Nils Nilsson (Sami Artist) SKUM
1872–1951, Sweden

Oljemålning på board, motiv med piprökande man, signerad "NN. Skum", 18x23 cm. Skenbart föreställande ett äkta verk av den svenske berömda konstnären Nils Nilsson Skum. En privatperson lämnade in två förfalskade målningar till försäljning till ett online auktionshus i Stockholm februari 2014, signerade "NN Skum" och "Jenny Nyström". Inlämnaren var konsthandlare och uppgav att han var ombud för ett dödsbo som företräds av en kvinna. Hon uppgav i förhör att målningarna kommer från hennes far som avled 2013 och att hon inte vet något om målningarna. Målningarna har genomgått noggranna undersökningar. De är förfalskningar och har förverkats.

Forger was arrested outside a commodity leverage in Trollhättan, Sweden on 6/9 1991. He had made approximately 250 (minimum) color drawings, signed and dated 1937-42. The paintings have been sold or supplied to pawn shops all over Sweden to the amount varying between SEK 2.000-15.000. Some of the cartoons were fitted with fake certificates of authenticity, written at the Nordiska Museet's paper. Forger denied but was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for fraud and signature forgery and falsification of documents. In connection with the forged paintings also discovered the painting equipment which he used for the production of all the forgeries.

Mixed media on paper, signed NN Skum. One person contact an art and antiques dealer in Stockholm and want to sell three Nils Nilsson Skum. The art dealer decides to buy the paintings, later he shows them up for an expert who condemns those as forged paintings. The art dealer, contact the police who take the paintings seized.

Mixed media on paper, signed NN Skum. One person contact an art and antiques dealer in Stockholm and want to sell three Nils Nilsson Skum. The art dealer decides to buy the paintings, later he shows them up for an expert who condemns those as forged paintings. The art dealer, contact the police who take the paintings seized.

Mixed media on paper, signed NN Skum. One person contact an art and antiques dealer in Stockholm and want to sell three Nils Nilsson Skum. The art dealer decides to buy the paintings, later he shows them up for an expert who condemns those as forged paintings. The art dealer, contact the police who take the paintings seized.

Forger was arrested outside a commodity leverage in Trollhättan, Sweden on 6/9 1991. He had made approximately 250 (minimum) color drawings, signed and dated 1937-42. The paintings have been sold or supplied to pawn shops all over Sweden to the amount varying between SEK 2.000-15.000. Some of the cartoons were fitted with fake certificates of authenticity, written at the Nordiska Museet's paper. Forger denied but was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for fraud and signature forgery and falsification of documents. In connection with the forged paintings also discovered the painting equipment which he used for the production of all the forgeries.

Forger was arrested outside a commodity leverage in Trollhättan, Sweden on 6/9 1991. He had made approximately 250 (minimum) color drawings, signed and dated 1937-42. The paintings have been sold or supplied to pawn shops all over Sweden to the amount varying between SEK 2.000-15.000. Some of the cartoons were fitted with fake certificates of authenticity, written at the Nordiska Museet's paper. Forger denied but was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for fraud and signature forgery and falsification of documents. In connection with the forged paintings also discovered the painting equipment which he used for the production of all the forgeries.

Forger was arrested outside a commodity leverage in Trollhättan, Sweden on 6/9 1991. He had made approximately 250 (minimum) color drawings, signed and dated 1937-42. The paintings have been sold or supplied to pawn shops all over Sweden to the amount varying between SEK 2.000-15.000. Some of the cartoons were fitted with fake certificates of authenticity, written at the Nordiska Museet's paper. Forger denied but was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for fraud and signature forgery and falsification of documents. In connection with the forged paintings also discovered the painting equipment which he used for the production of all the forgeries.

Oil on canvas, depicting village, signed "Nils Nilsson Skum". The painting is signed, later, after it was painted. It has been painted by an amateur and is not done by Nils Nilsson Skum. N.N. Skum painted caribous and mountains. This motif, with hanging laundry and the houses is not Nils Nilsson Skum's style. Even the signature is very different from N.N. Skum signature. The district court's assessment: The painting is signed, later, after it was painted and are thus made to a forgery.

The painting was unsold at auction 1976th The original is in the National Museum in Sweden and is also published in Acta lapponica 2.