Paul Theodore Granlund (October 6, 1925,

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– September 15, 2003,

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) was an American

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. His creative career spanned more than 50 years and more than 650 different works. Most of his work is figurative and made from bronze. His patrons included colleges, hospitals, Lutheran churches, and other institutions.

Background

Granlund was born on October 6, 1925, in Minneapolis, the son of the Rev. Clarence and Naomi Granlund. He attended Central High School in Minneapolis. He married Edna Spaeth in 1950. Granlund received his

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from

Gustavus Adolphus College Gustavus Adolphus College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans led by Eric Norelius and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Gustavu ...

in St. Peter, Minnesota in 1952 and his

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from

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in 1954. Awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study sculpture in Italy the same year, he later returned on Guggenheim Foundation fellowships in 1957–1959. During the 1960s and '70s, he was a faculty member at the

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. He also chaired the sculpture department for 14 years.

Sculptor in residence

Granlund was the sculptor in residence at his

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, Gustavus Adolphus College, from 1971 until his retirement in 1996, and maintained a studio at the institution until his death. Over 30 works are on campus, including the

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and doors of Christ Chapel. While artist in residence, he taught notable Minnesota bronze sculptor

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from 1978 to 1980.

Locations of works

Source:Granlund, Paul T. Paul T. Granlund Collection, 1945–2006. CAMC Collection 12. Gustavus Adolphus College Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.

U.S. Colleges and Universities

Augustana University Augustana University is a private Lutheran university in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The university identifies 1860 as the year of its founding, the same as its Rock Island, Illinois, Swedish-heritage sister school, Augustana College. It deri ...

, Sioux Falls, South Dakota ** "Eve"
Mikkelsen Library
1958) *

Bluffton College Bluffton University is a private Mennonite university in Bluffton, Ohio. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, with three programs that have earned programmatic accreditation: education, nursing and social work. The university has ...

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** "Constellation Earth" *

St. Catherine University St. Catherine University (St. Kate's) is a private Catholic university in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was established as one of the first institutions of higher learning specifically for women in the Midwest and was known as the College of St. C ...

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** "Zerogee" * Concordia College,

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** "Founders" * Concordia University, St. Paul,

** "Crowned Column" * Concordia University, Nebraska,

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** "Son of Man Be Free" (Christ Frees Us) *

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** "Alpha and Omega Sundial" (1990) *

, St Peter, Minnesota ** "Head of a Boy" (Hillstrom, 1955), "The Christ Deed" (Christ Chapel, 1961), "Old Testament Door" (Christ Chapel, 1962), "New Testament Door" (Christ Chapel, 1962), Dr. Andrew Jackson, Dr. P. A. Mattson, Dr. O.J. Johnson, and Erik Norelius Plaques (Christ Chapel, 1962), "Jacob and the Angel III" (1962), "Baptism/Lord's Supper Door" (Christ Chapel, 1963), "Hope Doors" (Christ Chapel, 1965), "Old Testament Frieze" (Christ Chapel, 1967), "Masks of the Muses" (1971), "The Way of the Cross" (gift to Gustavus President Lindell), "B.C.A.D." (1973), "The Edge" (1975), "Sonata" (Ella J. Pehrson Memorial, 1975), "Palindrome" (1976), "Egg," "Apogee" (1980), "Crucifixion" (Eckman Mall, 1980), "Flight II" (Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library, 1980), "Head of Jan Bender" (1980), "Luna Moth Matrix" (1980), Eckman Mall Plaque (1981), "South Wind II" (1982), "Portrait of Srinivasa Ramanujan (Olin, 1983), "Venus Nautilus II" (1983), "Floor Exercises" (1984), "Nicollet" (1986), "Horizontal Lovers" (Hillstrom, 1986), "Linnaeus" (1988), "Saint Francis" (1989), "Starburst" (1992), "New Testament Frieze" (Christ Chapel, 1997), "Portrait/Bust of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar," (Olin, 1998), "Portrait/Bust of George Engelmann" (1999), "Orbisc" (1999), "Portrait of Paul Wellstone (2003) *

Iliff School of Theology Iliff School of Theology is a private graduate Methodist theological school in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1892, the school's campus is adjacent to the University of Denver. Iliff is one of thirteen United Methodist Church seminaries in th ...

Denver, Colorado Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

** "Incarnation" (1963), "Resurrection II" (1973) *

Luther Seminary Luther Seminary is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the largest seminary of the ELCA. It also accepts and educates students of 41 other denominations and traditions. It is accredited ...

** "The Christ Figure" (1967) *

Muhlenberg College Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg College is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is named for Henry Muhlenberg, the German pat ...

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** "Head of Frank Buchman" * Sioux Falls College,

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** "Cross Section" * St. Norbert College,

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** "Saint Norbert" *

St. Olaf College St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after the King and th ...

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** "Celebration" (1980–82), "Portrait of Julius Muus," "Double Chorus" *

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, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota ** "Dale Shephard" * University of St. Thomas,

** "Constellation Earth" *

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** "Sprites" *

Upper Iowa University Upper Iowa University (UIU) is a private university in Fayette, Iowa, United States. It enrolls around 3,000 students and offers distance education programs that include centers in the U.S., an online program, an independent study program, an ...

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** "Constellation Earth" *

Valparaiso University Valparaiso University (Valpo) is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. It is an independent Lutheran university with five colleges. It enrolls nearly 2,300 students and has a campus. The university is known for its Luthe ...

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** "Head of

O. P. Kretzmann Otto Paul (O. P.) Kretzmann (May 7, 1901 – September 14, 1975) was an American Lutheran pastor, professor, author, and long-tenured president of Valparaiso University. Early life and education Otto Paul Kretzmann was born in Stamford, Conn ...

" *

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** "Saint Francis" *

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** "Saint Francis"

Churches

* Berea Lutheran Church,

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** Crucifixion-Resurrection Processional Cross" * Bethel Lutheran Church,

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** "Children of God" * Bethlehem Lutheran,

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** "Saint Francis" * Central Lutheran Church,

** "Resurrection" * First Lutheran Church,

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** "Crucifixion-Resurrection," (1982) * First Lutheran Church, St. Peter, Minnesota ** "Chancel Cross," "Cradle" (1982), "Familia II" (1989) * Grace Lutheran Church,

** "Crucifixion-Resurrection Processional Cross" * Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd,

** "Resurrection" (1958), "Crucifixion" (1964), "Credo Doors (1967), "Rondo," "Life Tree" * Mary Mother of the Church,

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** Crucifixion Processional Cross (1969) *Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota **"Head of Cantor Paul O. Manz," * Mount Olivet Lutheran Church,

** "Saint Francis" * Salem Lutheran Church,

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** "Life Tree" * St. Ansgar's Lutheran Church,

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** "Offspring" * St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral,

** "Christ, Peter, and Paul," (Dedicated 1983), "Resurrection II" * St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church,

** "Palindrome" * St. Paul's Lutheran Church,

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** "Paschal Flame," "Baptismal Font" * St. Paul's Lutheran Church,

** "Damascus Illumination" (1967) * Wayzata Community Church,

Wayzata, Minnesota Wayzata ( ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,434 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A suburb of the Twin Cities, Wayzata is located about west of Minneapolis al ...

** "Aegis" * Westminster Presbyterian Church,

** "Birth of Freedom," "Life Tree"

Hospitals

Abbott Northwestern Hospital Abbott Northwestern Hospital is a 686-staffed bed teaching and specialty hospital based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a part of the Allina Health network of hospitals and clinics. History Abbott Northwestern Hospital was founded in 1882 as N ...

** "Wellspring Model" * Bethesda Lutheran Medical Center,

** "Bethesda Angel" (1968) * Fairview Ridges Hospital,

** "Offspring" * Hudson Hospital,

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** "3D Life Tree" (1998) * Immanuel-St.Joseph's Hospital,

** "Saint Francis" * Luther Hospital,

** "Family Circle" *

Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic () is a Nonprofit organization, private American Academic health science centre, academic Medical centers in the United States, medical center focused on integrated health care, healthcare, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science ...

Rochester, Minnesota Rochester is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. It is located along rolling bluffs on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a popul ...

** "Constellation Earth" * Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, Minnesota ** "Helix" * Metropolitan Medical Center,

** "Sprites" (1969) * Miller-Dwan Medical Center,

Duluth, Minnesota Duluth ( ) is a Port, port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County, Minnesota, St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping. The population ...

** "Lofting" *

United Hospital United Hospital, located in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a 556-bed non-profit hospital that serves St. Paul and the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. United Hospital is part of Allina Health and offers specialty services including pregnancy care ...

** "Apogee" (1982) * University of Minnesota Children's Hospital,

** "Adolescence II"

Minnesota Locations

Courage Center The Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute is a rehabilitation medicine institute in Minneapolis, United States. History This Allina Health facility was created in 2013 by the merger of Courage Center and Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. ...

Golden Valley, Minnesota Golden Valley is a western and first-ring suburb of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 22,552 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is mostly residential an ...

** "Spirit of Courage" * EON, Inc.,

New Ulm, Minnesota New Ulm ( ) is a city and the county seat of Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,120 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is located on the triangle of land formed by the confluence of the Minnesota River a ...

** "Double Chorus, 9/25" * Federal Courthouse,

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** "Portrait Head of Quentin Burdick" *

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** "The Time Being" * Fergus Falls Library,

Fergus Falls, Minnesota Fergus Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,119 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, and was estimated to be 14,258 in 2024. Hi ...

** "Poet and Muse" (1963) * First Federal Savings and Loan, Skyway,

** "The Family" * Five Flags Plaza,

Dubuque, Iowa Dubuque (, ) is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. The population was 59,667 at the 2020 United States census. The city lies along the Mississippi River at the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, a region ...

** "Continuum" (Winner of Bicentennial sculpture competition, 1973) * Institute of Ecumenical Research,

Collegeville, Minnesota Collegeville is an unincorporated community in St. Wendel Township, Stearns County, Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitob ...

** "Crucifixion" (1970) * Johnson Heritage Post,

Grand Marais, Minnesota Grand Marais ( ) is a city and the county seat of Cook County, Minnesota, Cook County, Minnesota, United States, of which it is the only municipality. It is on Lake Superior's North Shore. Grand Marais had a population of 1,337 at the 2020 Unit ...

** "Swimmers" * Lutheran Social Services,

** "The Singers" * Mayo House,

Le Sueur, Minnesota Le Sueur ( ) is a city in Le Sueur County in the U.S. state of Minnesota, between Mankato and the Twin Cities. It lies along the Minnesota River and U.S. Highway 169. Le Sueur was named in honor of French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur. ...

** "The Mothers" *

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is a horticultural garden and arboretum located about west of Chanhassen, Minnesota at 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska, Minnesota. It is part of the Department of Horticultural Science in the College of Food, ...

Chaska, Minnesota Chaska ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Carver County, Minnesota, Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 27,810 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. An outer ring suburb of the Twin Cities located southwe ...

** "Winter and Summer Nymphs" (1973) ** "Mountain Mirage" (1992) * Minnesota Governor's Residence,

** "MAN NAM" (Vietnam War Memorial, 1970) *

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** "Charles A. Lindbergh – The Boy and the Man," "Portrait Head of Edward A. Burdick," "Portrait of Nicholas Coleman" * Roselawn Cemetery,

Roseville, Minnesota Roseville is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. It is one of two Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Twin Cities suburbs that are bordered directly by Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul and Minneapolis (Lauderdale, M ...

** "Cube Column Resurrection" * Saint Paul Academy,

** "Gemini" (1964) * Wells Fargo Place,

(formerly Minnesota World Trade Center) ** "Anthrosphere" * Wilson Center,

Faribault, Minnesota Faribault ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 24,453 at the 2020 census. Faribault is approximately south of Minneapolis–Saint Paul. Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highwa ...

** "Adolescence"

U.S. Locations

* Bethesda Lutheran Home, Watertown, Iowa ** "Bethesda Pool" (1981) * Hall of Fame,

Nebraska State Capitol The Nebraska State Capitol is the seat of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska and is located in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln. Designed by New York architect Bertram Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in 1920, it was constructed of Ind ...

Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The city covers and had a population of 291,082 as of the 2020 census. It is the state's List of cities in Nebraska, second-most populous city a ...

** "Father Flanagan" bust (1966–67) * Hyde Park Shopping Center,

Chicago, IL Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

** "Jacob and the Angel II" (1961) * La Crosse Public Library,

** "Ascendance" (1971- Donated by Clarence Smith Family in memory of their parents) ** "Reflections" (Donated by Alf Gundersen in memory of his wife, Carroll McGarty Gundersen) *

Missouri Botanical Garden The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder and philanthropy, philanthropist Henry Shaw (philanthropist), Henry Shaw. I ...

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** "Zerogee", "Linnaeus", "Climatron Plaque", "Portrait of Henry Shaw" * Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center,

Coon Valley, Wisconsin Coon Valley is a village in Vernon County, Wisconsin, Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 758 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Coon Valley was hit by the floods ravaging Wisconsin in 2018. Geography Coon Va ...

** "Zerogee II" *

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(Lindbergh Field),

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** "Charles A. Lindbergh – The Boy and the Man"

International

* Assisi, Italy ** "Saint Francis" *

Caux, Switzerland Caux (Montreux) is a small village in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland which is part of the Montreux municipality. It looks out over Lake Geneva from an altitude of 1000 meters. Overlooked by the Rochers de Naye summit (2000 meters), the Caux ar ...

** "Frank Buchman, a bronze bust" *

Hong Kong International School Hong Kong International School (HKIS) is a Mixed-sex education, co-educational Private school, private international school in Hong Kong with campuses in Tai Tam and Repulse Bay, serving students from All-through school, Reception 1 to Grade 1 ...

, Hong Kong, China ** "Adolescence", "Cross Section" *

Indian Academy of Sciences The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Indian Physicist and List of Nobel laureates, Nobel Laureate Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, C. V. Raman, and was registered as a society on 27 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it ...

Bangalore, India Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

** "Portrait of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar" *

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**"Bust of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar" * Kansai Gadai University,

Osaka, Japan is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a populatio ...

** "Constellation Earth", "Familia" * Le Bourget Airport,

Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

** "Charles A. Lindbergh – The Boy and the Man" *

Nagasaki Peace Park Nagasaki Peace Park is a park located in Nagasaki, Japan, commemorating the atomic bombing of the city on August 9, 1945 during World War II. It is next to the Atomic Bomb Museum and near the Peace Memorial Hall. History Established in 1955, an ...

Nagasaki, Japan is a prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,246,481 (1 February 2025) a ...

** "Constellation Earth" *

Uppsala, Sweden Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Located north of the capital Stockholm, it is ...

** "Linnaeus"

References

Other sources

*Freiert, William K. (1991) ''Paul T. Granlund: Spirit of bronze, shape of freedom'' (Primarius Ltd. Publishers)

External links

Paul Granlund Sculpture
{{DEFAULTSORT:Granlund, Paul 1925 births 2003 deaths Artists from Minneapolis Sculptors from Minnesota Gustavus Adolphus College alumni Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni American Lutherans 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors American people of Swedish descent Central High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota) alumni