Ragnar Östberg

Ragnar Östberg (14 July 1866, Stockholm - 5 February 1945, Stockholm) was a Swedish architect who is most famous for designing Stockholm City Hall. He is the most famous architect within the so-called "national romanticist" movement in Sweden. His body of work from the period range from public buildings, such as Stockholm City Hall, to mansions for influential families at the turn of the century, such as Nedre Manilla, built for the Bonnier family.

Pictures

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)

Sources

• Cornell, Elias, Ragnar Östberg - en svensk arkitekt (1966)
• Söderberg, Rolf, Svenska Män och Kvinnor del 8 (1955)
• Thelaus, Erik, Ragnar Östbergs byggnader i Umeå (1983)