Gunnar Asplund
Architect

Gunnar Asplund Net Worth

Gunnar Asplund was a Swedish architect born on September 22, 1885. He was a representative of both Nordic Classicism and the Swedish Grace movement, and was also an advocate for modernism. His most notable work was the Stockholm Public Library, which was a combination of his modernist and classicist styles.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day September 22, 1885
Birth Place Sweden
Age 134 YEARS OLD
Died On Oct 20, 1940 (age 55)
Birth Sign Virgo

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

About

A representative of Nordic Classicism and the Swedish Grace movement, he also advocated for modernism; his work included the Stockholm Public Library.

Before Fame

He attended the Stockholm Free Architecture School. His earliest works included the Gothenburg Courthouse Extension building, begun in 1913 and completed in 1937, and a collaboration with fellow Architect Sigurd Lewerentz on the cemetery, Skogskyrkogården.

Trivia

He became a professor at the Royal Institute of Technology in 1931. His first lecture, "Our Architectonic Concept of Space," concisely represented his artistic philosophy and was inspired by "The Decline of the West" by German Philosopher Oswald Spengler.

Family Life

He married Gerda Snellman in 1918.

Associated With

He was born in the same country as Actress Ingrid Bergman.

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