John Sjöberg worked mainly in 54 mm figures, which he either painted as the original or transformed so that they fit into a particular context.
In dioramas and figurative groups, he made great imagination for the day and they always had a story to tell – not infrequently with a touch of humor as in his beautiful diorama of Norgesporten in Kastellet in the 1700s, where all the details are – and at the same time a sense of humor. The pastor holding the sermon of the set-up soldiers, one of whom is falling asleep. Even the wooden horse is with.
