Frans Gustaf Abraham Dahl (13 February 1835 – 21 September 1927) was a Swedish architect. He is known for designing several of Sweden's prominent buildings, including Stockholm's

National Library of Sweden The National Library of Sweden ( sv, Kungliga biblioteket, ''KB'', meaning "the Royal Library") is Sweden's national library. It collects and preserves all domestic printed and audio-visual materials in Swedish, as well as content with Swedish ...

and Mariahissen. He also designed

Norrby Church Norrby Church ( sv, Norrby kyrka) is located in Sala Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. The church is situated on the eastern banks of the Sagån River. Norrby parish is in the Diocese of Västerås of the Church of Sweden. The chur ...

in Sala Municipality. Bergslagssafari_Uppland_2012_01_Norrby_kyrka

Personal life

Dahl had two known children: fellow architect Theodor Dahl and Elsa Åkerhielm. He also had an illegitimate daughter, Tora Armida Dahl, with bakery assistant Emma Nilsdotter. Dahl was a cousin of composer

Viking Dahl Viking Dahl (8 October 1895 – 5 January 1945) was a Swedish composer, active also as a painter and an author. Biography Frode Viking Samson Dahl was born in Osby in Scania, Sweden. He was the son of Samuel Dahl (1847-1932) and Katarina Lovis ...

Death

Dahl died in 1927, aged 92. He was interred in

Norra begravningsplatsen Norra begravningsplatsen, literally "The Northern Cemetery" in Swedish, is a major cemetery of the Stockholm urban area, located in Solna Municipality. Inaugurated on 9 June 1827, it is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables. Nota ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahl, Gustaf 1835 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Swedish architects 20th-century Swedish architects Architects from Stockholm