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Johan Fredrik Åbom (30 July 1817 - April 20, 1900) was a

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architect.

Biography

Johan Fredrik Åbom, arkitekt (1817-1900)

Åbom was born in the parish of Katarina in

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, Sweden. He was a student at the

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at the same time as

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(1816–1881). Prior to this, he was a bricklayer apprentice and student at the

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in Stockholm. Apart from a short study tour to

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in 1852, he followed the traditional timeline for scientific publication. After the Royal Art Academy and until 1882, he was working at the Swedish government administration of state buildings (''Överintendentsämbetet''). During the years 1843–1853, he was working as an architect for prison management. He had the entire country as sphere of activity, with both public - and private assignments. He designed manor houses, banks, hotels, factories, hospitals, town halls, churches and theatres. In 1848 he was one of the founders of the Stockholm building association (''Stockholms byggnadsförening''). The association was established for the exchange of information and establishment of personal contacts within the trade trades. Johan Fredrik Åbom was from 1857 one of the first to design stoves for the porcelain manufacturer Rörstrands porslinsfabrik. Among the many restaurant and theatre buildings he designed were

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built at Mosebacke square in

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during 1852 and Berns salonger, a musical cabaret restaurant built in Stockholm during 1862 for restaurateur

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(1815-1902). Johan Fredrik Åbom also designed Boo Castle (''Boo slott''), a manor house constructed 1878–1882 in

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on an estate at

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in Gamla Stan in Stockholm.

Selected works

* Ausås Kyrka * Fjällskäfte slott * Gamla riksdagshuset * Hälleforsnäs Bruk * Kesätter slott * Linköpings stadshus * Fastigheten Midas 7,

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13, Gamla stan *

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i Gamla stan * Hotel Rydberg * Residenset i Jönköping * Residenset i Karlstad * Stigbergets sjukhus vid Fjällgatan i Stockholm * Stora Sällskapet * Tanto sockerbruk * Gröna gården *

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, 1848 * Katarina västra skola 1856 * Maria folkskola, 1864 * Lösens kyrka,1858–60 * Kristine kyrka, Falun, 1864 * Bankeryds kyrka, 1865 *Utsiktstornet på Jacobsberg, 1865–67 *Gymnastikbyggnaden i Jönköping, 1878–81 * Västerviks läroverk (Ellen Key-skolan) * Fänneslunda-Grovare kyrka, 1874

Image Gallery

J F Åbom Gymnastikbyggnaden Västra fasaden.JPG, Gymnastics Building, Jönköping (1878-81) Berns salong 2008-2.jpg, Berns Salonger, Stockholm (1862) Linköpings stadshus.JPG, Linköping City Hall, Linköping (1864) Södra Teatern södra fasaden.jpg, Södra teatern, Stockholm (1852) Gamla Riksdagshuset Sthlm gatsida.jpg, Riksdagshuset, Stockholm (1897–1905) Maria gamla folkskola.JPG, Maria gamla skola, Stockholm (1864 and 1876) Katarina västra skola 2012c.jpg, Katarina västra skola, Stockholm (1856) Stigbergets sjukhus 2009.jpg, Stigbergets sjukhus, Stockholm (1861) Lindholmens gård, 2018a.jpg, Lindholmens gård, Vallentuna (1884)

References

External links

* 1817 births 1900 deaths Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts 19th-century Swedish architects Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen {{Sweden-architect-stub