Paul Hedqvist (21 July 1895
Stockholm
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- 23 June 1977) was a Swedish modernist architect with many official commissions in Sweden through the 1930s, including housing projects, major bridges, many schools, and urban planning work. His practice evolved into designing office towers and at least one major stadium in the postwar 1950s. At one point he served as the city architect of Stockholm.
Biography
Hedqvist studied at the
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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in Stockholm and worked for
Ragnar Östberg
Ragnar Östberg (14 July 1866 – 5 February 1945) was a Swedish architect who is best known for designing Stockholm City Hall.
Biography
Östberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His parents were Carl Östberg and Erika Kindahl. Between 1884 a ...
before opening his own office in 1924, with his partner David Dahl. Hedqvist became part of the functionalist movement developing in Sweden after
Stockholm International Exhibition (1930), which he took part in. Through the war, from 1938 through 1948, he was professor at the
Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
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in Stockholm.
Hedqvist worked as a functionalist. Early in his career he took part in the 1930 Stockholm Housing Exhibition, organized by
Gregor Paulsson
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, but Hedqvist chose not to join other Swedish architects in the "Accept!" movement. Instead he was awarded a good share of Sweden's high-profile state commissions in the 1930s, dams and housing projects and many schools and the Stockholm airport, working mainly in a rationalist style. There's evidence for a penchant for square proportions for window and facade design. The single most noticeable Modernist flourish is the brilliant cylindrical glass staircase for St. Erik's Gymnasium in Stockholm in 1939. Later in his career Hedqvist took credit for some of the tallest buildings in Sweden.
He was awarded the
Prince Eugen Medal
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The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthd ...
for architecture in 1954.
Work
* a portion of the housing exhibition at the
Stockholm International Exhibition (1930)
* municipal baths in
Eskilstuna
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, 1932
* terraced housing, in Ålstensgatan,
Bromma
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, 1932
* the poured-concrete
Uggleviksreservoaren ("Uggleviken Reservoir"), in the forest Lilljansskogen near Lake
Uggleviken at Norra Djurgården in north-eastern central Stockholm, 1935
*
Västerbron
() is an arch bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. With a total length exceeding 600 m, 340 m of which stretches over water, it is one of the major bridges in Stockholm, offering one of the most panoramic views of the central part of the city cent ...
and
Tranebergsbron
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bridges, 1935
* a portion of the
Röda Bergen housing project in
Vasastaden, Stockholm
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The major parks in Vasastaden are Vasaparken and Observatorielunden near th ...
, circa 1936
* main terminal and other structures,
Stockholm-Bromma Airport, 1936
* St. Erik's Gymnasium (School),
Kungsholmen
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, 1939, with its distinctive glass-cylinder exterior staircase
* the cable-supported
Hovet
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stadium, formerly known as ''Johanneshovs Isstadion'', Stockholm, 1955
*
Kockums
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Building,
Malmö
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,
Skåne län
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, circa 1955
* the
Skatteskrapan
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("Tax Scraper") office building, Stockholm, 1959, now converted into student apartments
* the 27-floor slender landmark
Dagens Nyheter
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History and profile
''Da ...
Building, Stockholm, 1964, tallest building in Sweden from 1964 to 2003
* Biomedical Centre,
Uppsala University
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,
Uppsala
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, circa 1968
Images
Image:Alsten_2.jpg, ''Ålstensgatan'' residences, in Bromma
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Image:Vaesterbron_2.jpg, ''Västerbron
() is an arch bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. With a total length exceeding 600 m, 340 m of which stretches over water, it is one of the major bridges in Stockholm, offering one of the most panoramic views of the central part of the city cent ...
''
Image:Skatteskrapan, Stockholm, 2007-07-17.jpg, ''Skattehuset''
Image:DN Hochhaus 2.jpg, Dagens Nyheter
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History and profile
''Da ...
Building, Stockholm
References
External links
photographs of Hedqvist's work* Utopia & Reality, by Cecilia Widenheim, Eva Rudberg
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1895 births
1977 deaths
Artists from Stockholm
Swedish architects
Swedish urban planners
Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal
KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni