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Lars Sonck

1870 - 1956

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Lars Eliel Sonck (10 August 1870 – 14 March 1956) was a Finnish architect. He was a prominent figure in early 20th-century Finnish architecture, known for his role in developing the National Romantic and later Nordic Classicism movements in Finland. Sonck graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Helsinki (now Aalto University) in 1894. That same year, at age 23, he won the design competition for St Michael's Church, Turku, marking his professional breakthrough. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Sonck is the 377th most popular architect (down from 357th in 2019), 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 518. Before 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 120. Before 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 148. Before 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 751. Before 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).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Finland

Among architects born in Finland, Lars Sonck ranks 7. Before 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), and Marco Casagrande (1971).

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