Thure Adolf Hellström (30 May 1880 in Koivisto – 23 December 1946 in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

) was a Finnish architect working on railroad stations for Rautatiehallitus (The Railroad Board) with

Bruno Granholm Bruno Ferdinand Granholm (May 14, 1857 in Myrskylä – September 29, 1930) was a Finnish architect. He served as the chief architect of Rautatiehallitus (The Railroad Board) between 1892 and 1926. Many of the station buildings he designed are ...

. Hellström designed wooden railway station buildings at Kemi - Rovaniemi, Joensuu-Nurmes, Seinäjoki-Kaskinen, Perälä-Kristinestad, Pieksämäki-Savonlinna and Sciences-Pieksämäki. His early style is Art Nouveau. Hellström also designed Neoclassical Station buildings. Later, he designed more substantial buildings in stone such as Hämeenlinna, Ore, Kuopio, Pori, Riihimäki railway stations, and in 1935 in brick, Gulf station.

Stations designed by Hellström

Some of Hellström's original buildings have since been demolished, but others remain in active use. *

Hämeenlinna railway station Hämeenlinna railway station ( fi, Hämeenlinnan rautatieasema, sv, Tavastehus järnvägsstation) is located in the town of Hämeenlinna, Finland. Hämeenlinna belongs to the oldest railway stations in Finland, because the first railway line in ...

(finished in 1921) *

Kuopio railway station Kuopio railway station ( fi, Kuopion rautatieasema, sv, Kuopio järnvägsstation) is located in the Maljalahti district of the city of Kuopio in the Northern Savonia region of Finland. The current concrete station building was completed in 1934, ...

Malmi railway station Malmi station ( fi, Malmin rautatieasema, sv, Malms järnvägsstation) is a railway station in the Malmi district of Helsinki, Finland. It is located between the stations of Pukinmäki and Tapanila, along the main railroad track from Helsinki ...

Pori railway station Pori railway station ( fi, Porin rautatieasema, sv, Björneborgs järnvägsstation) is a railway station in Pori, Finland. It has VR Group, VR service to Tampere railway station, Tampere and to Port of Pori. Since Pori is a terminal train statio ...

Riihimäki railway station Riihimäki railway station (, ) is a railway station located in the town of Riihimäki, Finland. History The Riihimäki railway station is one of the original stations on the main railway track from Helsinki to Hämeenlinna, opened in 1862 (see ...

Lahti railway station The Lahti railway station ( fi, Lahden rautatieasema, sv, Lahtis järnvägsstation) is located in the city of Lahti in Finland. History During the planning stages of the Saint Petersburg railway, two track alignment options were weighed with ...

(finished in 1935) *

Tampere railway station Tampere Central Station is a Functionalism (architecture), functionalist building in Tampere, Finland, designed by Eero Seppälä and Otto Flodin, completed in 1936. The station is one of the most important railway stations in Finland. In 2015, th ...

(finished in 1936)

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*''Husbyggnaderna vid statens järnvägar. Finska statsjärnvägarne 1862–1912 11'', Thure Hellström, Helsingfors, 1915, 314.

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1880 births 1946 deaths People from Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish architects Finnish people in rail transport Art Nouveau architects {{Finland-architect-stub