Fredrik Olaus Lindström

Fredrik Olaus Lindström

Fredrik Olaus Lindström
Born (1847-03-21)21 March 1847
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 6 November 1919(1919-11-06) (aged 72)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation architect

Fredrik Olaus Lindström[n 1] (21 March 1847–6 November 1919) was a Swedish architect.[1][2]

Life

Lindström was hired as city architect in Umeå to lead the rebuilding of the town after the great fire in 1888. There he designed buildings like Umeå Town Hall and Umeå City Church, among others.[1]

Lindström was a talented artist. A gouache portrait by him of the writer August Blanche is in the Swedish National Museum.[3]

Notes and references

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Notes
  1. Often written F O Lindström.
References
  1. 1 2 "F O Lindström" (in Swedish). Västerbottens museum. Archived from the original on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  2. "F O Lindström". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 August 2011. (subscription required)
  3. August Blanche, Swedish National Museum, retrieved 3 May 2013


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