Gustaf Ferdinand Boberg (11 April 1860 – 7 May 1946) was a Swedish architect.

Biography

Boberg was born in

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabita ...

. He became one of the most productive and prominent architects of

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 ...

around the turn of the 20th century. Among his most famous work is an electrical plant at Björns Trädgård in

, that was inspired by Middle Eastern architecture. The building was converted in the late nineties and is now the

Stockholm Mosque Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Mosque ( sv, Zaid Ben Sultan Al Nahayans moské, ar, جامع زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان), commonly known as the Stockholm Mosque (''Stockholms moské'') or the Stockholm Grand Mosque (''Stockholms stor ...

. He also designed

Nordiska Kompaniet Nordiska Kompaniet (colloquially NK, and literally ''The Nordic Company'') is the name of two department stores located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, in Sweden. The store in Stockholm receives some twelve million visitors annually, with the figur ...

, the most prominent department store in Stockholm and Rosenbad which today houses the Swedish government chancellery. After retiring as an architect in 1915, Boberg and his wife Anna traveled around Sweden with the aim of preserving the cultural heritage through a book of drawings. Over 3,000 sketches were made and around 1,000 drawings were published in the volume ''Svenska bilder'' (“Swedish Images”). Boberg died in

, aged 86.

Famous works

(In chronological order) * , Stockholm (1883–1884) * , Hallsberg (1887–1889) * , Gävle (1890–1891) * , Stockholm (1892) * , Saltsjöbaden (1893) * , (gas holder and main building), Hjorthagen, Stockholm (1893) * , Stocksund, Stockholm (1896) * , Djursholm (1896), built for the artist Robert Thegerström * (1896–97) * Central post office, Stockholm (1898–1903) * , Norra Bantorget, Stockholm (1899) * , Stockholm (1899) * * (1900–1906) * , Stockholm (1902–1906) * Katarina power station, Stockholm (1903), now

, inaugurated in 2000 * , (turbine halls and offices), Hjorthagen, Stockholm (1903) * Swedish Pavilion at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, later moved to Lindsborg, Kansas * , Djurgården, Stockholm (1905) *

Thiel Gallery The Thiel Gallery ( sv, Thielska Galleriet) is an art museum in the Djurgården park area of Stockholm, Sweden. Represented are the members of the Artists Association (''Konstnärsförbundet'') from the early 1900s as well as one of the world's l ...

, Djurgården, Stockholm (1905), home of the banker

Ernest Thiel Ernest Jacques Thiel (18 August 1859 – 6 January 1947) was a Swedish financier and art collector whose former villa in the Stockholm park area Djurgården today houses the Thiel Gallery ( sv, Thielska galleriet). Biography Ernest Thiel wa ...

, now art museum *

Waldemarsudde Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde (Swedish for ''Cape Waldemar''), is a museum located on Djurgården in central Stockholm. The name is composed of Waldemar, an Old German noble male name, and udde, meaning cape. It is derived from a historical name o ...

, Djurgården (1905–1913), built for Prince Eugen who was also an artist, now museum * , built for the Industrial Fair in Norrköping 1906, moved to Nyköping 1907 * , Stockholm (1906–1910) * , Stockholm (1906–1911) * , Trosa (1907) * , Djurgården (1910) * (1913) * , Varaslätten (1914) * Margareta Pavilion at the 1914

Baltic Exhibition The Baltic Exhibition was held in Malmö, Sweden from 15 May to 4 October 1914. (The official closing date, September 30, was later extended by four days, as permitted in the general rules.) A Swedish world's fair The event showcased the industry, ...

in Malmö *

, NK department store, Stockholm (1915) * , his own home on Djurgården 1903 to 1925 Image:Varuhuset NK.jpg, Nordiska Kompaniet department store in Stockholm Image:Oakhill 1.jpg, Oakhill: Italian embassy in Stockholm Image:Malmö, Sweden, old postal house.jpg, Central Post Office building in Malmö File:Stockholm, Södermalm, Kv. Obelisken, Östgötagat. 54, Teckning av Ferdinand Boberg - Nordiska museet - NMA.0090977.jpg, A building in Stockholm, sketched by Ferdinand Boberg in 1917 as part of the project ''Svenska bilder''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boberg, Ferdinand 1860 births 1946 deaths Swedish architects Swedish designers Swedish printmakers People from Falun Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts