Carl Möller (architect)

Carl Möller portrayed by his friend Oscar Björck in 1892.

Carl Oskar Möller (born April 20, 1857 in Malmö , † December 4, 1933 in Harpsund ) was a Swedish architect .

Möller's training took place in 1870–1873 at the Crafts School in Stockholm and 1873–1879 at the Swedish Art Academy . From 1879 to 1881 he went on a study trip to England , Germany , France , Austria and Italy , where he stayed for a long time in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts in Julien Guadet's studio . From 1881 Möller lived in Stockholm and held various offices, including 1918-1924 as general director of the building administration. In 1914 he was accepted as an honorary member of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies .

On Möller's initiative, a bronze copy of the statue of St. George with the dragon by Bernt Notke was made , which was set up in a street in Stockholm's old town in 1912 . His most famous building is the St. John's Church in Stockholm, built in neo-Gothic style , which was started in 1884 and inaugurated in 1890. In 1891 he was in charge of the repair work on the Katarinakirche and in 1893 on the Jakobskirche . In total, he created or restored around 40 churches in Sweden and several school buildings.

Buildings (selection)

Glemmings kyrka

Gladsax kyrka (1883, reconstruction of the tower)
St. John's Church (Stockholm) (1890)
Johannesschule , Stockholm (1890)
Stockholm's Labor Institute (1893)
Villa Lusthusporten , Stockholm
State Archives in Lund (1903)
Stefanskirche (Stockholm) (1904)

Web links

Commons : Carl Möller - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Carl Möller. Arkitektregistret, accessed September 14, 2012 (Swedish).
↑ Möller, Carl . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Mykenai-Norrpada . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 314 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
↑ ^a ^b Möller, Carl . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Mykenai-Norrpada . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 315 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Möller, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Möller, Carl Oskar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish architect
DATE OF BIRTH	April 20, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Malmo
DATE OF DEATH	4th December 1933
Place of death	Harpsund

[arkdok-1] Carl Möller. Arkitektregistret, accessed September 14, 2012 (Swedish).

[2] Möller, Carl . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Mykenai-Norrpada . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 314 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

[seite_zwei-3] Möller, Carl . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Mykenai-Norrpada . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 315 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).