Documentary wedding photographer in Malmö, Sweden

Tove Lundquist — focus on genuine emotions and storytelling

I work with couples of all nationalities, genders, pronouns and gender expressions and I’ve photographed everything from a Viking-themed wedding at an archaeological museum outside of Malmö to weddings in 900 year old Swedish castles in Skåne to dark indoor weddings places and churches from the middle age to 100 year old schools by the ocean to quiet two-person elopements on the coast of Österlen.

It´s however the people I shoot who matters – not the location.

Whether you are traveling to Sweden for an elopement, or if you are a bi-national couple based here in Malmö or Skåne planning a multi-cultural wedding – I’m here to capture your story in both Swedish and English.

An international outdoor wedding in Scania, Sweden. Tove Lundquist is a swedish LGBTQ+ friendly wedding photographer.

NO FAKE LAUGHS OR STIFF POSES

Hey! Welcome!

TELL ME, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

Is the wedding photographer only a more or less unknown person in your long row of vendors? Well, then I´m not the photographer for you! I will be so much more personal than that! I´ll be the best third wheel you´ll ever had and that person on your wedding day that will love your guests with the same passion as you do.

Storytelling is a very big part of my wedding photography and my main goal is to tell your personal story through my point of view and not limit myself to the usual wedding poses – a wedding day with me flows very smooth and natural. I capture true feelings and make memories last forever in pictures. I’m making it fun and easy to stand in front of the camera.

Your experience is very important to me. I am engaged in your wedding and am very straight forward. If you´d like I love to be a part of the process, if you don´t I will be the wedding expert on the side.

I´d love to tell your story.

HOW DO YOU WANT TO INVEST IN YOUR MEMORIES?

INTIMACY, LOVE AND FEELINGS!

I am the right wedding photographer if you:

‣ like to hug, laugh and show emotions

‣ want a wedding photographer that focuses on telling your unique story

‣ prefer non traditional images

‣ want images that shows who you are – no stiff, outdated gender poses

‣ appreciate communication and transparency

I always shoot for the story.

Johan Floderus och Johnathan von Fürstenmühl Cavalieri bröllop i Karlskrona. Foto: Tove Lundquist, bröllopsfotograf i Malmö.

Authentic, emotionally raw moments from your wedding day

Real moments – no posed perfection!

for elopements and destination weddings in Malmö and Skåne – Sweden

We have been looking at all our images and we just love them! Thank you so much for being so great both before and on the day.

We talk nearly every day about how great our wedding day was and you were a big part of that so thank you. 

Porträtt på brud och brudgum Christoffer och Ashley Ljungbäck i trädgården på Trolleholms slott.

My story with Ashley and Christoffer starts in 2017 at the Castle of Trolleholm. Ashley and Christoffer met at the Olympics.

”Tove is hands down the best. She takes her work very seriously, I think she is great with all types of people as well. She plays to her customers. I am out going and anti-lagom, she fit like a glove with me. But I saw her great with my Swedish husband. The pictures were worth every penny and I am going to be using here for my first born and family portraits in the years to come. Highly recommend!

I immediately fell in love. I loved the simplicity of your photos, the emotion and power they radiate and most importantly, the coloring. I think you keep your colors as real as possible which is my favorite.”

Gravidfotografering samt Baby Shower på Norrvikens Trädgårdar i Båstad, Skåne. Foto: Tove Lundquist, familjefotograf i Skåne.

We shot their Baby Shower at Norrvikens Trädgårdar in the south of Sweden

”Tove you out did yourself. Every single image in here I’m in love with. You nailed it, I honestly don’t have words. You mixed me and my loved ones so perfectly. You know I’m a sucker for my people and memories. I’m so happy I have found you in my life, your work is truly exceptional. You’re never getting rid of us. I cannot wait to see how you get lille Henric!

Tove these images are fantastic. Thank you so much!”

…and met up on the beach in Ängelholm for a family photo shoot two kids later.

Omg!!! I love!!! I cried looking at that. Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stop. You’ve reached perfection.

Bröllop i Karlskrona med en utomhusvigsel i barockträdgården på Grevagården / Blekinge museum. Brudgummarna Johan Floderus och Johnathan von Fürstenmühl Cavalieri bar kläder från Café Costume i Bryssel. Bröllopsfotograf är Tove Lundquist bosatt i Malmö, Skåne. Bröllopsmiddagen hölls på Skärva Herrgård. Övriga bröllopsleverantörer är Blomsterkiosken, Cozy Kitchen, Gylles konditori, Feel Good Invites och musiker från Marinens Musikkår.

How do you approach sustainability as a wedding photographer?

I encourage couples to adopt a ”Leave No Trace” philosophy and to prioritize local suppliers for their wedding day. Additionally, all wedding albums are sourced from climate-smart, eco-friendly suppliers to ensure a lower carbon footprint.

Sustainability is a big part of my private life as well. I work from home using 100% renewable energy from E.ON, we buy as little newly produced clothing as possible, and we are in our 16th year of eating mainly organic food at home. I am based in Malmö, I also limit my travel to the south of Sweden and Denmark to keep my carbon footprint as low as possible. Planning an elopement or a destination wedding in Denmark? Check out my dedicated page for Copenhagen wedding photography.

If you are still looking for the perfect place for your wedding, feel free to check out my comprehensive Swedish guide to wedding venues in southern Sweden. You´re also welcome to check in my vendor lists for both florists for weddings here in Skåne and make-up artists to contact.

Parfotografering inför bröllopet på Ystad Saltsjöbad, Skåne. Foto: Tove Lundquist, bröllopsfotograf i Ystad.

We want to book you as our

Wedding photographer


AGREEMENT, INVOICE AND GUIDE!

When the three of us have said YES to each other, I will first send a short email with information about how I store your data according to the law on GDPR. We then sign the agreement and the booking fee of 50% is paid.

Now the fun begins! You´ll get two guides full of tips, thoughts and ideas for planning your wedding where I also recommend other great suppliers such as make-up artists, florists and designers of both cakes, rings and coordinators. The guides are in both swedish and english.

We go through the checklist for the wedding photography to ensure that it goes well on your big day, we will, among other things have a dialogue about what we do if it rains and much, much more. During the couple photoshoot, we get to know each other. The final invoice is sent out.

THE WEDDING DAY

Whoooooo! Finally, the day of your long-awaited wedding is here! With a well-planned wedding schedule in our back pocket, we will have a fantastic day together.

During your wedding day, I have a documentary approach and mix candid moments with relaxed portraits of both you and your wedding guests.

I’m not a fly on the wall but am social with your guests during the day, which makes them feel more comfortable in front of the camera than if they don’t feel a connection with me.

Gruppbild på brud och brudtärnor under ett bröllop på Örum 119 på Österlen. Foto: Tove Lundquist.





Foto: Tove Lundquist, bröllopsfotograf i Malmö.

DELIVERY AND WHAT COMES AFTER THE WEDDING

Within a few days I will send you a couple of sneak peeks. The pictures are later delivered together with a slideshow through my online gallery where you get a good overview – the mobile app that is added means that you always have your pictures from the wedding available. Both gallery and slideshow are easy to share with your family and friends.

Have you chosen to invest in an album? Now the fun begins with design, choice of cover and the creation of telling the story of your wedding!

I always strive to improve in my profession so your feedback means a lot to me. I would love to keep in touch with you after the wedding! ♥

If you choose to expand your family with children, I am available as a photographer for you for that too – both during your pregnancy if you have one and when your new family member have arrived – please visit tovelundquist.com.

YOUR INVESTMENT

12 hours
all day documentation

This is the package for those of you who want most of your day documented by me – everything from the early preparations to the wedding reception will be included in your gallery.

An album and a second shooter are included.

60.000 SEK

8 hours
half day documentation

Do you feel that documenting everything from the later parts of your preparations up until the wedding reception is the perfect fit for you? Then this package offers the ideal number of hours.




40.000 SEK

5 hours
the most important

This is the amount of hours I recommend booking if you prefer to skip the getting-ready photos – I usually arrive in time for your First Look and stay through the beginning of the wedding dinner.




32.000 SEK

Trust your gut and plan for yourselves and no one else! Skip the traditions that don’t feel right and let go of what anyone else expects you to do.

By communication! My couples always get a detailed checklist before the wedding that we go through together and I always connect with the other vendors.

Straight up communication with the toastmadames/toastmasters/wedding coordinator is very important! And on the wedding day me and me brides have the motto “Murphy might come and then we figure it out and go with the flow!”.

That I´ll meet so many wonderful people and get to know other cultures and customs. Knowing that my images will be important to not only the couple but also to other people like children and grandchildren if the couple chooses to have kids, and to other relatives.

I encourage couples to adopt a ”Leave No Trace” philosophy and prioritize local suppliers for their wedding day. Additionally, all wedding albums are sourced from climate-smart, eco-friendly suppliers to ensure a lower carbon footprint.

I stay within the south of Sweden and Denmark to keep my carbon footprint as low as possible. (it´s only 3.9 miles between Malmö and Copenhagen – I either go by car and pop some Ateez on the way or take the train if the wedding is in central Copenhagen).

I´m working a lot with sustainability privately as well, for instance I work from home using 100% renewable energy from E.ON, we buy as little newly produced clothing as possible and we are in our 18th year of eating mainly organic food at home.

Oh, it´s the Swedish autumns! We still got relatively warm days in October and really beautiful colours! We can have anything between 13°C to 18°C here in Skåne. I love this time of the year!

Doctor Who!

Easy answer – that the Swedish weather! We can have anything from +15°C to +35°C during a summer day here in southern Sweden and it´s totally impossible for the couple to know which weather they´ll get when they start planning the wedding.

I looked through my testimonials and most of my couples says that “they love my high, infectious energy that keeps everyone upbeat and motivated”, that I´m a –“authentic and trustworthy person who feels like an instant friend”. And that I´m good at making ”camera-shy” couples feel comfortable in front of my camera. (ok so I´m from Sweden where we have Jantelagen which discourages individual bragging or acting as though you are better than others THIS QUESTION WAS NOT EASY ha ha).

First Looks! I think they are a perfect start of the day together and there are so many different emotions! Every couple is different from the other.  

It usually is that I lived in Guinea-Bissau in West Africa as a child. It was truly life changing. I had the time of my life and actually attended my very first wedding there! The traditions were so interesting and so different from the weddings here in Sweden when I got back. The love for weddings that don´t follow the usual concept started there.

My family comes from both the north and the south of Sweden and I´m a strange mix of customs and traditions ha ha and I tend to think outside the box a lot.

Well, I would like to pick two! Teleportation since me and my family moved around a lot when I was younger so I´ve got friends from various places and countries. But Ororo/Storm was my heroine when I was a kid and it would be awesome to be able to control the weather!

Two brides are kissing at the wedding venue Stallgården in southern Sweden.

Three international weddings in southern Sweden

An evening wedding by the sea in Malmö city

An amazing Irish-Swedish city wedding featuring a stunning humanist sunset ceremony right on the water at Ribersborgs Kallbadhus. The couple got married in Arlöv the day before with me as a wedding photographer as well.

A relaxed, loving, and beautiful day packed with endless laughter right by the coast.



Outdoor wedding in the baroque garden at Blekinge museum

A deeply moving destination wedding in Blekinge with a beautiful ceremony at Grevagården which is in the Karlskrona city by the ocean. The groom are from Sweden and Colombia.

Their emotional story includes a jazz-filled boat ride through the archipelago to a dinner reception at Skärva Herrgård.


A luxury country barn wedding in Vellinge, Scania

A vibrant outdoor English-Swedish wedding at the beautiful wedding venue Stallgården near Vellinge, celebrated during Pride month.

Experience a joyful Swedish midsummer day filled with bubble guns, personal traditions and international guests traveling from all over the world.

I always send a SMS when I´ve answered
On Google? Ecosia? AI? Did I document your friends?

Book your wedding photographer in Malmö

I loooove getting lengthy and detailed inquiries with stories of how you met and your desires for the wedding! Either you can fill in the form below or write me an e-mail at info(AT)tovelundquist.se. I´d love to hear your story! You´ll find me on Instagram as well. Awesome! Talk to ya soon!

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Swedish tips when you´re planning a wedding in Scania






Bröllopsporträtt vid den ensamma tallen i Haväng, vigseln skedde precis intill. Elopement bröllop till Skåne. Bröllopsfotograf är Tove Lundquist.
En vacker bröllopbukett i ljuva toner av gult skapad av floristerna på Bara Blommor i Malmö. Brudklänningen kommer från ERDEM i London. Foto: Tove Lundquist som arbetar som bröllopsfotograf i Skåne.
Brudpar vid bröllop Norrvikens Trädgårdar, en bröllopslokal som ligger i Båstad. Foto: Tove Lundquist, bröllopsfotograf i Skåne.
Miljövänliga design och tryck inbjudningskort bröllop. Fler tips finner ni på hemsidan. Foto: Tove Lundquist, bröllopsfotograf Malmö. .
En parfotografering tillsammans med brudpar intill Norrvikens Trädgårdar, Båstad. Foto: Tove Lundquist som är bröllopsfotograf i Skåne.

Documentary wedding photographer in Sweden with a focus on genuine emotions and storytelling.

Wedding photographer in south of Sweden. LGBTQ+ friendly. Focus on genuine emotions and storytelling.

LGBTQ+ friendly destination wedding photographer in Sweden – mainly in Malmö, Skåne and Österlen

I am based in Malmö and are shooting weddings across the south of Sweden and Denmark. I offer unposed wedding photography for couples who hate posing. Also shoot couples sessions. I practice inclusive photography both in weddings and couple portraits – meaning no stiff, outdated gender poses. I´m a prefered vendor at Offbeat Wed and Dancing With Her.