Bengt Ingmar Lindroos (22 September 1918 – 22 August 2010) was a Swedish

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. Lindroos started drafting houses for a local builder at the age of 17 years and received his formal education at the

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from 1942-45. After being employed by

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, he opened an office together with Hans Borgström in 1954. He designed the

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television tower in 1967. He was awarded the

Prince Eugen Medal The Prince Eugen Medal ( sv, Prins Eugen-medaljen) is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement". The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthd ...

in 1983. He designed in the 1986

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-winning building block Kvarteret Drottningen. He also designed the prize of the competition.

Death

Lindroos died on 22 August 2010, aged 92.Arkitekten Bengt Lindroos är död

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2010-08-23

Bibliography

*''Och så vidare-'' (1989) *''Att vara arkitekt kan vara att...'' (2010)

References

1918 births 2010 deaths People from Finspång Municipality Swedish architects KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni Place of death missing Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal {{Sweden-architect-stub