Karl Lindahl
Karl Håkan Einar Lindahl (10 March 1874 – 12 April 1930) was a Finnish architect of Swedish origin.
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Karl Lindahl
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- Name
- Karl Lindahl
- Born
- 10 March 1874
- Birthplace
- Jönköping, Sweden
- Died
- 12 April 1930
- Place of death
- Helsinki, Finland
- Full name
- Karl Håkan Einar Lindahl.
- Nationality
- Finland · Sweden
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Helsinki University of Technology
- Languages
- Swedish · Finnish
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Karl Håkan Einar Lindahl (10 March 1874 – 12 April 1930) was a Finnish architect of Swedish origin.
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Karl Lindahl (1874–1930) was an architect, of Finnish and Swedish nationality. The architect was born Karl Håkan Einar Lindahl in Jönköping and died in Helsinki. Karl Lindahl was educated at Helsinki University of Technology. Languages used include Finnish and Swedish.
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• Name — Karl Lindahl • Citizenship — * Finland • Swedish • Born — 10 March 1874 • Birthplace — Jönköping, Sweden • Died — 12 April 1930 • Place of death — Helsinki, Finland
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Jönköping, Sweden, Lindahl studied architecture at the Helsinki Polytechnic Institute in the Grand Duchy of Finland, graduating in 1898. Beginning in 1900, he practised as an architect in Helsinki. Initially he was an early proponent of the National Romantic or Art nouveau style, for many years in partnership with Walter Thomé. Then, like many of his contemporaries, he changed to a neo-classical style. His work includes several public buildings, residences in Helsinki and some country houses in Suvisaaristo, but also many industrial buildings. Lindahl received Finnish citizenship in 1905. In 1907, he was sent with veterinarian Oskar von Hellens on a fact-finding tour of foreign abattoirs to enable incorporation of best practices in the new Helsinki slaughterhouse. He died in Helsinki.
Selected works
Selected works
• Illustration — Headquarters of Otava publishing company, Helsinki, designed by Karl Lindahl and Walter Thomé in 1905 • (with Walter Thomé) Oulu Market Hall (1901) • (with Walter Thomé) Polytechnic Students' Union, also called the Sampo Building, Lönnrotinkatu 29, Helsinki (1903) • (with Walter Thomé) Enso Gutzeit factory headquarters, Kotka (1903) • (with Walter Thomé) Headquarters of Otava publishing company, Uudenmaankatu 10, Helsinki (1905) • Söderkulla mansion, Söderkulla, now part of Sipoo (1908) • Helsinki Workers' House, Paasivuorenkatu 5 A (1908, 1924) • Gunnarsberg villa, Grankulla (1910) • Finnish business centre in Viipuri (1911) • (with Walter Thomé) Headquarters of Suomi insurance company, Eteläesplanadi 2, Helsinki (1912), now headquarters of UPM • School, Liedakkala (1915) • Hahkiala estate at Hauho (1916) • Sugar refinery, Salo (1919) • Finlayson factory power plant, Forssa (1921) • Lindö estate at Ekenäs (1923) • Industrial and town buildings including a school, Varkaus (1924) • Ahlström pulp mill, Karhula, now part of Kotka (1927) • Korkeakoski power plant (1927)
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Identity and overview
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Origins and background
Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1874 at Jönköping. Lindahl died in 1930 at Helsinki. Institutional cataloguing adds that karl Lindahl is recorded at birth as Karl Håkan Einar Lindahl.
Works and production
Works and production
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Places
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Jönköping.
Birth place
Helsinki.
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- 1.T. Stz., "Lindahl, Karl Håkan Einar", Nordisk familjebok, Owl Edition, volume 37 Supplement: L – Riksdag, col. 197
- 2.Chevallier, Fabienne: L'œuvre d'Eliel Saarinen en Finlande et la question de l'architecture nationale de 1898 à 1909, Histoire de l'art 12, Paris: Sorbonne, 2001. . p. 165
- 3.Eriksson, Patrick: "Lindahl, Karl" in Uppslagsverket Finland. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- 4.Manninen, Antti. Helsingin työväentalo on arkkitehti Karl Lindahlin päätyö. Helsingin Sanomat. 28 October 2007.
- 5.Hietala, Marjatta: "Hygiene and the Control of Food in Finnish Towns at the Turn of the Century: A Case Study from Helsinki", in The Origins and Development of Food Policies in Europe, pp. 113–129. Ed. John Burnett and Derek J. Oddy, London/New York: Leicester University, 1994. . p. 126.
- 6.Valter Thomé, "Förlagsaktiebolagets Otavas hus i Helsingfors", Arkitekten Volume 6, issue 6, September 1908, pp. 79–80
- 7.Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Vantaa: An Architectural Guide, ed. Arvi Ilonen, Suomen Rakennustaiteen Museo, tr. Laura Siilasvuo, Helsinki: Otava, 1990, , p. 57.
- 8.historiaa , Söderkullan kartano
- 9.Liedakkalan koulu, peda.net
- 10.Itkonen, Hannu: Varkaus and Its People: A Hundred Years, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia 1057, Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2005. , pp. 61, 56, 139.
- 11.Quantrill, Malcolm: Finnish Architecture and the Modernist Tradition, London/New York: E & FN Spon, 1995, , p. 183.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Moorhouse, Jonathan & Carapetian, Michael & Ahtola-Moorhouse, Leena: Helsinki Jugendstil architecture, 1895–1915. Helsinki: Otava, 1987.
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