Education
Hesselbom studied as a young man at the Swedish Evangelical Mission, to became a preacher.
Hesselbom studied as a young man at the Swedish Evangelical Mission, to became a preacher.
Hesselbom was also preacher who was known about his sermons on religious topics. Hesselbom made his debut in 1897 as a landscape painter. He painted View from Dalsland at Sunset (Utsikt i Dalsland vid solnedgången) in 1898, Alley in Moonlight (Allé i månsken) in 1900, Toward the Mountains (1903) and Foster Village (Fosterbygden) (1906).
Hesselbom is considered one of the foremost landscape painters from Dalsland and he gained some international renown.
One of his most widely known paintings, Our land, our Homeland (Vårt land, vårt fosterland) was painted in 1902, is exhibited at the National Museum in Stokholm.