of Arts and Crafts she went on to work for Kylmäkoski designing furniture.
She designed furniture for Stockmann in 1937 and in 1942 she designed for the Stockmann owned lighting factory Orno.
Johansson-Pape also created installations for 150 churches, including Eckerö Church, Helsinki Children’s Hospital, a rheumatic clinic and for the ships Ilmatar, Aallotar, Finnpartner, Finnhansa and the icebreaker Karhu. Johansson-Pape also lectured at the School of Industrial Art and wrote articles about lighting.
She was also an exhibition architect and organized rug and lighting exhibitions. In 1963 she designed several vases for Iittala.
A number of Johansson-Pape’s lighting products are still being produced by Innojok and Keraplast.
