Björn Weckström

Jewelry artist and sculptor Björn Weckström is Finland's most internationally known jewelry designer. As an artist, he has always been ahead of his time. His jewelry is like miniature sculptures, whose timeless design still delights today. Weckström's mission is to promote the appreciation of jewelry design: "Jewelry can have a function other than decoration, it can be a work of art."
Get to know Björn Weckström as a designer and jewelry artist.

Planetoid valleys and Darina's jewelry, designed by Björn Weckström at the end of the 1960s, are the most internationally known Finnish jewelry. They rose to world fame in 1977 as Princess Leia's jewelry in George Lucas' Star Wars movie.
Read how jewelry ended up in one of the world's most popular movies.