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Olov Blomkvist

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Olov Blomkvist with a model of one of his designs, 1962.

Bror Olov Blomkvist (29 June 1922 – 15 July 2017) was a Swedish architect. [1] [2] [3]

Biography

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Blomkvist was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the son of Bror Blomkvist and Elsa Gustavson. He studied at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and graduated from there in 1952.[2] He was hired at architect Nils Lönnroth (1912-1998) in 1953. Later, he worked for Stockholm tramways architect office in 1958. He was project manager for Kooperative förbundets arkitektkontor from 1965 to his retirement.[2] [4]

Amongst other buildings, he has designed the Västertorp and Brommaplan metro station.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Familjesidan.se - Dödsannonser från hela landet". www.familjesidan.se. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  2. ^ a b c Blomkvist, B Olov i Vem är Vem?: Norrland, supplement, register (second edition, 1968)
  3. ^ "Ritning". digitaltmuseum.se. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Lönnroth, Nils (1912-1998)". KulturNav. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "Bebyggelseregistret (BeBR) - Riksantikvarieämbetet". www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se. Retrieved 29 June 2017.