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Lars Sonck

1870 - 1956

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Lars Sonck (Kälviä, 10 augustus 1870 – Helsinki, 14 maart 1956) was een Fins architect. Hij wordt naast Eliel Saarinen beschouwd als de voornaamste vertegenwoordiger van de nationaal-romantische architectuur in Finland. Sonck was de zoon van een lutherse pastor en groeide op in Åland. Op 23-jarige leeftijd won hij de ontwerpwedstrijd voor de Michaëlskerk in Turku, die in 1894 voltooid werd. Lees meer op Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Sonck is the 377th most popular architect (down from 357th in 2024), the 246th most popular biography from Finland (down from 200th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Architect.

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Among Architects

Among architects, Lars Sonck ranks 377 out of 518Before him are B. V. Doshi, Charles Cameron, Fernand de Montigny, Wang Shu, Daniel Burnham, and John Douglas. After him are Kunio Maekawa, Rudolf Wolters, Herman Sörgel, Martin Gropius, Juan de Villanueva, and Walter Burley Griffin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Lars Sonck ranks 120Before him are Louis Bachelier, Emil Młynarski, Amado Nervo, Hans Baluschek, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, and Jędrzej Moraczewski. After him are Štefan Banič, Jan Šrámek, Grigory Gershuni, Hisashi Kimura, Verner Järvinen, and Lilian Gibbs. Among people deceased in 1956, Lars Sonck ranks 148Before him are Violet Gibson, Nikolaos Trikoupis, Flora Sandes, Lewis Terman, Lorenzo Perosi, and Emmanouil Tsouderos. After him are Jan Šrámek, Ostap Vyshnya, Johnny Claes, Robert Julius Trumpler, María Teresa Ferrari, and Guido Boni.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Lars Sonck ranks 246 out of 751Before him are Kalle Anttila (1887), Reino Kuuskoski (1907), Gustaf Molander (1888), Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870), Heikki Liimatainen (1894), and Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956). After him are Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Veli Lehtelä (1935), Antti Hackzell (1881), Veli Saarinen (1902), Erkki Tuomioja (1946), and Oskar Gripenberg (1838).

Among Architects In Finland

Among architects born in Finland, Lars Sonck ranks 7Before him are Alvar Aalto (1898), Eliel Saarinen (1873), Aino Aalto (1894), Eero Saarinen (1910), Eero Aarnio (1932), and Elissa Aalto (1922). After him are Wivi Lönn (1872), Johan Sigfrid Sirén (1889), Marco Casagrande (1971), and Anders Adlercreutz (1970).

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