Magnus Steendorff
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Magnus Gottfrid Steendorff (November 25, 1855 – April 26, 1945) was a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
of partly Danish ancestry.
Background
Magnus Steendorff was born in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
as the only son of Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
painter Christian Wilhelm Steendorff (1817–1904) and his wife Anna Ulrica Öhrström (1816–1891) from Sweden. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art
Royal Danish Academy of Art
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has provided a practice-oriented complement to the scholarly investigation of the arts carried out at Danish universities for more than 250 years, playing a crucial part in the development of the distinctive tradition of the art of Denmark.- History :The Royal...
in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, but settled in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
in 1887 becoming a Swedish citizen three years later.
Career
Notable buildings by Steendorff include two churches: the majestic neogothic church of UndenäsUndenäs
Undenäs is a locality situated in Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 250 inhabitants in 2005....
, also known as the "Cathedral of Tiveden" (Swedish:Tivedens katedral) (1892–1894) and the new Stora Hammar Church (Swedish:Stora Hammar nya kyrka) in Höllviken
Höllviken
Höllviken is a locality situated in Vellinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 10,014 inhabitants in 2005. It is located close to both Malmö and the Øresund Bridge which connects Sweden and Denmark....
(1891–1895) designed in Danish Renaissance style
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
.
Steendorff also designed the Institution of Johannesberg, an asylum outside Mariestad
Mariestad
Mariestad is a locality and the seat of Mariestad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 15,448 inhabitants in 2005. It was until 1997 the capital of the former Skaraborg County and an episcopal see in the Church of Sweden between 1583 and 1646....
, a bank building in Skövde
Skövde
Skövde is a locality and the seat of Skövde Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 34 446 inhabitants .Skövde is situated some 150 km northeast of Gothenburg, between Sweden's two largest lakes, Vänern and Vättern. It sits on the eastern slope of a low mountain ridge Billingen ,...
(1893–1894) and the new library of the University College of Jönköping (originally built as the foundry
Foundry
A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminum and cast iron...
of a mechanical company in 1914).
Personal life
Steendorff was married to Sofie Brunskog (1855–1948). He was the brother-in-law of Swedish-American linguisticsLinguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
professor
Professor
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August Hjalmar Edgren
August Hjalmar Edgren
August Hjalmar Edgren was a Swedish-American linguist, professor, and author.-Background:August Hjalmar Edgren was born in Östanås, Älvsbacka parish in Värmland, Sweden. He was the son of Axel Edgren and Mathilda Berger . He was educated in Karlstad and Stockholm. He was a graduate of the...
(1840–1903).