Sten Samuelson
Swedish architect
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| Intro | Swedish architect | |||
| Places | Sweden | |||
| was | Architect | |||
| Work field | Engineering | |||
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| Birth | 30 April 1926, Ängelholm, Sweden | |||
| Death | 4 July 2002Montreux, Switzerland (aged 76 years) | |||
| Star sign | Taurus | |||
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Sten Samuelson (born 30 April 1926 in Ängelholm, Skåne County, Sweden - died 4 July 2002 in Montreux, Switzerland) was a Swedish architect.
Biography
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.
Later designed included Novotel Hotel in Warsaw from 1974 and Malmö Concert Hall from 1985.