- Meir Stein, Art d'Aujourd'hui, Paris juin 1952
- Karl G. Hultén, Bærtling, Catalogue Galerie Denise René, Paris 1954
- James Fitzsimmons, Arts and Architecture, Los Angeles April 1954
- Eugen Wretholm, Konstrevy, Stockholm 3/1954
- Birgit Elfwén, "Olle Bærtling", Ord och Bild, Stockholm 1/1955
- Teddy Brunius, "En diskussion om Olle Bærtling", Ord och Bild, Stockholm 1/1955
- R. V. Gindertael, "Bærtling", Les Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles 1955-10-14
- Oscar Reutersvärd, Bærtling, Catalogue Galerie Denise René, Paris 1955
- Léon Degand, "Bærtling", Aujourd'hui, Paris 5/1955
- Renée Carvalho, "Olle Bærtling", La Revue Moderne, Paris janvier 1956
- Oscar Reutersvärd, Rolf Söderberg, Karl G. Hultén, Bærtling-Jacobsen-Mortensen, Stockholm 1956
- Sven Sandström, "Nonfigurativ uppmarsch", Arbetet, Malmö 1956-04 -14
- "Réalisme concret, Bærtling-Jacobsen-Mortensen", Aujourd'- hui, Paris 8/1956
- Vilh. Bjerke Petersen, konkret konst, Stockholm 1956
- Michel Seuphor, "Bærtling", Dictionnaire de la peinture abstraite, Paris 1957; Dictionary of Abstract Painting, London 1957; Knaurs Lexikon abstrakter Maierei, München 1957
- Victor Vasarely, "Aménagement du nouveau Centre de Stockholm", Aujourd'hui, Paris 12/1957
- Berthold Virulf, Lexikon för Konst, Stockholm 1957
- Oscar Reutersvärd, Bærtling - dramaturge des formes. Editions Denise René, Paris 1958
- Denys Chevalier, "Bærtling", Les Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles 1958-03-14
- Louis-Paul Favre, "Différemment - Pureté des Formes-Couleurs". Combat, Paris 1958-03-31
- Pierre Guéguen, "Bærtling", Aujourd'hui, Paris 16/1958
- Julian Gallego, "Bzertling y el Joven arte aleman", Goya, Madrid May-June 1958
- Folke Holmér, Kylberg-Bærtling, Catalogue Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège 1958
- Eugen Wretholm, "Bærtling", Lexikon över Modern Skandinavisk Konst, Stockholm 1958
- Andreas Lindblom, Svensk Konst - från stenåldern till rymdåldern, Stockholm 1960
- Bo Wennberg, Svenskt måleri i Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1960
- Bo Wennberg, "Dynamiskt rum", Ord och Bild, Stockholm 5/1960
- Michel Seuphor, "Sens et Permanence de la Peinture Construite", Quadrum, Bruxelles 8/1960
- Teddy Brunius, "Olle Bærtling - konstruktör", Svenska Kalendern 1961, Uppsala 1960
- Oscar Reutersvärd, Les 'Tri-angles' de Bærtling. Editions Denise René, Paris 1961 - cinquante albums numérotés 1 a 50. Neuf sérigraphies, format 74 x 38 cm
- Michel Seuphor, AbStract Painting - 50 Years of Accomplishment from Kandinsky to the Present, New York 1961
- Alberto Sartoris, "Olle Bærtling", Architecture -Formes et Fonctions, Lausanne 1961
- Teddy Brunius, Oscar Reutersvärd, Bo Wennberg, Bærtling - retrospective exhibition - arranged by Moderna Museet and The Swedish Institute, Stockholm, Stockholm 1961
- Oscar Reutersvärd, Bærtling - dramaturge des éspaces. Editions Denise René. Paris 1961
- Ellen H. Johnson, "A decade of Swedish Painting", Arts Magazine, New York, March 1962
- Alberto Sartoris, Bærtling, Editions Denise René, Paris 1962
- Pierre Volboudt, ,"Olle Bærtling", Konstrevy, Stockholm 3/1962
- Oscar Reutersvärd, "Formernas Dramaturg", Paletten, Göteborg 4/1962
- Folke Holmér, Stockholm sett av 1900-talets målare, Stockholm 1962
- Michel Seuphor, La peinture abstraite, Paris 1962; Abstract Art, New York 1962; Abstrakte Malerei, München -- Zürich 1962
- Karl G. Hultén, "Jeunes Peintres Danois et Suédois", L'Oeil, Paris février 1963
- Ole Jævnstrom, "Med bandarillos i nakken anråber jeg dig, Olle", Aktuellt, Copenhagen 1963-03-03
- Jens Jörgen Thorsen, "Er dette framtiden", Aktuellt, Copenhagen 1963-03-07
- Sigurd Schultz, Bærtling, Catalogue Galerie Hybler, Copenhagen 1963
- Ejner Johansson, Kunst i dag, Copenhagen 1963 ; Konsten i dag, Stockholm 1964
- Lars Erik Åström, "Olle Bærtling", Catalogue 7:e Biennale de Sâo Paulo, Sao Paulo 1963
- Michel Jankowski, "Dynamisme - nouveau centre de Stockholm - hall d'entrée", Formes Actuelles, Paris 13/1963
- Edouard Roditi, "A Theology of Hard-Edge", Arts Magazine, New York December 1963
- Lawrence Alloway, Guggenheim International Award 1964, Catalogue Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 1964
- Lawrence Alloway, "Startling Bærtling", The American Swedish Monthly, New York May 1964
- Lawrence Alloway, Michel Seuphor, Teddy Brunius, Hard-Edge - Albers - Arp - Bærtling - Herbin - Liberman - Lohse - Mortensen - Taeuber-Arp - Vasarely, Catalogue Galerie Denise René, Paris 1964
- Donald Judd, "Olle Bærtling", Arts Magazine, New York September 1964
- Jane H. Kay, "Olle Bærtling", The Christian Science Monitor, Boston 1964-11-12
- Lawrence Alloway, Teddy Brunius, The paintings and sculptures of Olle Bærtling, Catalogue Loeb Student Center, New York University, New York 1964
- Folke Edwards, Swedish Art since 1945, Paletten International, Göteborg 1964
- Teddy Brunius, "Bærtling - discoverer of open form", Art Voices. New York 2/1965
- Gordon Brown, "The New Look in Art", Art Voices, New York 2/1965
- Teddy Brunius, Bærtling - discoverer of open form, Rose Fried Gallery, New York 1965
- Jan Wallinder, "Byggnadskonst och Bildkonst", Paletten, Göteborg 3/1965
- Teddy Brunius, "Om ren och illustrativ musik", Nutida Musik, Stockholm 3/1965/66
- Oscar Reutersvärd, "Olle Bærtling", - Den inre och den yttre rymden - en utställning rörande en universell konst, Catalogue Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1965
- James R. Mellow, "New York Letter" Art International Lugano IX 9-10/1965
- Jean-Jacques Léveque, "Structures et mouvement" Arts Paris 1966-02-22
- Simone Frigerio, "De l'art construit a l'art cinétique", Les Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles 1966-02-24
- Gordon Brown, Teddy Brunius, "Olle Bærtling" Art Voices New York 1/1966
- Gerd och Lennart Reimers, Konst- och musikhistoria, Stockholm 1966
- Gunnar Hellman, "Några linjer i svensk nutidskonst", Nytt svenskt konstnärsgalleri, Malmö 1966.
- Oscar Reutersvärd, Bærtling - creator of open form, Rose Fried Gallery, New York 1966
- Molly Siple "Bærtling", Arts Magazine, New York 4/1967
- Per G Råberg, "efter konsten' efter arkitekturen", Catalogue Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm 1967 Arkitektur Stockholm 6/1967
- Jean-Jacques Léveque, "Bærtling: le poète de l'angle" Galerie des Arts, Paris mai 1967
- Eugen Wretholm, "L'art abstrait en Scandinavie", XX:e siècle, Paris juni 1967
- Jean-Jacques Léveque, "La sculpture avant-garde de l'art, Galerie des Arts, Paris octobre 1967
- JeanClarence Lambert, "Suède: La paix dorée", Opus International, Paris 4/1967
- Alain Jouffroy, "Stockholm et la guillotine", Opus International, Paris 4/1967
- Oscar Reutersvärd, Bærtling - den öppna formens dramaturg, Stockholm 1967
- Georg Rickey, Constructivism - Origins and Evolution, New York 1967
- Frank Popper, Naissance de l'art cinétique, Paris 1967 "Bærtling - creator of open form", International Directory of Berlin 1967
- "Bærtling - discoverer of open form", Repertorium Artis, Monte-Carlo 1967
- Kristian Romare, "Visual Arts in Sweden", Sweden Today - Catalogue The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington 1968
- Gunnar Berefelt, Konst- och musikhistoria 4 för gymnasiet, Stockholm 1968
- Oscar Reutersvärd, "Bærtling - révélateur de la forme ouverte", Pentacle, Catalogue Musée des Arts Décoratifs Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris 1968
- Teddy Brunius, Bærtling - précurseur de la forme ouverte, Galerie Denise René, Paris 1968
- Folke Edwards, "En frusen galenskap", Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmö 1968-02-04
- Pierre Restany, "La Suède nous donne", Planète, Paris mars 1968
- José Pierre, "Coup d'oeil sur les expositions de la satson", L'Oeil, Paris avril 1968
- Teddy Brunius, The Angles of Bærtling - Open form - infinite space - from cinétisme to open form 1949-1968, Rose Fried Gallery, New York 1968
- Teddy Brunius, The Angles of Bærtling - Open form - infinite space - from cinétisme to open form 1949-1968: 35 serigraphs biography, museum list, exhibition list and bibliography. Artist's statement. Edition limited to 300 albums, size 39X19 cm. Each serigraph, rumbered 1 to 300, signed by the artist. Edited in 1968 - in New York by Rose Fried Gallery - in Paris by Galerie Den René -in Stockholm by Galerie Aro- nowitsch
- Jacqueline Barnitz, "Olle Bærtling", Arts Magazine, New York June 1968
- Gösta Lilja, Svenskt måleri under 1900-talet, Stockholm 1968
- Gunnar Berefelt, "Bærtlings vinklar", estetiskt forum, Stockholm 17/1968
- Carlo Emanuele Bugatti, "II creatore dell' open form - Olle Bærtling", nuova critica europea, Ancona 4/1968
- Siegfried Salzmann, "Olle Bærtling", Magazin Kunst, Mainz 32/1968
- Siegfried Salzmann, Bærtling - Erfinder der offenen Form - Creator of Open Form - Précurseur de la forme ouverte, Sonderdruck Magasin Kunst, Mainz 4/1968
- Frank Popper, Origins and Development of Kinetic Art, London 1968
- "Olle Bærtling - Créateur de la forme nouvelle", Les Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles 1969-05-10
- George Rickey, Alberto Sartoris, Oscar Reutersvärd, Gunnar Berefelt, Teddy Brunius, Bærtling - Creator of Open Form - Précurseur de la forme ouverte - Erfinder der offenen Form - Den öppna formens skapare, Stockholm - Los Angeles - New York 1969
- Carlo Emanuele Bugatti, Guida All'Arte Europea 1969, Ancona 1969
- H. H. Amason, History of Modern Art - Painting-Sculpture-Architecture, New York 1969 Teddy Brunius, Theory and Taste, Uppsala 1969
- Eugen Wretholm, Moderna svenska konstnärer, Stockholm 1969
- Virtus Schade, "Olle Bærtling vil spraenge billedets graenser", Kunst, Odense november 1969
- A History of Modern Art, Thames and Hudson, London 1969
- Gaston Diehl, The Moderns, Crown Publishers, New York 1969
- Gordon Brown, "Olle Bærtling", Arts Magazine, New York Dec 1969/Jan 1970
- Sheldon Williams, "Axiom Gallery: Olle Bærtling", Art & Antiques Weekly, London 1970-01-10
- Ruth Saw, "Art in a Rapidly Changing World - The Effect of Modern Art on Perception. 'Perception - Psychological Implications."', INSEA - International Society for Education through Art, Report of the XXth INSEA World Congress 1970, Coventry, England 1971
- Ruth Saw, Aesthetics: An Introduction, New York 1971
- Karin Thomas, Bis Heute - Stilgeschichte der bildenden Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Cologne 1971 Abstract Art Since 1945, Thames and Hudson Ltd, London 1971
- Teddy Brunius, Bærtling - précurseur de la forme ouverte, édition II, Stockholm - Paris - New York 1971
- "Le précurseur de la forme ouverte", L'Amateur d'Art, Paris 1972-02-17
- Jean Jacques Léveque "Géométrie puissante", Les Nouvelles Littéraires, Paris 1972-03-06
- Jean Jacques Léveque "L'avenir de l'art expérimental - Bærtling", La Gaierie, Paris mars 1972
- Jean Jacques Léveque, "Bærtling", Quinzaine Littéraire, Paris 1972-03-16
- Ellen Schwarts, "Bærtling", Art International, Lugano 1972-04-20
- K-G Nilson, "Färgen i målarkonsten", Synpunkt, Stockholm 2.3/1973
- Edward Fry: "Cubist and Abstract Sculpture", Lawrence Alloway: "European Painting", George Rickey: "Movement, Optical Phenomena and Light", Contemporary Art 1942 -1972,
Collection of the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Praeger Publishers, New York & London 1973
- Oscar Reutersvärd, "Bærtling - the open form", International Art Bulletin, Monte-Carlo 3/1973 Beate Sydhoff, Bildkonsten i Norden - Vår egen tid, Stockholm 1973
- Michel Ragon, Michel Seuphor, L'Art Abstrait no. 3,1939-70, Maeght Éditeur, Paris 1973
- Contemporary Art 1942-72 - Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Praeger Publishers, New York - Washington - London 1973
- Gunilla Löfmark-Lebenberg, Abstrakt oändlig rymd i hög hastighet - Olle Bærtling, University of Stockholm 1974
- Teddy Brunius, "Bærtling's University Environment", Bærtling - Creator of Open Form, Galerie Denise René, Stockholm - Paris - New York 1974
- Gunnar Berefelt, "How the Physical Existence of an Aesthetic Object Vaporizes into an Immaterial Play of Forces", Bærtling - Creator of Open Form, Galerie Denise René, Stockholm - Paris - New York 1974
- Jane Bell, "Olle Bærtling", Arts Magazine, New York November 1974
- Michel Ragon, Michel Seuphor, CArt Abstrait no.4, 1945-70, Maeght Éditeur, Paris 1974
- Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art, London 1975
- Olle Granath, Another fight - Une autre lumière - In einem anderen Licht - Swedish art since 1945, Stockholm 1975
- Teddy Brunius, "Bærtling - Creator of Open Form - Den Åbne Forms Skaber, Junior Galerie, Copenhagen 1975
- Teddy Brunius, "Olle Bærtling", DU - Europäische Kunstzeitschrift, Zürich November 1975
- Teddy Brunius, Bærtling - Creator of Open Form - Schöpferder Offenen Form - Précurseur de la Forme Ouverte, Junior Galerie, Zürich 1975
- Donald Judd, Complete writings 1959-75, The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax 1975
- Oscar Reutersvärd, "Bærtling - formelementens dramaturg", Impressionister och purister, Stockholm 1976
- Willy Rotzler, Konstruktive Konzepte - Eine Geschichte der konstruktiven Kunst vom Kubismus bis heute, Zürich 1977
- Karl-Heinz Hering, "Vorwort", Olle Bærtling - Gemälde, Skulpturen 1950-1975, Catalogue Kunsthalle Düsseldorf - Kunstverein für die Rheiniande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1977
- Teddy Brunius, "Bzertling - Linie und Farbe", Olle Bærtling - Gemälde, Skulpturen 1950-1975,
- Catalogue Kunsthalle Düsseldorf - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1977
- Oscar Reutersvärd, "Bærtling - Skulptur", Olle Bærtling - Gemälde, Skulpturen 1950-1975, Catalogue
- Kunsthalle Düsseldorf - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1977
- Afred H. Barr Jr, Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 1929-67, New York 1977
- Friedrich W. Heckmanns, Zum Werk von Olle Bærtling, Catalogue Galerie Karin Fesel, Wiesbaden 1978
- Anne Stephan, "Olle Bærtling", das kunstwerk, Stuttgart - Berlin - Köln - Mainz August 1978
- Kåge Sandell, "Eiffeltornet är hotat - Svensk konstnär upphov till monumentalbyggnad", Dagens Industri, Stockholm 1978-08-24
- "Underverk: Svensk konstnär sätter pyramiderna på plats", Tidningen Industri-kontakt nr 7-8, Stockholm 1978
- Teddy Brunius, "Bærtling - Creator of Open Form", International Art Bulletin, Monte-Carlo Octobre 1978
- Teddy Brunius - Oscar Reutersvärd, "Bærtling - La Forme Ouverte - Son Dialogue avec L'Espace - Ligne et Couleur - Les Sculptures", Opus International No. 69, Paris Octobre 1978
- Teddy Brunius - Oscar Reutersvärd, Bærtling - Creator of Open Form, Basel - Stockholm - Malmö 1978
- Gerd Fesel, "Experimentelle Architectur", Kunstforum International, Mainz 6/1978
- Gunnar Berefelt, "How the physical existence of an aesthetic object vaporizes into an immaterial play of forces", Konstpsykologiska tillämpningar, Stockholm University, Institute of the History of Art, Stockholm 1979
- 15de Biennale Middelheim, Catalogue Stad Antwerpen - Kunsthistorische Musea, Openluchtmuseum vor Beeldhouwkunst Middelheim, Belgique 1979
- Bernhard Kerber, prinzip vertikal, Buropa nach 1945 - vertical principle, europe efter 1945, Catalogue Galerie Teufel, Cologne 1979
- Oscar Reutersvärd - Bruno d'Amore, Quattro Costruttivisti Svedesi, Catalogue Comune di Ferrara, Palaz- zo dei Diamanti, Ferrara 1979
- Ulla Norman, Ord i konsten - en studie över namnen på Olle Bærtlings nonfigurativa verk, University of Stockholm 1980
- Who's Who in Europe 1980-81, Bruxelles 1980
- Who's Who in the World 1980-81, Chicago 1980 International Who's Who of Intellectuals, Cambridge 1981
- Who's Who in Western Europe, Cambridge 1981
- Märta Holkers, "Mannen som var besatt av trianglar" Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm 1990-11-02
- Teddy Brunius, "Mannen, Verket" Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, publikation 99, Uddevalla 1990
- Göran Hellström, "Banktjänstemannen som gjorde stor konst av trianglar", Konstvärlden & Disajn, nr 2, 2000
- "Olle Bartling - En moderne klassiker", catalogue for the exhibition in Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway 2007
- "Olle Baertling - En modern klassiker" catalogue for the exhibition in Moderna museet, Stockholm, Sweden 2008
- "Olle Bærtling - A Modern Classic. An exhibition of paintings and sculpture from 1952-1980", katalog till utställning på Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas 2008-09
- "Olle Bærtling - visionär och strateg", katalog till utställning på Hallands Konstmuseum, Halmstad 2019-20
