Karl Gunnar Malmgren (1862 – May 21, 1921) was an

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in the

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. During much of his career, he worked in partnership with architect

Kirtland Cutter Kirtland Kelsey Cutter (August 20, 1860 – September 26, 1939) was a 20th-century architect in the Pacific Northwest and California. He was born in East Rockport, Ohio, the great-grandson of Jared Potter Kirtland. He studied painting and ill ...

(1860–1939).

Biography

Malmgren was born in

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and studied architecture and decorative arts throughout Sweden and Germany. Malmgren worked with Swedish architect, P.L. Anderson for seven years upon completing his schooling. Malmgren immigrated to the United States in 1888, initially settling in

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. In 1889, Malmgren moved to

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and started working for K. R. Cutter and Company, also known as Cutter & Poetz. With the retirement of John Poetz in 1894/1895, the firm was restructured as

Cutter & Malmgren Cutter & Malmgren was an architectural firm of Kirtland K. Cutter and Karl G. Malmgren in Spokane, Washington that existed from c.1889 to 1917. The firm designed multiple buildings that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ...

. The partnership closed in 1917, after which Karl Malmgren and

continued in individual practice. Around 1919, Malmgren entered partnership with Spokane architect Charles I. Carpenter (1888-1938).

Personal life

Malmgren married Mary Arneson in 1891 and they eventually had five children: Louise, Carl, Marie, Arthur and Frances. He died from throat cancer in Spokane on May 21, 1921, at age 58.

References

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