Johan Fredrik Åbom

Swedish architect

Johan Fredrik Åbom (30 July 1817 - April 20, 1900) was a Swedish architect.^[1]

Biography

Åbom was born in the parish of Katarina in Stockholm County, Sweden. He was a student at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm at the same time as Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander (1816–1881). Prior to this, he was a bricklayer apprentice and student at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Apart from a short study tour to Germany in 1852, he followed the traditional timeline for scientific publication.^[2]

After the Royal Art Academy and until 1882, he was working at the Swedish government administration of state buildings (Överintendentsämbetet). During the years 1843–1853, he was working as an architect for prison management. He had the entire country as sphere of activity, with both public - and private assignments. He designed manor houses, banks, hotels, factories, hospitals, town halls, churches and theatres. In 1848 he was one of the founders of the Stockholm building association (Stockholms byggnadsförening). The association was established for the exchange of information and establishment of personal contacts within the trade trades. ^[3]

Johan Fredrik Åbom was from 1857 one of the first to design stoves for the porcelain manufacturer Rörstrands porslinsfabrik.

Among the many restaurant and theatre buildings he designed were Södra Teatern built at Mosebacke square in Södermalm during 1852 and Berns salonger, a musical cabaret restaurant built in Stockholm during 1862 for restaurateur Heinrich Robert Berns (1815-1902). ^[4]

Johan Fredrik Åbom also designed Boo Castle (Boo slott), a manor house constructed 1878–1882 in Gothic Revival on an estate at Lilla Nygatan in Gamla Stan in Stockholm.^[5]

Selected works

Ausås Kyrka
Fjällskäfte slott
Gamla riksdagshuset
Hälleforsnäs Bruk
Kesätter slott
Linköpings stadshus
Fastigheten Midas 7, Mälartorget 13, Gamla stan
Södra teatern
Stockholms Enskilda Bank i Gamla stan
Hotel Rydberg
Residenset i Jönköping
Residenset i Karlstad
Stigbergets sjukhus vid Fjällgatan i Stockholm
Stora Sällskapet
Tanto sockerbruk
Gröna gården
Stockholms Nation, Uppsala, 1848
Katarina västra skola 1856
Maria folkskola, 1864
Lösens kyrka,1858–60
Kristine kyrka, Falun, 1864
Bankeryds kyrka, 1865
Utsiktstornet på Jacobsberg, 1865–67
Gymnastikbyggnaden i Jönköping, 1878–81
Västerviks läroverk (Ellen Key-skolan)
Fänneslunda-Grovare kyrka, 1874

Image Gallery

Gymnastics Building, Jönköping (1878-81)
Berns Salonger, Stockholm (1862)
Linköping City Hall, Linköping (1864)
Södra teatern, Stockholm (1852)
Riksdagshuset, Stockholm (1897–1905)
Maria gamla skola, Stockholm (1864 and 1876)
Katarina västra skola, Stockholm (1856)
Stigbergets sjukhus, Stockholm (1861)
Lindholmens gård, Vallentuna (1884)

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References

^ "Åbom, Johan Fredrik, 1817–1900, arkitekt". uppslagsverk/encyklopedi. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^ "Åbom, Johan Fredrik (Arkitekt) (1817–1900)". riksarkivet.se. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^ "Stockholms byggnadsförening". booegendom.se. Archived from the original on August 2, 2005. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^ "Nordisk familjebok". Berns salonger. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^ "About Us". booegendom.se. Retrieved January 1, 2019.