Nils Gellerstedt (1875–1961)
with Ivan Lindgren and Hugo du Rietz
Entry 81
Stockholm, Sweden
Gellerstedt studied civil engineering at the technical institute in
Göteborg
between 1894 and 1898. He worked in the public works office of the City
of Stockholm until 1902. That year he established an Office for Local
Government Planning. Throughout his career he was involved in urban planning
projects,
winning several prizes in city planning competitions. He was responsible
for city plans and partial plans for over 100 cities. Gellerstedt served
on the Stockholm transportation commission from 1909 to 1920, and was
a member of the Stockholm city planning commission and the city traffic
committee
in 1921 and 1922. He is highly regarded as a pioneer of city planning
in the early part of the 20th century.
Gellerstedt’s plan reflects the ideas of Camillo Sitte. It has irregular
street patterns imitating the evolution of streets in older cities. Most
of the city is enclosed by a great circular Ringstrasse avenue and a parallel
semi-circle in the northern section, with a north–south axis.
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