Ferdinand Boberg
Eclectic architect and Swedish heritage preserver
Gustaf Ferdinand Boberg was a Swedish architect. Boberg was born in Falun. He became one of the most productive and prominent architects of Stockholm around the turn of the 20th century. Among his most famous work is an electrical plant at Björns Trädgård in Stockholm, that was inspired by Middle Eastern architecture. The building was converted in the late nineties and is now the Stockholm Mosque. He also designed Nordiska Kompaniet, the most prominent department store in Stockholm and Rosenbad which today houses the Swedish government chancellery. After retiring as an architect in 1915, Boberg and his wife Anna traveled around Sweden with the aim of preserving the cultural heritage through a book of drawings. Over 3,000 sketches were made and around 1,000 drawings were published in the volume Svenska bilder (“Swedish Images”). Boberg died in Stockholm, aged 86.
Artworks by this artist
- La rue d’Alexandrie et la rue Sainte-Foy 1926
- Rue de l’Abreuvoir et la rue des Saules 1926
- Cour d’une maison, 19 rue des Gobelins 1926
- Rue Valette et le Panthéon 1926
- Arnö 1915-1924
- 163 rue Saint-Denis 1926
- Eriksberg 1915-1924
- Högsjö 1915-1924
- La place Blanche 1927
- La rue Cassette et rue Pape Carpentier 1926
- La rue Saint-Denis et la rue Greneta 1926
- Logement d’artiste aux Gobelins 1926
- Maison, 5 rue Hautefeuille 1926
- Place Jean-Baptiste Clément à Montmartre 1926
- Rue Chanzy et rue Saint-Bernard 1927
- L’hôtel de Châlons-Luxembourg, 26 rue Geoffroy l’Asnier 1926
- Farsta 1915-1924
- La maison du nº4 de la rue du Jour 1926
- Maison, rue du Cimetière Saint Benoit 1926
- Nyby Bruk 1915-1924