Sten Samuelson

Sten Samuelson (30 April 1926 in Ängelholm, Skåne County, Sweden – 4 July 2002 in Montreux, Switzerland) was a Swedish architect. ^[1][2]

Malmö Stadion in Malmö

Ullevi in Gothenburg,

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. ^[3][4]

Later designed included the Novotel Warszawa Centrum in Warsaw from 1974 and Malmö Concert Hall from 1985. ^[5]

References

1. "Samuelson, Sten (1926-2002)". KulturNav. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
2. . norrkoping.se. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
3. "Jaenecke, Fritz (1903-1978)". KulturNav. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
4. "Sten Samuelson". Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
5. Svensson, Per (5 September 2010). "En stad av grus". Sydsvenskan. Bonnier Group. Retrieved 17 January 2015.