Adolf Wilhelm Edelsvärd (28 June 1824 – 15 October 1919) was a Swedish architect, engineer and military officer.
Biography
Edelsvärd was born at
Östersund
Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...
in
Jämtland
Jämtland (; no, Jemtland or , ; Jamtish: ''Jamtlann''; la, Iemptia) is a historical province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland to the north a ...
, Sweden. His father, Fredrik Wilhelm Edelsvärd, was a military officer and engineer.
He studied civil architecture, both in Sweden and in England. He was promoted to lieutenant in the
Dalarna Regiment
The Dalarna Regiment ( sv, Dalregementet), designation I 13, is a Swedish Army infantry unit that traced its origins back to the 16th century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Dalarna, where it was later gar ...
in 1844. He served as head architect for the Swedish National Railways (''
Statens Järnvägar
The Swedish State Railways ( sv, Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board ( sv, Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was the former government agency responsible for operating the state-owned railways in Sweden.
It was created i ...
'') from 1855 to 1895.
His designs included the Gothenburg Central Station (1856), Norrköping Central station (1865), Uppsala Central station (1865), Stockholm
Central Station (1869) and Malmö Central station (1890). He also designed the exhibition hall in
Kungsträdgården
Kungsträdgården (Swedish language, Swedish for "King's Garden") is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is colloquially known as ''Kungsan''.
The park's central location and its outdoor cafés makes it one of the most popular hangouts ...
for the
General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1866)
The General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1866) (Swedish: ''1866 års allmänna industriutställning i Stockholm'') or only the Stockholm Exposition of 1866 (Swedish: ''Stockholmsutställningen 1866'') was an international aviation exhibition ...
.
Gallery
File:Stockholm Central Station September 2013.jpg, Stockholm Central Station
Stockholm Central Station ( sv, Stockholms centralstation) is a railway station in Stockholm, Sweden. It is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. The station opened on 18 July 1871 and it had over 200,000 visitors dai ...
File:Centralstationen goteborg.jpg, Gothenburg Central Station
Gothenburg Central Station ( sv, Göteborgs centralstation, Göteborg C) is the main railway station of Gothenburg and it is the oldest railway station in Sweden still in use. The station serves 27 million passengers per year, making it the second ...
File:Malmö C, centralplan.jpg, Malmö Central Station
Malmö Central Station ( sv, Malmö centralstation) is a railway station on the Southern Main Line in Malmö, Sweden, opened in 1856. It serves approximately 17 million passengers per year.
With the opening of the City Tunnel in 2010, the statio ...
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1824 births
1919 deaths
People from Östersund
Swedish military engineers
Swedish architects
Swedish engineers
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry