Yngve Larsson

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Gustaf Richard Yngve Larsson (born December 13th 1881 in Sundsvall, died December 16th 1977 in Stockholm) was a Swedish Ph. D., vice Mayor, Member of Parliament and statesman.

He was a marked modernist and was for 22 years a leading vice Mayor of Stockholm, in charge of urban development, and politically leading behind several of the city's largest urban development projects of the 20th century, including Slussen, Stockholm subway and the major redevelopment of Norrmalm borough in central Stockholm.

Larsson came to be called his century´s foremost Swedish city builder.

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