Ragnar Östberg (14 July 1866 – 5 February 1945) was a

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who is best known for designing

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Biography

Östberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His parents were Carl Östberg and Erika Kindahl. Between 1884 and 1891, he first studied at

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. In 1888, he studied at the

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. He had an internship with architect Isak Gustaf Clason (1856–1930). In 1893 he visited the

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in Chicago and in 1896 he went on a three-year study trip to, among others, England, France, Italy and Greece. Dating from the early 1900s, he lived and worked in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, U ...

in northern Sweden.

Scharinska villan Scharinska villan is a pink building at the street Storgatan 63-65, located next to Döbelns park in Umeå, Sweden. Scharinska villan was designed by the architect Ragnar Östberg and it was erected in 1904-1905 for Egil Unander-Scharin and his ...

in Umeå is considered one of Östberg's best works during his youth. Östberg became the most famous architect within the so-called "national romanticist" movement in Sweden. His body of work from the period ranges from public buildings, such as

, to mansions for influential families at the turn of the century, such as Scharinska villan or Nedre Manilla, built for members of the

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Buildings

* Nedre Manilla,

Djurgården Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...

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* Villa Ekarne (1905), Djurgården, Stockholm * Villa Pauli,

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(1905) *

(1905) * Aschanska villan, Umeå (1906) * Teaterhuset, Umeå (1906–1907) *

Prinsvillan, Djursholm Prinsvillan (the Prince Villa) is a villa on Germaniavägen 14 A in Djursholm by architects Axel Viktor Forsberg and Gustaf Hermansson. It is situated in the Grotte quarter near Djursholm Castle and is also called Grottevillan or Grotte 7. Th ...

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(1909) * Östermalms läroverk, "Östra Real", Stockholm (1906–1910) * Patent- och registeringsverket, Stockholm (1911–1921) *

(1923) * Krematorium,

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(1929) *

Riksbron Riksbron (Swedish: "The National Bridge" or "The State Bridge") is an arch bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden leading from Drottninggatan on Norrmalm over to Riksgatan on Helgeandsholmen. The name is derived from the bridge's proximity to se ...

(bridge), Stockholm (1926–1930) * The rebuilt palace on the islet of

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(1929–1930) * Värmlands nation in

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(1930) * The Stagnelius School,

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(1931–32) * The Museum of Maritime History in Stockholm (1933–1936) * The Zorn Museum in

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(1938–1939)

Gallery

File:Stadshuset 2013-10-26.jpg,

, view over Lake Mälaren, 2013 File:Villa Pauli 2007.jpg, Villa Pauli, Djursholm, seen from Strandvägen, winter 2007 File:Prinsvillan, Germaniavägen.jpg,

, seen from Germaniavägen, spring 2009 File:Stockholm 2009 PD 117.JPG, Nedre Manilla, Djurgården, seen from Stockholm harbour, summer 2009 File:The maritime museum stockholm 20050902 001.JPG, Maritime Museum, Stockholm, seen from Djurgården, summer 2009 File:Riksbron.jpg,

, Stockholm, seen from the west, spring 2006 File:Villa Ekarne 2007.jpg, Villa Ekarne, Djurgården, autumn 2007 File:Scharinska Villan.jpg, Scharinska Villan, Umeå, spring 2007 File:Aschanska villan Umea Sweden.jpg, Aschanska Villan, Umeå, summer 2005 File:Östermalms Gymnasium 2011aa.jpg, Östermalms läroverk, Stockholm, winter 2011

References

Other sources

*Cornell, Elias (1966) ''Ragnar Östberg - en svensk arkitekt'' *Söderberg, Rolf (1955) ''Svenska Män och Kvinnor del 8'' *Thelaus, Erik (1983) ''Ragnar Östbergs byggnader i Umeå'' *Monterumisi, Chiara (2017) ''Ragnar Östberg – Villa Geber, una casa nell’arcipelago. Ediz. Italian, English and Swedish'', In Edibus, Vicenza, *Atmer, Ann Katrin Pihl (2011) ''Stockholms stadshus och arkitekten Ragnar Östberg '' (Kultur Allmänlitteratur) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostberg, Ragnar 1866 births 1945 deaths People from Stockholm KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal 20th-century Swedish architects Honorary Members of the Royal Academy Recipients of the AIA Gold Medal