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Bertha Enwald
Bertha Katarina Enwald (10 April 1871 – 1 January 1957) was a Finland, Finnish Architecture, architect, inventor, artist, and drawing teacher. She was the fourth Finnish woman to graduate as an architect. Early life and education Enwald was born on 10 April 1871 in the municipality of Parikkala, Finland to the doctor Kurt Enwald and Johanna Augusta Walle. From 1890, she studied at the Department of Architecture at the Polytechnic College in Helsinki. In 1887, Enwald graduated from the Swedish girls' school in Savonlinna. When Enwald finished her studies in 1894, she became the fourth Finnish woman to graduate as an architect. Career After graduation, Enwald worked as an architect in the cities of Savonlinna and Kuopio. In Kuopio she collaborated in the studios of the architects J. Eskil Hindersson and Leander Ikonen, thus participating in relevant Finnish Art Nouveau projects. The same year she made measurement drawings of Nurmes Church. The church was originally desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parikkala
Parikkala () is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region, from Lappeenranta and from Joensuu. The town center of Parikkala is about from the Russian border. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Parikkala is located around lake Simpele and it is a part of a countryside rich with hills and chains of ridges. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. History Settlements and artifacts dated to the Stone Age and Bronze Age have been found in Parikkala. A permanent settlement was established around the 15th century. Many demarcations had a significant impact to Parikkala's development from the Treaty of Nöteborg on August 12, 1323 to peace treaties signed in 1947 with the Soviet Union; for example, in the Treaty of Nystad from 1721, which in practice defined roughly Finland's current border with Russia, Parikkala remained the only curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
