Ernst Stenhammar

The main bulk of his designs as an independent architect were made for banks and hospitals.

While still a student, he began an apprenticeship at the architectural firm of Magnus Isæus and also made a study trip to Paris in 1881.

He also began to teach at the Academy himself, together with Agi Lindgren and his friend Ferdinand Boberg.

In parallel, he worked as an independent architect (after an initial period as an assistant to Isak Gustaf Clason).

The aesthetic emphasis on the building's elements of construction was a novelty and inspired by contemporary American architecture.

Many of the banks designed by Ernst Stenhammar are characterised by the use of dark bricks and granite, reminiscent of the contemporary National Romantic style.

Stenhammar introduced new and more practical but also more complex plans for hospitals, buildings which at the same time displayed an artistic ambition.