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Gunnar Asplund

1885 - 1940

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Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, 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. His appointment was marked by a lecture, later published under the title "Our architectonic concept of space." The Woodland Crematorium at Stockholm South Cemetery (1935-1940) is considered his finest work and one of the masterpieces of modern architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Asplund is the 131st most popular architect (down from 128th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 205th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Architect.

Gunnar Asplund is most famous for being the architect of the Stockholm City Hall.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Gunnar Asplund ranks 131 out of 518. Before him are Inigo Jones, Filippo Juvarra, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, James Stirling, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, and Sverre Fehn. After him are Aino Aalto, Pier Luigi Nervi, Philibert de l'Orme, Juan de Herrera, Carlo Scarpa, and Max Bill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Gunnar Asplund ranks 59. Before him are Sacha Guitry, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Seishirō Itagaki, André Lhote, Sisavang Vong, and Bess Truman. After him are René Grousset, Harlow Shapley, Theda Bara, Friedrich Kellner, Alois Hudal, and Per Albin Hansson. Among people deceased in 1940, Gunnar Asplund ranks 41. Before him are John A. Hobson, Robert Hichens, Michael Hainisch, Frederick Cook, Nicolae Iorga, and Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich. After him are Marcus Garvey, Walter Chrysler, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, and Jan Kubelík.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Asplund ranks 221 out of 1,879. Before him are Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), Ulf Kristersson (1963), Basshunter (1984), Anna Lindh (1957), Anders Sparrman (1748), and Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797). After him are Sven Nykvist (1922), Jo Bonnier (1930), Maud Adams (1945), PewDiePie (1989), Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539), and Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Sweden

Among architects born in Sweden, Gunnar Asplund ranks 1. After him are Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654), William Chambers (1723), Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710), Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz (1716), Ragnar Östberg (1866), Sven Markelius (1889), and Ferdinand Boberg (1860).

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