Ingrid Uddenberg

Ingrid Albertina Uddenberg (12 July 1913 – 27 October 1998) was a Swedish architect who mostly designed hospitals and schools.^[1] She also designed the Skärholmen's church along with Swedish interior architect Tore Darelius [sv].^[2]

Ingrid Uddenberg

Biography

 

Skärholmen Church

Ingrid Albertina Uddenberg was born on 12 July 1913 in Matteus parish, Stockholm, Sweden. After matriculating in 1932 at Åhlinska School, a girls' school in Stockholm, Uddenberg went on to study at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology between 1933 and 1938.^[2] Later she was employed by architect Albin Stark [sv] at the building board in Stockholm and the county architect's office in Kalmar.^[2] Between 1938 and 1944, she worked at the architectural office of Sven Ahlbom [sv] in Västerås.^[2] She also had a long career with architect Gustaf Birch-Lindgren from 1944 to 1955. In 1955, Uddenberg started her own business in collaboration with Bendt Hjelm-Jensen [sv].^[3]

She mainly designed health and educational institutions which include the Thorax clinic; the alcohol clinic; the Magnus Huss clinic at Karolinska; hospital in Solna; the child psychiatric clinic in Lund; Nynäshamn hospital; and Mariebergsskolan in Örebro.^[3] She was the secretary of association of women technologists from 1936 to 1937. She was also associated with the national nssociation of Swedish architects.^[2]

She was married to the architect Hans Uddenberg [sv].^[2]

She died on 27 October 1998 in Lidingö, Stockholm county.^[2]

References

1. Karolinska mediko-kirurgiska institutet (1960). Karolinska mediko-kirurgiska institutets historia 1910–1960. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 536. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
2. "Uddenberg, Ingrid (1913– 1998)". digitaltmuseum.org. digitaltmuseum.org. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
3. Fransson, Eva (2005). (PDF). Örebro: Örebro University. p. 4. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

 

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