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Sten Samuelson

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Malmö Stadion in Malmö
Ullevi in Gothenburg,

Sten Samuelson (30 April 1926 in Ängelholm, Skåne County, Sweden – 4 July 2002 in Montreux, Switzerland) was a Swedish architect. [1] [2]

Biography

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Samuelson studied architecture at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He was professor at Lund University of Technology from 1964–1983. Together with architect Fritz Jaenecke (1903-1978), Sten Samuelson started a joint office in 1950. Samuelson worked with Jaenecke & Samuelson until 1970. Together they came to draw several well-known public buildings in the 1950s and 1960s. Jaenecke & Samuelson designed the Malmö Stadion in Malmö and Ullevi, the multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, which were constructed for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. [3] [4]

Later designed included the Novotel Warszawa Centrum in Warsaw from 1974 and Malmö Concert Hall from 1985. [5]

References

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  1. ^ "Samuelson, Sten (1926-2002)". KulturNav. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Sten Samuelson - arkitekten som ritade Stadsbiblioteket". norrkoping.se. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Jaenecke, Fritz (1903-1978)". KulturNav. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "Sten Samuelson". Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ^ Svensson, Per (5 September 2010). "En stad av grus". Sydsvenskan. Bonnier Group. Retrieved 17 January 2015.