Biography
Sigurd Lewerentz
1885-1975
1885
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Sigurd Lewerentz is born on July 29, in
Bjärtrå, Västernorrlands län.
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Parents:
Factory manager Gustav Adolf
Lewerentz (28 Aug. 1847-31 Jan. 1909).
Hedvig Matilda Lewerentz, born
Holmgren (7 Jan. 1857-26 May 1945).
1903
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Confirmation in Maria Magdalena parish in
Bjärtrå on May 18.
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Breaks off studies at the Södra Latin upper
secondary school in Stockholm before
graduation.
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Takes rooms on Götgatan at ''Mrs.
Billström's.''
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Accepted as a student at Chalmers lnstitute
of Technology, in the lower division for
Mechanics but transfers after a while to the
Department of Housing Construction.
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Resides at Erik Dahlbergsgatan 2,
Gothenburg.
1905
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Wins a place in the higher division for
Housing Construction.
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Summer work with the smith, Olle, at his
father's glassworks.
1906
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Summer work with the smith, Olle.
1907
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Exempted from military service.
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Summer work in the office of Professor
Bruno Möhring in Berlin.
1908
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Passes exams in the Department of
Housing Construction at Chalmers lnstitute
of Technology on June 9.
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Becomes engaged to Edith (Etty) Fanny
Maria Engblad, born in Örgryte on 27 Nov.
1887. Ediths parents: Wallpaper
manufacturer Carl Fredrik Engblad and
Helga Charlotta Engblad, born Peterson.
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Employed in the office of Professor Bruno
Möhring in Berlin from July 1. Resides at
Neue Winterfeldstrasse 8, Berlin.
1909
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Leaves Möhring's office on Feb. 17, of his
own accord.
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Takes a long trip to ltaly.
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Employed in the office of Professor Theodor
Fischer in Munich from July I to Sept. 15.
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Employed in the office of Professor Richard
Riemerschmid in Munich's Pasing borough
from Sept. 15.
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Resides at Hillenbergstrasse 17 until
October.
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Moves to Fiirstenriederstrasse 14A, Munich.
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Father dies on Jan. 31.
1910
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Leaves the office of Riemerschmid on May
9, of his own accord. Attends the School of
Architecture at the Academy of Arts in
Stockholm. Completes the first year
Renaissance program under Professor
Claes Amos Grundström.
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Takes private lessons in the Klara School,
under Carl Bergsten, Ivar Tengbom, Carl
Westman, and Ragnar Östberg.
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Employed by Westman in September.
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Resides at Skeppargatan 13, Stockholm.
1911
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Marries Edith Engblad on April 12.
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Leaves Westman's office in September, of
his own accord.
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Founds his own architectural firm with
Torsten Stubelius (1883-1963).
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Address: Lilla Nygatan 13, Stockholm.
1912
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A son, Per Fredrik, is horn.
1914
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Becomes a member of Svenska
Slöjdföreningen (Swedish Society of Arts
and Crafts) on Oct. 21.
1915
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A daughter, Ewa Dagmar, is born.
1916
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Association with Torsten Stubelius ends in
October
1921
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A son, Carl Sigurd, is horn.
1927
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Accepted as consulting architect to the
Royal Board of Building and Planning on
Dec. 6.
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Board member of Ljungqvist Wallpaper
Manufacturing (owned by father-in-law Carl
Engblad) in Norrköping.
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Member of the Society Men's Club.
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Moves to Strandvägen 19, Stockholm.
1929
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Forms Illuminated Advertisement of
Stockholm, lnc. together with the civil
engineer Claes Kreuger. Registers IDESTA
as a trade name for construction details.
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Moves office to Kungsgatan 33. Later
opens an office on Norrlandsgatan 31-33.
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Member of the Stockholm Exhibition's
professional committee and review board of
the Planning Commission, in the division for
architecture.
1930
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Forms BLOKK, Inc., offices and interiors.
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Honorary citation for exhibited work at the
XII Intemational Congress of Architecture in
Budapest in September.
1931
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Represented in Swedish Architectural
Exhibition in connection with the 46th
Annual Exhibition of the Architectural
League of New York, with the Chapel of the
Resurrection, the Malmö Eastern Cemetery,
the building for the Social Security
Administration, and the Gröna Udden cafe
and pastry shop, April I8-25.
1932
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Knight of the Vasa Order (RVO).
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Moves to Strandvägen 37, Stockholm.
1933
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Member of the board of Gothenburg
Wallpaper Manufacturing, lnc.
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Forms IDESTA, lnc.
1935
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Diplome commemorative, groupe III classe
17- Suede. Exposition Universelle et
lnternationale, Brussels.
1940
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Purchases a factory building on Bruksgatan
14, Eskilstuna, for the production of
primarily steel window and door assemblies
according to his own patented inventions.
1943
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Moves to Bruksgatan 14, Eskilstuna.
1945
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Mother dies, May 26.
1950
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Awarded Prins Eugen medallion on Nov. 5.
1951
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Jury member for an open competition for
the cemetery in Örebro.
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Jury member for an open competition for a
church and parish house in Oxelösund.
1954
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Made a member of the Academy of Arts in
Copenhagen.
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Jury member for an open competition for a
church and parish house in Skoghall.
1956
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Moves to Mellangatan 21 (now no. 42),
Skanör.
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Son Carl takes over IDESTA.
1959
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Appointed a corresponding member of the
Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Kilnste
in Munich.
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Awarded SAR's ''honorary cube'' by the
National Association of Swedish Architects.
1962
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Named an honorary doctor of technology at
the Royal lnstitute of Technology (KTH) in
Stockholm. Awarded a Tessin Medallion by
the Royal Academy of Liberal Arts,
Stockholm.
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St. Mark's Church in Björkhagen awarded
the first Kasper Salin prize by the Swedish
Society of Architects.
1963
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Knight Commander of the
Vasa Order
(KVO).
1965
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Awarded the Olof Högberg Plaque by the
Norrland Association, March 17.
1967
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Named a fellow of the National Association
of Swedish Architects. Given the title dr.
techn. h. c. by the Technische Hochschule
in Munich.
1968
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Traveling exhibition The Work of Sigurd
Lewerentz is shown at the Architecture
School in Århus, Denmark; the Academy of
Arts in Copenhagen; and at the Technische
Hochschule in Munich. The exhibition is
reworked and shown under the title Sigurd
Lewerentz, Architect at the Swedish
Museum of Architecture in Stockholm and
at the Archive for Decorative Arts in Lund.
1969
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His wife, Edith, dies in Skanör on March 17.
1970
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Moves to Kävlingevägen 26 in Lund
1975
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A portrait of Lewerentz is included in the
National Portrait Collection in Gripsholm
Castle. Executed by the artist Karl Erik
Olsson, Snogeröd.
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Sigurd Lewerentz dies on 29 december at
the age of 90 years and five months.
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