Project Manager
Linde Bjur, GunillaAmount granted
75 000 SEKYear
2014
Gothenburg's architectural history over the last hundred years has been characterized by a large number of university-educated architects. In the early 1900s, the profession was practiced exclusively by men, while today more than half of all architects in Sweden are women. The working title of the research project is Architects in Gothenburg during a hundred years. Women take place in the 20th century. It is a continuation of the research presented in 2013 in the book Architects and Facades. Gothenburg 1850-1920. The breakpoint in 1920 is justified by the fact that women emerged as architects in Sweden during this decade. The development of the architectural profession and the city's architectural history over a hundred years will be highlighted by focusing on some thirty architects, all women, whose work has shaped Gothenburg.
Through archive research and in-depth interviews, a number of short professional biographies are presented. Pioneers such as Dagmar Hall, Anna Lous Mohr and Ingrid Wallberg have been glimpsed in previous research, while Ingegerd Ågren (b. 1922) and her long activity starting in the 1940s remains to be highlighted. There is very little written about women architects in Gothenburg during the last fifty years. Several of the youngest architects in the study will probably remain active long after Gothenburg's 400th anniversary in 2021.