Georg Theodor Chiewitz

Georg Theodor Policron of Chiewitz ( born October 5, 1815 in Stockholm, Sweden, † December 28, 1862 in Åbo / Turku, Finland) was a Swedish- Finnish architect and civil engineer of the Gothic Revival.

He was the son of the engraver Johan Georg Chiewitz and Karin Acrel, as well as the grandson of a court musician Paul Johansson Chiewitz. Chiewitz studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm and then abroad. He retired in 1850 as Åbo in the Grand Duchy of Finland, where he. Provincial architect of the Åbo och Björneborgs County (Turku - Pori ) and Åland from 1852 until his death in 1862

Chiewitz was one of the most important architects of his time, and sought to introduce a richer taste in Swedish architecture. In Stockholm he designed, among other things Folckersche house Brunkebergplatz and the bridge Djurgårdsbron. He devoted his greatest achievements Finland, where he planned several churches, private houses and factory buildings as well as renovation plans in the cities of Pori, Loviisa, Mariehamn and Uusikaupunki ( Nystad ). Perhaps his most important works were the Finnish House of Nobility (1862 ) in Helsinki and the Swedish Theatre in the same city (1860, burned down in 1863, rebuilt 1866).

Among the curiosities of his architectural work is one of abortion, which he planned for the visit of Tsar Alexander II in Träskända Park in Espoo.