Sten Branzell Explained

Sten Branzell
Birth Name:	Sten Gunnar Branzell
Birth Date:	August 27, 1893
Birth Place:	Stockholm
Death Date:	May 4, 1959
Death Place:	Göteborg
Nationality:	Swedish
Alma Mater:	KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sten Gunnar Branzell (August 27, 1893 – May 4, 1959) was a Swedish architect.^{[1] [2]}

Life and works

He studied in KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Royal Institute of Art. His sister was the famous singer Karin Brunzel.^[3]

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.^[4]

Brunzel was the city architect of Gothenburg from 1944 to 1957.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Branzell, Sten (1893–1959) [sv] – KulturNav ]. 2023-08-19 . kulturnav.org.
2. Web site: Nationalmuseum – Sten Branzell . 2023-08-19 . collection.nationalmuseum.se.
3. Book: Sveriges dödbok 1947–2006, (Cd-Rom), Sveriges Släktforskarförbund.
4. Web site: 153 (Göteborgs och Bohus läns porträttgalleri / Första delen : Göteborgs stad) . 2023-08-19 . runeberg.org . sv.
5. Book: Olsson, Simon & Haasmark, Stefan, Svenska brigaden vid Tammerfors: De frivilligas egna berättelser från inbördeskrigets Finland (2023). ISBN 978-91-633-3515-0.