Sten Branzell
Sten Gunnar Branzell (August 27, 1893 – May 4, 1959) was a Swedish architect.
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Sten Branzell
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- Name
- Sten Branzell
- Birth Name
- Sten Gunnar Branzell
- Born
- August 27, 1893
- Birthplace
- Stockholm
- Died
- May 4, 1959
- Place of death
- Gothenburg
- Education
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- architect
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Sten Gunnar Branzell (August 27, 1893 – May 4, 1959) was a Swedish architect.
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• Name — Sten Branzell • Birth Name — Sten Gunnar Branzell • Born — August 27, 1893 • Birthplace — Stockholm • Died — May 4, 1959 • Place of death — Gothenburg • Education — KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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He studied in KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Royal Institute of Art. His sister was the famous singer Karin Brunzel. In 1918, he joined the Swedish Brigade and participated in the Finnish Civil War, where he was slightly wounded. In Finland, he met Alvar Aalto, who was living with Branzel's family when Aalto traveled to Sweden. Brunzel created furniture for Nordiska Kompaniet and was the artistic designer of Costa Buda in the 1920s. Brunzel was the city architect of Gothenburg from 1944 to 1957.
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1893
Sten Branzell was born on 27 August 1893.
1959
Sten Branzell died at Gothenburg.
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- 1.Branzell, Sten (1893–1959) [sv] – KulturNav. kulturnav.org.
- 2.Nationalmuseum – Sten Branzell. collection.nationalmuseum.se.
- 3.Sveriges dödbok 1947–2006, (Cd-Rom), Sveriges Släktforskarförbund.
- 4.153 (Göteborgs och Bohus läns porträttgalleri / Första delen : Göteborgs stad). runeberg.org.
- 5.Olsson, Simon & Haasmark, Stefan, Svenska brigaden vid Tammerfors: De frivilligas egna berättelser från inbördeskrigets Finland (2023). ISBN 978-91-633-3515-0.
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