Ragnar Östberg Explained

Ragnar Östberg
Nationality:	Swedish
Birth Date:	14 July 1866
Birth Place:	Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:	Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse:	Carin Thiel
Children:	Susanna Ramel^[1]
Significant Buildings:	Stockholm City Hall
Awards:	Royal Gold Medal AIA Gold Medal Honorary member of the Royal Academy Member of the Stockholm Beauty Council

Ragnar Östberg (14 July 1866 – 5 February 1945) was a Swedish architect who is best known for designing Stockholm City Hall.^[2]

Biography

Östberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His parents were Carl Östberg and Erika Kindahl. Between 1884 and 1891, he first studied at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. In 1888, he studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. He had an internship with architect Isak Gustaf Clason (1856–1930). In 1893 he visited the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and in 1896 he went on a three-year study trip to, among others, England, France, Italy and Greece. Dating from the early 1900s, he lived and worked in Umeå in northern Sweden. Scharinska villan in Umeå is considered one of Östberg's best works during his youth.^{[3] [4]}

Östberg became the most famous architect within the so-called "national romanticist" movement in Sweden. His body of work from the period ranges from public buildings, such as Stockholm City Hall,^[5] to mansions for influential families at the turn of the century, such as Scharinska villan or Nedre Manilla, built for members of the Bonnier family.^[6]

Buildings

• Nedre Manilla, Djurgården, Stockholm
• Villa Ekarne (1905), Djurgården, Stockholm
• Villa Pauli, Djursholm (1905)
• Scharinska villan, Umeå (1905)
• Aschanska villan, Umeå (1906)
• Teaterhuset, Umeå (1906–1907)
• Prinsvillan, Djursholm, Danderyd (1909)
• Östermalms läroverk, "Östra Real", Stockholm (1906–1910)
• Patent- och registeringsverket, Stockholm (1911–1921)
• Stockholm City Hall (1923)
• Krematorium, Helsingborg (1929)
• Riksbron (bridge), Stockholm (1926–1930)
• The rebuilt palace on the islet of Strömsborg (1929–1930)
• Värmlands nation in Uppsala (1930)
• The Stagnelius School, Kalmar (1931–32)
• The Museum of Maritime History in Stockholm (1933–1936)
• The Zorn Museum in Mora (1938–1939)

Other sources

• Cornell, Elias (1966) Ragnar Östberg - en svensk arkitekt
• Söderberg, Rolf (1955) Svenska Män och Kvinnor del 8
• Thelaus, Erik (1983) Ragnar Östbergs byggnader i Umeå
• Monterumisi, Chiara (2017) Ragnar Östberg – Villa Geber, una casa nell’arcipelago. Ediz. Italian, English and Swedish, In Edibus, Vicenza,
• Atmer, Ann Katrin Pihl (2011) Stockholms stadshus och arkitekten Ragnar Östberg (Kultur Allmänlitteratur)

Notes and References

1. Gillgren, Sven Arne i Vem är Vem?: Stor-Stockholm (andra upplagan, 1962)
2. Web site: Stockholm City Hall (Stockholm Stadshus). Skyscraper Source Media. April 1, 2019.
3. Web site: Isak Gustaf Clason. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon . Ragnar Josephson . April 1, 2019.
4. Web site: Scharinska villan . 3 November 2013 . . https://archive.today/20131104055215/http://www.vbm.se/sv/kunskapsbanken/byggnadsvard1/byggnadsminnen/umea-kommun1/scharinska-villan-umea.html . 2013-11-04 . dead .
5. Book: Swati Chattopadhyay. City Halls and Civic Materialism: Towards a Global History of Urban Public Space. 2014. 978-1317802280. 61. Routledge .
6. Web site: Ragnar Östberg . Stenstan Visitor Center . 1 April 2019.