Gustaf Axel Herman Lindgren (4 November 1863 – 22 August 1930) was a Swedish

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Biography

Lindgren was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied at the

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1881–1885 and at the

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1885–1887 and went on a study trip to

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and

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1888–1890. He was hired in 1887 by the agency administrating governmental buildings (), held the position of superintendent () from 1899. From 1905, he was teacher in the subject of history of building art at the

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. He was married to Anna Birch and was the father to architect

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(1892–1969). The list below shows some of his most public works, but he also made villas in

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and

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. He was also an author and contributed to the second edition of the Swedish encyclopedia '' Nordisk familjebok''.

Some houses he created

* Whitlockska huset, Stockholm (1887) * Stora Bryggeriet at

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in Stockholm (1890) * Tabernaklet, Stockholm (1890) * Herrgården Blackeberg in

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(1893) *Ahlbomska huset in

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(later

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, 1896) *Strandvägen 11, Stockholm (1896) *Arsenalsgatan 16, Stockholm (1896) *Narvavägen 12, Stockholm (1896) * Östermalmsfängelset (1897) *Tattersall, now known as IVA-house, Grev Turegatan 12–16, Stockholm (1898) *

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's building in

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(redesign, 1900) * Stockholm police house at

(1903–11) *The crematorium at

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, Stockholm (1906–1908) *The county residence in Karlskrona (1908–10) * Härlandafängelset in

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(1913) *

Långholmen prison Långholmen Prison, officially Långholmen Central Prison ( sv, Långholmens centralfängelse), was historically one of the largest prison facilities in Sweden with more than 500 cells, located on the island of Långholmen in Stockholm. It was bu ...

(redesign, 1913–1923) * Direktörsvillan (Långholmen) (1914) * Malmö prison Kirseberg (1914) *

Riddarholmskyrkan Riddarholmen Church ( sv, Riddarholmskyrkan) is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in Stockholm, Sweden. The church serves as the final resting place of most Swedish monarchs. Riddarholmen Church is located on the island ...

(restaurering, 1914–1922) *

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(redesign according to plan by Bergh, 1914–1923) * Sjoutnäsets kapell in northern Jämtland (1916) *The crematorium in

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, an ...

(1921) * Frimurarelogen, Karlstad (redesign, 1921–1923) *The

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in Gustaf Vasa kyrka, Stockholm (1924)

References

Other Sources

Arkitekturmuseum - Arkitektregistret
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindgren, Gustaf 1863 births 1930 deaths Swedish architects KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni Scientists from Stockholm Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen