Hans Fleming
Illustration — Perspective drawing of Jönköping Castle from 1617, made by Hans Fleming Hans Fleming (born around 1545 in Namur, died in 1623) was a Flemish fortress builder, architect and sculptor active in Sweden. Hans Fleming, who was active in Lübeck in the 1560s, was summoned to Sweden by Johan III and became the architect at Vadstena Castle on 11 August 1590, and in 1603 also started his work at Jönköping's castle. In 1605 he was also working at Älvsborg, Gullberg, Nylöse and the newly built Karl IX's Göteborg.
Also recorded as Master Hans · Hans Gamal · Hans Fleminck · Langemaster Hans
Hans Fleming
Jacob Truedson Demitz for Ristesson Ent. · This image comes from the Southerly Clubs of Stockholm, Sweden, a non-profit society which owns image publication rights to the archives of Lars Jacob Prod, Mimical Productions, F.U.S.I.A., Swenglisti · Public domain
- Born
- 1545 · Namur.
- Died
- 1623 · Kalmar.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- sculptor · master builder · stonemason · architect
- Known for
- Ekenäs Castle
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Illustration — Perspective drawing of Jönköping Castle from 1617, made by Hans Fleming Hans Fleming (born around 1545 in Namur, died in 1623) was a Flemish fortress builder, architect and sculptor active in Sweden. Hans Fleming, who was active in Lübeck in the 1560s, was summoned to Sweden by Johan III and became the architect at Vadstena Castle on 11 August 1590, and in 1603 also started his work at Jönköping's castle. In 1605 he was also working at Älvsborg, Gullberg, Nylöse and the newly built Karl IX's Göteborg.
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In 1613 he received a new order as an architect in Jönköping and made a drawing for a new city there and for city fortifications, and after the former was approved by the king, Fleming demarcated the city and allocated its plots and then supervise the buildings; Fleming's fortification drawing was approved with some modifications, after which the fortification work began. He also prepared drawings for Jönköping Castle and its fort, as well as a new drawing for the city in 1620, which was later approved; he also had to do with the newly started construction in Gothenburg. Fleming had been Duke Johan's assistant with Johannisborg's construction in 1613 and in 1617 he received orders also for Kalmar Castle and Borgholm Castle as well as the right to quarry on Öland and to ship from there also to foreign places. He later delivered stone carving work for stairs and portals, including Vaxholm Fortress and Tre Kronor in Stockholm. Fleming died in 1623.
Hans Fleming is recorded as sculptor, master builder, stonemason and architect.
Monument to Queen Catherine of Sweden (née Jagellonica of Poland) over the crypt of her family grave (King John III’s) at Upsala Cathedral
Jacob Truedson Demitz for Ristesson Ent. · This image comes from the Southerly Clubs of Stockholm, Sweden, a non-profit society which owns image publication rights to the archives of Lars Jacob Prod, Mimical Productions, F.U.S.I.A., Swenglisti
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1545
Hans Fleming born at Namur.
1623
Hans Fleming died at Kalmar.
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Fleming, Hans, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Hans Fleming eller Bernt von Münster?, Konsthistorisk Tidskrift/Journal of Art History, 1943
Hans Fleming och Ulfsparregraven i Kärda kyrka, Konsthistorisk Tidskrift/Journal of Art History, 1950
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- 1.Den svenska historien: Våra dagars Sverige. Bonnier. 207. 1977.
- 2.The Low Countries at the Crossroads Netherlandish Architecture as an Export Product in Early Modern Europe (1480-1680). Isd. 2013. 9782503543338.
- 3.Hans Fleming. RKD.
- 4.Murmästaren Hans Ferster verksamheten i Sverige 1634-1653. Förf. (Lerduvestigen 10). 1974. 9789172221024.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Fleming, Hans. In: Theodor Westrin (Hrsg.) : Nordisk familjebok. 2 édition, tome 8 : Feiss–Fruktmögel. Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1908, p. 570 (en suédois : runeberg.org).
- Johannes Baltzer, Friedrich Bruns : Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck. Herausgegeben von der Baubehörde. tome III : Kirche zu Alt-Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Ägidienkirche, édité par Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920, p. 149 (réimpression en 2001 : )
- Grete Grewolls: Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon, édition Hinstorff, Rostock 2011, , p. 2776.
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