Erik Josephson
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Erik Semmy Josephson (7 March 1864 – 17 November 1929) was a Swedish architect.
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Biography
Josephson was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
He was the son of wholesaler August Abraham Josephson (1822–67) and Augusta Hortensia Jacobsson (1836–1915).
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He graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 1885 and from the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1888. After his studies, he worked at the Swedish National Property Agency (Överintendentsämbetet). Through his state owned work employer he got the opportunity to draw, create and be the architect of about 40 barracks facilities for the armed forces around Sweden between 1891 and 1922.Magnus Isaeus' och Erik Josephsons byggnadsverk i Stockholm 1879–1927, Anne-Mari Neovius, libris=10599253
He also worked with his own architect firm on the side. During late 1890s and early 1900s, he became known as an industry architect and specialist in bank buildings. He designed only banks in Stockholm. Among his most important work was Skandinaviska Bankens palats and Handelsbanken.Sveriges privata Centralbanks och Skandinaviska Kreditaktiebolagets nybyggnader, Erik Lallerstedt, 1918, libris=8863748 He was one of the less publicly known architects in Stockholm. He was a style historic architect, also called an eclectic architect. He was categorized as a builder architect with an eye for the present time.Erik Josephson : en epok i svensk kasernarkitektur, 1971, Ejnar Berg, libris=1220579
References
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Further reading
Berg, Ejnar (1971) Erik Josephson : en epok i svensk kasernarkitektur (Stockholm: Ejnar Berg)
Berg, Ejnar (1975) Erik Josephson och svensk kasernarkitektur (Stockholm: Militärhistoriska förlaget)
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