Wilhelm Maximilian Carpelan

Wilhelm Maximilian Carpelan (7 January 1787, Taivassalo – 19 May 1830, Stockholm) was a Swedish military officer, draftsman, surveyor and cartographer.

Together with Johannes Flintoe and Heinrich August Grosch [no], he was one of the first to survey and describe the interior of Norway; notably Telemark.

[2] When Sweden was forced to cede Finland to Russia in 1809, he remained in the Swedish Army; participating in the construction of the Göta Canal and the Siege of Fredriksten.

During his travels with Sandels, he created landscapes in charcoal, oil and watercolor that were published in the booklet Voyage picturesque aux alpes norvégiennes (1821-23).

[4] In 2012, a retrospective of his plans and drawings was shown at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design as part of an exhibition called "Outlook.