Carl Cronstedt (general)
Carl Cronstedt may refer to: * Carl Johan Cronstedt (1709–1779), Swedish architect, inventor, scientist and bibliophile * Carl Olof Cronstedt Carl Olof Cronstedt the elder (3 October 1756 – 7 April 1820) was a Swedish naval commander responsible for the overwhelming Swedish victory at the Second Battle of Svensksund, one of the largest naval battles in history. He is often better rem ...

Carl Johan Cronstedt
Carl Johan Cronstedt (25 April 1709 – 9 November 1779) was a Swedish architect, inventor, count, noble, civil servant, scientist and bibliophile.Quinn, p. 52 Biography Cronstedt was the son of Jakob Cronstedt (Olderman) and Margareta Beata Grundel. He was born in 1709 in Stockholm, Sweden. He married Countess Eva Margareta Lagerberg in 1744. Cronstedt became a pupil of Christopher Polhem in 1729 and in 1733 was his apprentice. He studied civil engineering under Carl Hårleman and in 1743 became his successor as superintendent, a post he held to 1767. He carried out work at the following: * Drottningholm Palace in the 1740s following Hårleman's architectial drawings. * Maria Magdalena Church restoration in Stockholm after the 1759 fire. * Construction of the new Amiralitetskyrkan in Karlskrona in 1760. * Involved in the construction of Drottningholmsteatern 1764 to 1765. * various town plans and park designs, including the town plan for Kasko in 1765. * drawings for Sai ...
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