List of Swedish architects
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This is a list of Swedish architects including in many cases foreign-born architects who have worked in Sweden.
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- Johan Fredrik Åbom
- Carl-Axel AckingCarl-Axel AckingCarl-Axel Acking was a Swedish architect, author and furniture designer, winner of the Lunning Prize in 1952.-Notables works:*1950 Siris kapell in Torsby*1955 Hässelby Familjehotell in Stockholm...
- Carl Fredrik AdelcrantzCarl Fredrik AdelcrantzCarl Fredrik Adelcrantz was a Swedish architect and civil servant. Adelcrantz's style developed from a rococo influenced by Carl Hårleman, the leading architect in Sweden in the early years of his career, to a classical idiom influenced by the stylistic developments in France in the mid-to-late...
- Göran Josua Adelcrantz
- Erik Ahlsén and Tore Ahlsén
- Uno ÅhrénUno ÅhrénUno Åhrén was a Swedish architect and city planner, and a leading proponent of Functionalism in Sweden....
- Axel Johan Anderberg
- Sven Ingvar Andersson
- Klas Anselm
- Gunnar AsplundGunnar AsplundErik Gunnar Asplund was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition...
- Hans Asplund
- Erik AsmussenErik AsmussenErik "Abbi" Asmussen was a Danish architect active in Järna, Sweden- Buildings by Erik "Abbi" Asmussen :*Kulturhuset i Ytterjärna*Kristofferskolan i Bromma, Stockholm...
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- Sven Backström
- Folke Bensow
- Theodor Anton Bergen
- Rolf Bergh
- Fredrik Blom
- Ferdinand BobergFerdinand BobergFerdinand Boberg, born 11 April 1860 in Falun, died 7 May 1946 in Stockholm, was a Swedish architect.He was one of the most productive and prominent architects of Stockholm around the turn of the 20th century. Among his most famous work is an electrical plant at Björns Trädgård in Stockholm, that...
- Peter Boisen
- Birger Borgström
- Hans Borgström
- Carl Georg BruniusCarl Georg BruniusCarl Georg Brunius was a classical scholar, art historian, archaeologist and architect working in the university town of Lund in southern Sweden....
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- Johan Eberhard Carlberg
- Peter CelsingPeter CelsingPeter Celsing was a Swedish modernist architect.Celsing studied at the architectural school of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. He later became professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology...
- William ChambersWilliam Chambers (architect)Sir William Chambers was a Scottish architect, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, where his father was a merchant. Between 1740 and 1749 he was employed by the Swedish East India Company making several voyages to China where he studied Chinese architecture and decoration.Returning to Europe, he studied...
- Isak Gustaf ClasonIsak Gustaf ClasonIsak Gustaf Clason was a Swedish architect.- Biography :Clason studied engineering and later architecture at the Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he was a student of A. T. Gellerstedt, and later at the architectural school of the Academy of Arts, at the time headed by Fredrik Wilhelm...
- Carl Johan CronstedtCarl Johan CronstedtCarl Johan Cronstedt was a Swedish architect, inventor, Earl, noble, civil servant, scientist and bibliophile.-Biography:Cronstedt was the son of Jakob Cronstedt and Margareta Beata Grundel born in 1709 in Stockholm, Sweden. He married Countess Eva Margareta Lagerberg in 1744.Cronstedt became a...
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- Fritz EckertFritz EckertFritz Eckert, Fritz Herman Vilhelm Eckert in full, was a Swedish architect, born 25 April 1852 in Stockholm, he died in 1920. Eckert attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts from 1871-1878 and spent 1879 travelling abroad. He was employed as an architect by Överintendentsämbetet in 1878 and was...
- Adolf W. EdelsvärdAdolf W. Edelsvärd-Further reading:...
- Bengt Edman
- Rudolf S. EnblomRudolf S. EnblomRudolf S. Enblom was a Swedish architect.Among other works he was behind the Kristallsalongen, an open air theatre in Djurgården, Stockholm....
- Edvin Engström (Södra ÄngbySödra ÄngbySödra Ängby is a residential area blending functionalism with garden city ideals, located in western Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Bromma borough....
, Stora Mossen) - Ralph ErskineRalph Erskine (architect)Ralph Erskine, CBRE, RFS, ARIBA was an architect and planner who lived and worked in Sweden for most of his life.-Upbringing and influences :...
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- Wolter Gahn
- Léonie Geisendorf
- Jacob Wilhelm Gerss
- Jan Gezelius
- Carl Cristopher Gjörwell
- Abelardo Gonzalez
- Torben Grut
- Eiler Græbe
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- Erik Hahr
- Axel HaigAxel HaigAxel Haig was a Swedish-born artist and illustrator. His paintings, illustrations and etchings, undertaken for himself and on behalf of many of the foremost architects of the Victorian period made him "the Piranesi of the Gothic Revival."...
- Paul HedqvistPaul HedqvistPaul Hedqvist was a Swedish modernist architect with many official commissions in Sweden through the 1930s, including housing projects, major bridges, many schools, and urban planning work. His practice evolved into designing office towers and at least one major stadium in the postwar 1950s...
(ÅlstenAlstenAlsten is an island in Alstahaug municipality off the coast of Nordland county, Norway. The Seven Sisters mountain range and the town Sandnessjøen are situated on the island.Its area is 153 km². The highest point is Botnkrona, 1072 m....
) - Hans-Erland Heineman
- David Helldén (Hötorgscity, HökarängenHökarängenHökarängen is a district in the Farsta borough of southern Stockholm. It neighbours Fagersjö to the west, Farsta to the south, Sköndal to the east and Gubbängen to the north. As of December 31, 2009, the total population of Hökarängen is 8,474....
) - Alfred Hellerström
- Bengt Hidemark
- Ove Hidemark
- Olof Hult
- Carl HårlemanCarl HårlemanBaron Carl Hårleman was a Swedish architect.Hårleman was born in Stockholm, son of the garden architect and head of the royal parks and gardens Johan Hårleman, who hade been ennobled in 1698, and began his architectural training under Göran Josua Adelcrantz...
- Jon Höjer
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- Gunnar Leche
- Torsten Leon-Nilsson
- Sigurd LewerentzSigurd LewerentzSigurd Lewerentz . He was an architect, but initially trained as a mechanical engineer at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg . Later he took up an architectural apprenticeship in Germany...
- Fredrik LilljekvistFredrik LilljekvistJohan Fredrik Lilljekvist was a Swedish architect. He is best known for his controversial restoration of Gripsholm Castle and as the architect of the new building for the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.-Life in summary:Lilljekvist was born in Klara parish in Stockholm, son of a photographer...
- Bengt LindroosBengt LindroosBengt Ingmar Lindroos was a Swedish architect. He designed the Kaknästornet television tower in 1967. Lindroos started drafting houses for a local builder at the age of 17 years and received his formal education at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1942-45.After being employed by Sven...
- Sture Ljungkvist
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- Leif Reinius
- Jean Eric Rehn
- Dag Ribbing
- Eric Rockström
- Gustav Rosenberg
- Pål Ross
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- Sten Samuelsson
- Artur von Schmalensee
- Kurt von Schmalensee
- Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander
- Ture Sellman
- Ingegerd Snis
- Albin Stark
- Ture Stenberg
- Eskil Sundahl
- Carl Fredrik Sundvall
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- Olof Tempelman
- Anders Tengbom
- Ivar TengbomIvar TengbomIvar Justus Tengbom was a Swedish architect and one of the best-known representatives of the Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1910s and 1920s....
- Nicodemus Tessin the ElderNicodemus Tessin the ElderNicodemus Tessin the Elder was an important Swedish architect.-Biography:Nicodemus Tessin was born in Stralsund in Pomerania and came to Sweden as a young man. There he met and worked with the architect Simon de la Vallée...
- Nicodemus Tessin the YoungerNicodemus Tessin the YoungerCount Nicodemus Tessin the Younger was a Swedish Baroque architect, city planner, and administrator.The son of Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and the father of Carl Gustaf Tessin, Tessin the Younger was the middle-most generation of the brief Tessin dynasty, which have had a lasting influence on...
- Lennart Tham
- Olof Thunström
- Ernst Torulf
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- Theodor Wåhlin
- Lars Israel Wahlman
- Sven Wallander
- Jan Wallinder
- Henrik Wallinder
- Johan August Westerberg
- Carl WestmanCarl WestmanErnst Carl Westman was a Swedish architect and interior designer. He was an early adopter of the National Romantic Style, but turned later to the neo-classical style of the 1920s.-Biography :...
- Hans WestmanHans WestmanHans Gustaf Westman was a Swedish architect mainly active in Scania, Sweden's most Southern province. He performed approximately 120 works in the city of Lund inspired by works of Le Corbusier....
- Sidney WhiteSidney WhiteSidney White was a Swedish modernist architect and one of the co-founders of White arkitekter AB , Sweden's largest architectural firm with main offices in Gothenburg and over 300 employees.- External links :*...
- Tage William-OlssonTage William-OlssonTage William-Olsson , Swedish architect and Chief town planning architect of Gothenburg. William-Olsson was the creator of the important infrastructure-project, the traffic-roundabout Slussen in Stockholm....
- Anders Wilhelmson
- Gert WingårdhGert WingårdhGert Wingårdh is a Swedish architect whose company, Wingårdh arkitektkontor, maintains an international practice.- Personal life :Gert Wingårdh was born 1951 into a wealthy family in Skövde, Västergötland county, as the only child. His father owned the local cement factory and the family’s house...
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- Folke ZettervallFolke ZettervallFolke Zettervall was a Swedish architect and head architect on SJ between 1895 and 1930.Zettervall was born in Lund 1862 as a son of Ida and architect Helgo Zettervall. He started his studies at Lunds högre allmänna läroverk and continued them in Copenhagen at det Tekniske Selskabs skole and...
- Helgo Zetterwall