Hjalmar Kumlien
Illustration — Hjalmar Kumlien Knut Hjalmar Kumlien (17 March 1837 – 12 October 1897) was a Swedish architect.
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Hjalmar Kumlien
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- Born
- 1837 · Härlunda Parish.
- Died
- 1897 · Hedvig Eleonora parish.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Chalmers University of Technology
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Illustration — Hjalmar Kumlien Knut Hjalmar Kumlien (17 March 1837 – 12 October 1897) was a Swedish architect.
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Hjalmar Kumlien (1837–1897) was a Swedish architect. Born in Härlunda Parish, the architect died in Hedvig Eleonora parish. Hjalmar Kumlien studied at Chalmers University of Technology. Works by the architect are held at Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design.
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Kumlien was born in the parish of Härlunda in Västergötland, Sweden. He was the son of Ludvig Kumlien and Petronella Johanna Rhodin. Kumlien graduated at Chalmers University of Technology in 1856 and then continued his studies at the Technical Engineering School at Holzmünden in Braunschweig between 1858 and 1860. He then worked as infrastructure architect with Adolf W. Edelsvärd, the State Railways architects office between 1860 and 1872. Then he ran his their own firm with his brother Axel F. Kumlien (1833–1913). The two brothers are authors of numerous buildings in central Stockholm, among others, part of the München Brewery building, Villa Täcka Udden on Djurgården and some 20 villas and town houses north of Humlegården. Axel and Hjalmar Kumlien also designed church building include St. Paul Church in Mariatorget, Andreas church in Högbergsgatan in Stockholm, and Ljusterö church, a unique wooden church rebuilt in 1894. They designed the Phoenix Hotel in Turku, Finland, which completed construction in 1878.
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In 1868, he married Johanna Beata Charlotta Lindståhl. He was the father of architect Axel Emanuel Kumlien (1882–1971).
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1837
Hjalmar Kumlien was born on 17 March 1837.
1897
Hjalmar Kumlien died on 12 October 1897.
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• Kumlien, Hjalmar (1894), Swedish manor houses and villas by Swedish architects, Stockholm: Norstedt. Libris 8222486 • Fredric Bedoire and Henrik O. Andersson (1977), Stockholm buildings: a book on architecture and cityscape in Stockholm, (3rd edition). Stockholm: Prisma. Libris 7406664
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