Wichman describes the project in his autobiographic Krönika (Chronicle): “A southward facing plot permitting an omni-directional view, located at the onset of Rosenkällavägen, caught our interest.

The town offered it to us at a price of SEK 2:50 per square meter which included water and drainage drawn to the plot limits.

By recommendations from professor Ivar Tengbom I was put in contact with architect E G Asplund of Stockholm … He designed our new home and construction commenced at a rapid pace, so that we were able to move into Sturegarden House the Christmas week of 1913, the ground floor still lacking some work.“[1] The free-standing two story house is designed in a neoclassic style.

He designed a number of original items for the house, including tables, chairs, a sofa, a bookcase and a weather vane.

[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The district of Södermanland features a number of other works by Gunnar Asplund, including The Wichman family was soon to move to Stockholm, in 1915.