The Marine Painter Per Wilhelm Cedergren (Stockholm 1820-1896 Spånga) was intimately associated with the marine world since childhood. At the age of nine, Cedergren was enrolled as a ship's boy for the Crown. Cedergren's talent for drawing was noticed and after a few years he was given work drawing templates for building ships. When Cedergren was twenty years old, a folklorist happened to visit his parents' home and noticed a painting on the wall that Cedergren had made. He was offered free tuition for three months at the Academy of Fine Arts' Sunday school.

Cedergren's marine paintings are usually documentary depictions of ships and boats, mainly in the Stockholm environment. He also made many ship portraits, probably on commission. The royal family bought several of his paintings and Charles XV even bought him a small farm outside Drottningholm. Cedergren is represented at the National Museum, the Maritime Museum and the Nordic Museum.