Carl Möller
Carl Oskar Möller, (20 April 1857 - 4 December 1933), was a Swedish architect and public official,[1] since 1896 married to Dagmar Bosse. His most well-known works include St. John's Church in Stockholm, which opened in 1890. Möller was in his time in architectural arrangement terms one of the foremost exponents among Swedish architects. [2]
Life and career
Möller was born in
He lived then in Stockholm, but made several trips abroad, especially to Paris. In 1881 he became architect in the Office of the Superintendent (Överintendentsämbetet), a government agency in charge of public buildings, in 1903 Chief Curator, in 1904 Superintendent and 1918-1924 General Director of the Board of Public Buildings (Byggnadsstyrelsen), the successor agency of the Office of the Superintendent.[3]
In addition to his civil service career, Möller performed several assignments. He was the construction manager at the
A bronze copy of the statue of Saint George and the Dragon was built on Möller's initiative and erected in 1912 in a street of Stockholm's
Buildings
- Gladsax church (1883, rebuilding of the tower)
- Landala chapel (1885)
- Ignaberga new church (1885–1887)
- Orlunda church (1888–89)
- St. John's Church, Stockholm (1890)
- Johannes Elementary School, Stockholm (1890)
- Tegneby church (1891)
- Eslövs church (1891)
- Gustaf Adolf church (1892)
- Stockholms Education Centre (1893)
- Villa Lusthusporten, Djurgården in Stockholm
- Söderala church (1899)
- Regional Archives in Lund (1903)
- St. Stephen's Church, Stockholm (1904)
References
- ^ "Karl Oskar Möller". Nordisk familjebok. Vol. 19. 1913. pp. 314–315. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
Karl Oska M[öller], arkitekt, ambetsman, f. 20 april 1857 i Malmö
- ^ "Möller, Carl (1857-1933)". KulturNav. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Arkdok. "Carl Möller". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ "S:t Johannes kyrka". svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "Katarina kyrka". svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "S:t Jacobs kyrka". svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- Attribution
- This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.
- This article is based on the translation of the corresponding article of the Swedish Wikipedia. A list of contributors can be found there at the History section.
External links
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