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Sokos Wiklund

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Sokos Wiklund
Wiklund department store seen from the Turku Market Square in 2009.
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Former namesOy Wiklund Ab
Alternative namesWiklund
General information
Architectural styleModern architecture
LocationVI District, Turku, Finland
AddressEerikinkatu 11, 20100 Turku
Coordinates60°27′07″N 22°16′09″E / 60.4519504°N 22.2690557°E / 60.4519504; 22.2690557 (Sokos Wiklund, Turku)
Named forAxel Wiklund
Completed1957, 1963
OwnerTurku Cooperative Society
Design and construction
Architect(s)Ole & Bertel Gripenberg
Website
https://www.wiklundturku.fi/ (in Finnish)

Sokos Wiklund is a department store in Turku, Finland. It is owned by the Turku Cooperative Society and is part of the S Group's Sokos chain of department stores.[1]

The name of the department store goes back to Axel Wiklund, a Finnish merchant who established his first hardware store by the Turku Market Square in 1907. The current department store building was completed on the site of the former Lindblom House in 1957, whereas the eight-story tower at the corner of Eerikinkatu and Kauppiaskatu was completed in 1963. Both of the new buildings were designed by Ole & Bertel Gripenberg. The Central Finnish Cooperative Society (SOK) bought the Oy Wiklund Ab department store from the heirs of the Wiklund family in 1958.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Wiklund Turku". Wiklund Turku (in Finnish). Turun Osuuskauppa. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ Tapana, Erja (20 July 2008). "Wiklundin historia alkoi rautakaupasta". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). TS-Yhtymä. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ Junttila, Veli (9 January 2006). "Suomi 1956: Lindblomin talon purkaminen alkoi". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). TS-Yhtymä. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ "The History of Wiklund". Sokos Hotels. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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