Frans Anatolius Sjöström (3 July 1840 – 1 August 1885) was a

Finland Swedish Finland Swedish or Fenno-Swedish (; ) is a Variety (linguistics), variety of the Swedish language and a closely related group of Swedish dialects spoken in Finland by the Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking population, common ...

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. He was born in

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and educated there and, in 1868, at the

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. In 1872 he designed the old building of the

Helsinki University of Technology Helsinki University of Technology (TKK; ; , HUT in international usage) was a technical university in Finland. It was located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the Helsinki metropolitan area, and it was one of the three universities from which the modern d ...

. He died in Rönnskär.Frans Anatolius Sjöström
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1840 births 1885 deaths Architects from Turku People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish architects 19th-century Finnish architects Swedish-speaking Finns {{Finland-architect-stub