Carl Christoffer Gjörwell the Younger
Illustration — Carl Christoffer Gjörwell • Illustration — The Echo Temple at Haga is one of Gjörwell's better known works. Carl Christoffer Gjörwell (the younger; 19 January 1766 – 14 November 1837) was a Swedish architect. He was a city architect in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1804 and 1837.
Carl Christoffer Gjörwell the Younger
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- Full name
- Carl Christoffer Gjörwell.
- Born
- 1766. · Stockholm.
- Died
- 1837. · Stockholm.
- Nationality
- Sweden.
- Occupation
- architect.
- Teachers
- Louis Jean Desprez.
- Known for
- Westmanska palatset, Haga Palace, Joensuu Manor, Old Academy Building and Stockholm County Council.
- Honours
- Professor.
- Languages
- Swedish.
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Illustration — Carl Christoffer Gjörwell • Illustration — The Echo Temple at Haga is one of Gjörwell's better known works. Carl Christoffer Gjörwell (the younger; 19 January 1766 – 14 November 1837) was a Swedish architect. He was a city architect in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1804 and 1837.
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Training under Louis Jean Desprez is recorded. The recorded working language is Swedish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Stockholm and Turku. Works named in the authority record are Westmanska palatset, Haga Palace, Joensuu Manor, Old Academy Building and Stockholm County Council. Work by Carl Christoffer Gjörwell the Younger is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum and Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. Distinctions recorded are Professor.
Gjörwell was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of architect Carl Christoffer Gjörwell Sr. (1731–1811). He attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and was hired in 1788 by painter and architect Louis Jean Desprez (c. 1743–1804). In 1794, he made a study trip to Rome. in 1796, he was employed as Deputy City Architect under Erik Palmstedt (1741–1803). Some of his designs include the garrison hospital on Kungsholmen (Garnisonssjukhuset) completed in 1834, the main building of the Royal Academy of Turku built between 1802 and 1815 under the direction of Charles Bassi (1772–1840), the Old Academy Building in Turku consecrated in 1817 and the Haga Palace built between 1802 and 1805.
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