Stig Olav Tony Fredriksson

Stig Olav Tony 

Many people, mainly women are looking forward to Tonys yearly arrival to Karlsöyfestival...he has a long experience of this as he now even can´t recall when he was there for the first time. 


Stig Olav Tony Fredrikson (born 1979) is painter and graffiti artist from Sweden.

In Sandviken, the young Stig Olav expressed expressed himself through graffiti art and as an activist and singer of a hardcore/punk band. Ever since he has been involved with politically controversial issues concerning society, which can be traced through his artworks. In 2002 he moved to Oslo, lived in occupied house and made graffiti and street art. He had his debut exhibition in 2010. He moved to Rovaniemi with his family in 2012. He has a studio in an artists' collective in Rovaniemi. He has had solo exhibitions in Finland, Sweden and Norway and has participated in joint exhibitions and art projects in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Poland and Russia.

picture was taken last summer when he felt the sun on his skin in Rovaniemi

Check out his homepage at : www.stigolavtony.com
for more works

In 2012, Stig Olav Tony painted the festival bus that were shipping festivalgoers from Tromsö city to the Hansnes harbor- ferry.
By the wheel Nils K, from Karlsöya can be seen, as he was present as support through the midnigthsunhours it took to paint.