Karl Håkan Einar Lindahl (10 March 1874 – 12 April 1930) was a

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architect of

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origin.

Life and career

Born in

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, Lindahl studied architecture at the Helsinki Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1898.T. Stz., "Lindahl, Karl Håkan Einar", '' Nordisk familjebok'', Owl Edition, volume 37 ''Supplement: L – Riksdag''
col. 197
Beginning in 1900, he practised as an architect in

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. Initially he was an early proponent of the National Romantic or Art nouveau style, for many years in partnership with Walter Thomé. Then, like many of his contemporaries, he changed to a neo-classical style.Eriksson, Patrick
"Lindahl, Karl"
in ''Uppslagsverket Finland''. Retrieved 28 May 2018. His work includes several public buildings, residences in Helsinki and some country houses in Suvisaaristo, but also many industrial buildings. In 1907, Lindahl was sent with

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Oskar von Hellens on a fact-finding tour of foreign

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s to enable incorporation of best practices in the new Helsinki slaughterhouse. He died in Helsinki.

Selected works

* (with Walter Thomé)

Oulu Market Hall The Oulu Market Hall is a historic market hall in the Market Square, in the centre of Oulu, Finland. The market hall was opened in 1901. The city council of Oulu decided to build the market hall in 1889 due to the tightened food safety regulations ...

(1901) * (with Walter Thomé)

Polytechnic Students' Union The Polytechnic Students' Union or Sampo Building is a National Romantic building at Lönnrotinkatu 29 in central Helsinki, designed in 1903 by Karl Lindahl and Walter Thomé. It has since become a hotel and is often called the ''Vanha Poli'' (o ...

, also called the Sampo Building, Lönnrotinkatu 29, Helsinki (1903) * (with Walter Thomé) Enso Gutzeit factory headquarters,

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(1903) * (with Walter Thomé) Headquarters of Otava publishing company, Uudenmaankatu 10, Helsinki (1905) * Söderkulla mansion,

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, now part of

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(1908) * Helsinki Workers' House, Paasivuorenkatu 5 A (1908, 1924) * Gunnarsberg villa, Grankulla (1910) * Finnish business centre in Viipuri (1911) * (with Walter Thomé) Headquarters of Suomi insurance company, Eteläesplanadi 2, Helsinki (1912), now headquarters of UPM * School,

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(1915) * Hahkiala estate at

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(1916) * Sugar refinery,

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(1919) * Finlayson factory power plant,

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(1921) * Lindö estate at Ekenäs (1923) * Industrial and town buildings including a school,

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(1924) * Ahlström pulp mill, Karhula, now part of

(1927)Quantrill, Malcolm: ''Finnish Architecture and the Modernist Tradition'', London/New York: E & FN Spon, 1995,
p. 183
* Korkeakoski power plant (1927)

Life and career

Selected works

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