Johan Sigfrid Sirén

Grave of Johan Sigfrid Sirén in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki (2016)

The Finnish Parliament Building ( Eduskuntatalo , Riksdagshuset - 2006)

Johan Sigfrid Sirén (born May 27, 1889 in Ylihärmä , † March 5, 1961 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish architect .

In the 1920s, Sirén was considered the main representative of neoclassicism in Finland, and functionalist influences are also noticeable in later works . From 1931 to 1957 Sirén taught as a professor of architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology and from 1931 to 1949 he was chairman of the Finnish Arts and Crafts Association. His son Heikki Sirén also became an architect.

One of his most famous buildings is the parliament building (Finnish. Eduskuntatalo , Swedish. Riksdagshuset ) of the Finnish Reichstag, which was completed in 1931 .

literature

Lexicon of Art , EASeemann, Leipzig 2006

Web links

Commons : Johan Sigfrid Sirén - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Sirén, Johan Sigfrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish architect
DATE OF BIRTH	May 27, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ylihärmä , Finland
DATE OF DEATH	March 5, 1961
Place of death	Helsinki