Ragnar Östberg was a Swedish 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...

 who is most famous for designing Stockholm City Hall

Stockholm City Hall

Stockholm City Hall is the building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm in Sweden. It stands on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island, next to Riddarfjärden's northern shore and facing the islands of Riddarholmen and Södermalm. It houses offices and conference rooms as well as...

. He is the most famous architect within the so-called "national romanticist" movement in Sweden. His body of work from the period range from public buildings, such as Stockholm City Hall

Stockholm City Hall

Stockholm City Hall is the building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm in Sweden. It stands on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island, next to Riddarfjärden's northern shore and facing the islands of Riddarholmen and Södermalm. It houses offices and conference rooms as well as...

, to mansions for influential families at the turn of the century, such as Nedre Manilla, built for the Bonnier family

Bonnier family

The Bonnier family is a wealthy Swedish family of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, active in the publishing business since the late-18th century. The family controls the Swedish company Bonnier AB, with an annual revenue in 2008 of US$ 4.13 billion ....

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Buildings

• Nedre Manilla, Djurgården, Stockholm
  Stockholm
  Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
  
  
• Villa Ekarne (1905), Djurgården, Stockholm
• Villa Pauli
  Villa Pauli
  Villa Pauli is located at Strandvägen 19 in Djursholm.The villa, designed by famous architect Ragnar Östberg, was richly decorated with works by the painter Georg Pauli and sculptor Carl Eldh....
  
  , Djursholm
  Djursholm
  Djursholm is one of four suburban districts in, and the seat of Danderyd Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. Djursholm is included in the multi-municipal Stockholm urban area.-History:...
  
   (1905)
• Scharinska villan, Umeå
  Umeå
  - Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport...
  
   (1905)
• Aschanska villan, Umeå (1906)
• Teaterhuset, Umeå (1906–1907)
• Prinsvillan, Djursholm
  Prinsvillan, Djursholm
  Prinsvillan is a villa on Germaniavägen 14 A in Djursholm by Ragnar Östberg. The villa was built 1907-1909 in the country mansion style typical of the turn of the century....
  
  , Danderyd (1909)
• Östermalms läroverk, "Östra Real", Stockholm (1906–1910)
• Patent- och registeringsverket, Stockholm (1911–1921)
• Stockholm City Hall
  Stockholm City Hall
  Stockholm City Hall is the building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm in Sweden. It stands on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island, next to Riddarfjärden's northern shore and facing the islands of Riddarholmen and Södermalm. It houses offices and conference rooms as well as...
  
   (1923)
• Krematorium, Helsingborg
  Helsingborg
  Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden's closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city...
  
   (1929)
• Riksbron
  Riksbron
  Riksbron is an arch bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden leading from Drottninggatan on Norrmalm 44 metres over to Riksgatan on Helgeandsholmen....
  
   (bridge), Stockholm (1926–1930)
• the rebuilt palace on the islet of Strömsborg
  Strömsborg
  Strömsborg is a small islet in central Stockholm, Sweden, located north of Stadsholmen, and west of Helgeandsholmen, between the bridges Centralbron, a motorway passing through central Stockholm, and Vasabron...
  
   (1929–1930)
• Värmlands nation
  Nations at Swedish universities
  The student nations or nationer at the two ancient universities in Uppsala and Lund, of which there are now thirteen at each university, are the oldest student societies in Sweden...
  
   in Uppsala
  Uppsala
  - Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...
  
   (1930)
• The Stagnelius School
  Erik Johan Stagnelius
  Erik Johan Stagnelius was born October 14, 1793 in Gärdslösa, on the island Öland, Sweden, and died on April 3, 1823 in Stockholm. He was a Romantic poet and playwright....
  
  , Kalmar
  Kalmar
  Kalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 62,767 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 233,776 inhabitants .From the thirteenth to the...
  
   (1931–32)
• The Museum of Maritime History
  Maritime Museum (Stockholm)
  The Maritime Museum is a museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located in the Gärdet section of the inner-city district Östermalm, the museum offers a panoramic view of the bay Djurgårdsbrunnsviken...
  
   in Stockholm (1933–1936)
• The Zorn
  Anders Zorn
  Anders Leonard Zorn was one of Sweden’s foremost artists who obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and printmaker in etching.-Biography:...
  
   Museum in Mora (1938–1939)

Sources

• Cornell, Elias, Ragnar Östberg - en svensk arkitekt (1966)
• Söderberg, Rolf, Svenska Män och Kvinnor del 8 (1955)
• Thelaus, Erik, Ragnar Östbergs byggnader i Umeå (1983)