Erik gunnar asplundh biography definition

Swedish architect

Gunnar Asplund
Born	(1885-09-22)22 September 1885 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	20 October 1940(1940-10-20) (aged 55) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Villa Sturegården, Nyköping, (1913), The Snellman House, Djursholm, (1918), Stockholm (1920) The Listers County Court House, Sölvesborg, (1921), The Skandia Cinema, Stockholm (1923), Stockholm Public Library, (1928),
Projects	Skogskyrkogården (1914-40), Gothenburg Courthouse Extension (1913-37)

Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedisharchitect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s during the last decade of his life.

At this time, he was a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930). Asplund was professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1931.

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