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Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
Swedish architect

Nicodemus Tessin the Elder

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Swedish architect
A.K.A.
Nicodemus I Tessin the elder Tessin Nicodemus I Tessin the Elder Tessin Nicodemus Tessin
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Stralsund, Vorpommern-Rügen District, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
Place of death
Stockholm, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Age
65 years
Family
Children:
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
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Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (Swedish: Nicodemus Tessin den äldre) (December 7, 1615 in Stralsund – May 24, 1681 in Stockholm) was an important Swedish architect.

Biography

Nicodemus Tessin was born in Stralsund in Pomerania and came to Sweden as a young man. There he met and worked with the architect Simon de la Vallée. He worked for the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna before he travelled for further studies to Germany, Italy, France and in the Netherlands, where he got to know the new Baroque style in architecture. Back in Sweden he rebuilt Borgholm Castle, then built Skokloster Castle and the Wrangel Palace in Stockholm. His most important work was Drottningholm Palace, now a world heritage site.

Upon his death his son Nicodemus Tessin the Younger continued his projects.

Selected works

  • Borgholm Castle
  • Drottningholm Palace
  • Bonde Palace
  • Skokloster Castle
  • Strömsholm Palace
  • Näsby castle
  • Stenbock Palace
  • Wrangel Palace
  • Bååt Palace
  • Kalmar Cathedral

Literature

  • K. Neville, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder. Architecture in Sweden in the Age of Greatness, Turnhout, Brepols Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978-2-503-52826-7
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