Cyrillus Johansson

Cyrillus Johansson ( born July 9, 1884 in Gävle, † May 20, 1959 on Lidingö ) was a Swedish architect.

Cyrillus Johansson put his degree in 1905 at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg from and three years later at the Art Academy in Stockholm. He then founded his architectural office and instructed simultaneously specialized in urban planning at the School of Art.

Johansson followed early the style of northern German brick architecture and held it in principle until the 1950s firmly. His early works include a larger house ( 1910) in Stockholm's Old Town and the water towers of Ljusdal (1916) and Vaxholm (1923). Its sophisticated brick architecture occurred in two private villas in the diplomat Staden ( Wickstrom Villa and Villa Bonde, both 1925) and expressed in the Centrumhuset (1931 ) Corner Kungsgatan / Sveavägen in Stockholm. Johansson brought Chinese inspired architecture in some of his work a, for example in Värmland Museum in Karlstad ( 1926), where the strong brick building was topped by a long rambling pagoda roof.

Johansson made ​​himself a name as an industrial designer. Here may be mentioned; the building for the Stockholm Cotton Mill (1916 ) and Vin and Sprit centralen (1920 ) and the Årstabrücke (1924 ), which is with its 19 concrete arches of an ancient aqueduct. Other works include the town hall of Ludvika (1934 ), the Chapel of Nikkaluokta (1942 ), which is strongly reminiscent of the Kiruna Church of architect Gustaf Wickman colleagues. Johansson designed a number of workers' dwellings in several Swedish towns. One of his last works was the Church of Stora Essingen (1959).

Pictures of some of his works

Årstabron, 1924

Centrumhuset, 1931

Nikkaluokta kapell, 1942

City Hall in Ludvika, 1937

Literature and source

• Svensk arkitektur, 1640-1970, Byggförlaget, Stockholm 1986. ISBN 91-85194-67-0