Erik Glemme (27 May 1905- 20 January 1959) was a Swedish designer and landscape architect.

Biography

Glemme was born in

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...

, Sweden. He trained at the

Royal Institute of Technology The KTH Royal Institute of Technology ( sv, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, lit=Royal Institute of Technology), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technolo ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

from 1927 to 1929. He apprenticed with architect Osvald Almqvist (1884–1950). He was employed at the

as an assistant 1943-1947 and as a teacher 1947–1952. From 1936 to 1956 he was chief architect of the design office of the city of Stockholm Parks Department. His work includes Mälarpaviljongen, a landscape park on Norr Mälarstrand, which he designed with landscape architect Holger Blom (1906-1996). Other notable works include the remodelling of

Tegnérlunden Tegnérlunden is a park at the border of city districts Norrmalm and Vasastan in central Stockholm, Sweden. History It was originally erected 1890, but was re-constructed in 1940 under the direction of landscape architect Erik Glemme. It is ...

and Vasaparken in Stockholm, design of

Rålambshovsparken Rålambshovsparken (English: Rålambshov Park) is a park in the Marieberg district on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. Location This park passes under a section of Västerbron. In the west, the park borders the Konradsberg campus ...

in the Marieberg district of

Kungsholmen Kungsholmen is an island in Lake Mälaren in Sweden, part of central Stockholm, Sweden. It is situated north of Riddarfjärden and considered part of the historical province Uppland. Its area is with a perimeter of . The highest point is at S ...

which opened in 1936 and Grynkvarnsparken in

Johanneshov Johanneshov () is a district in Stockholm located at the intersection of national road 73 and national road 75 in the borough of Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, southern Stockholm, Sweden. The icehockey arena Hovet is located in Johanneshov, its cu ...

designed in the mid-1950s.

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* 1905 births 1959 deaths People from Jönköping KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Functionalist architects 20th-century Swedish architects Swedish landscape architects {{sweden-architect-stub