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Have not been able to find much out about this little guy but had lost two auctions before for one of these and found this and swooped it up like lightning!

 

Architect: Sven Markelius
Built in: 1932
Builder: AB Skånska Cementgjuteriet
Client: AB Helsingborgs Konserthus

The Helsingborg Concert Hall was of great importance as the first functionalist monumental building in Sweden. It was designed by Sven Markelius and was finished in 1932.

In 1925 a competition was launched and Markelius was invited. He had earlier, in 1918, come up with a proposal for a Concert Hall. Markelius came in third place in this competition after Lars Israel Wahlman and Ragnar Östberg. Due to economic reasons, none of the projects were realized, and instead the proposals were revised to fit a tighter financial framework in a new contest in 1926.

In this new competition Markelius got the first prize and therefore the final contract to provide the blueprints for the building. The proposal from 1926 was revised several times until 1930 when the final disposition was completed. Markelius engaged Mogens Mogensen in the work and the Concert Hall was completed in 1932 with a concert hall and cinema in the higher part and with entrance and a restaurant in the lower end.

The Concert Hall is almost unchanged since it was built and it became a listed building in 1997.

More pictures of Sven Markelius work

 

Architect: Ragnar Östberg (older part, 1929) and Helge Zimdal (newer part, 1962)
Built in: 1929, 1962
Client: Svenska Eldbegängelseföreningen i Hälsingborg

The Crematory was built in two phases; Architect Ragnar Östberg, well-known for the construction of the City Hall in Stockholm, was commissioned to design the first part, which consisted of the island with the Temple and a temple courtyard surrounded by a canal. In 1962 expanded the facility under architect Helge Zimdal’s management and the remaining sections were added.

The artwork “the Beams of Hope” (Hoppets strålar – in Swedish) in glass. It is created by the artist Edvin Öhrström. The beautiful artwork is placed in the atrium just outside the entrance to the chapels. Öhrström is more known for the sculpture Crystal Vertical Accent, Kristallvertikalaccent (in Swedish), the glass pillar at Sergels torg, Stockholm.

More information about the facility at the Swedish Church’s pages (in Swedish). Here you can see older pictures from different eras.

More pictures of Ragnar Östberg’s work.