Torben Grut (2 June 1871 - 24 December 1945) was a Swedish architect. Villa Solliden from the west 2006

Biography

Torben Andreas Grut was born at Tuns parish in

Skaraborg County Skaraborg County ( ) was a Counties of Sweden, county of Sweden from 1634 until 1997. It was disestablished at the end of 1997 when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus County, Gothenburg and Bohus and Älvsborg County, Älvs ...

, Sweden. Grut studied at the

KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a Public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in Institute of technology, engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest te ...

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. From 1894, Grut was employed by the Danish architect

Hans Jørgen Holm Hans Jørgen Holm (9 May 1835 – 22 July 1916) was a Danish architect. A pupil of Johan Daniel Herholdt, he became a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and a leading Danish proponent of the National Romantic style. Biograp ...

. At the same time, he also became a student at the

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. From 1893 to 1896, he was associated with

Isak Gustaf Clason Isak Gustaf Clason (30 July 1856 Falun – 19 July 1930 Rättvik) was a Sweden, Swedish architect. Biography Clason studied engineering and later architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he was a student of ...

and from 1898 to 1899 was employed by

Ferdinand Boberg Gustaf Ferdinand Boberg (11 April 1860 – 7 May 1946) was a Swedish architect. Biography Boberg was born in Falun. He became one of the most productive and prominent architects of Stockholm around the turn of the 20th century. Among his most ...

. In 1906, he designed Solliden Palace, the summer residence of the Swedish Royal Family. He designed

Stockholm Olympic Stadium Stockholm Olympic Stadium (), most often called Stockholms stadion or (especially locally) simply Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912; its original use was as a venue for the 1912 ...

in 1912. Torben was the Swedish champion in tennis 1896-1897 and a member of the Danish

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1906-1912. His son

William Grut William Oscar Guernsey Grut (17 September 1914 – 20 November 2012) was a Swedish Modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal in modern pentathlon.

(1914–2012) won the Gold Medal in the modern pentathlon at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

References

1871 births 1945 deaths Swedish architects KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni People from Lidköping Municipality {{Sweden-architect-stub