Fredrik August

Lidströmer Lidströmer is a Swedish noble family, originating from the village of Liden, Medelpad, Sweden. Knighted 3 October 1800 by King Gustav IV Adolf in Stockholm Palace, Sweden. Jonas Lidströmer (1755–1808) was nobilised on the grounds of his grea ...

(1787–1856) was the son of Jonas Lidströmer. He was a

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architect, artist and marine officer, as well as Stockholm's city architect. Raised in the naval city of Karlskrona, he came to Stockholm to help his father with the construction of the Obelisk at Slottsbacken adjacent to the royal palace, and then continued with the construction of the

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surrounding the waters of the city. He is the architect of Stockholm's oldest official park, the , situated between the Royal Palace in Stockholm and the

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, just opposite the current parliament building. After a short career, he joined King

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's officers and became his first architect for the construction of the original Rosendal Palace, which burned down in 1819. He designed the pedestal and stonework for the statue of

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(the Royal Gardden), located in Stockholm, and was the city architect between 1818 and 1824. At the order of the king, he was also responsible for transport and placement of the large porphyry vase at the Rosendal palace. He also drew the blueprints for the new Rosendal palace, which was to a great deal followed by the work of

Fredrik Blom Fredrik Blom (24 January 1781 – 25 September 1853) was a Swedish officer, architect and professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Life Fredrik Blom was born in Karlskrona. His father was a compass maker journeyman. He began his career as ...

. The Queen's pavilion, Drottningpaviljongen, at the present Rosendal palace is entirely the work of Fredrik August Lidströmer, however. The guard's cottage of Vaktstugan is as well. Lidströmer also worked under Baltzar von Platen on the construction of the

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, which connects Sweden's east and west coasts. He also constructed Visby Hospital on Gotland and the prison of Länsfängelset in

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. His last works were the quays of Nybroviken, where

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meet the

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in central Stockholm.T Höijer, ''Stockholms stads drätselkommision 1814-1864'', 1953 He reached the rank of lieutenant colonel ''mechanicus'', a military officer with engineering tasks, and was made a knight in the

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, like his father. His work, including work in

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and

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and original drawings, has been preserved in several archives as well as at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.

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