Knut Wilhelm Malcolm Beckeman (13 October 1851 – 1943) was a
Swedish
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architect.
Beckeman was born in
Halmstad
Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Socia ...
, Sweden. He was a student at
Chalmers University of Technology
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in
Gothenburg
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between 1868 and 1972. He then studied architecture at
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
History
The Royal Dani ...
in
Copenhagen
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between 1978 and 1881. He started working for several architect firms in
Stockholm
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,
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
and Gothenburg. He became city architect in Uppsala between 1884 and 1890.
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Swedish architects
1851 births
1943 deaths
People from Halmstad
Chalmers University of Technology alumni
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
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