Magnus Steendorff


Magnus Gottfrid Steendorff was a Swedish architect.

Background

Magnus Steendorff was born in Copenhagen as the only son of Danish painter Christian Wilhelm Steendorff and his wife Swedish Anna Ulrica Öhrström. His sister Anna Marianne Steendorff was married to Swedish-American linguist, professor, and author August Hjalmar Edgren.
He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, but settled in Sweden in 1887 becoming a Swedish citizen three years later. He was employed by the Swedish government agency for the administration of state buildings .

Career

Notable buildings by Steendorff include two churches: the majestic neogothic Undenäs Church , also known as the "Cathedral of Tiveden" from 1892–1894 and the new Stora Hammar Church in Höllviken from 1891–1895 designed in Danish Renaissance style.
Steendorff also designed the Institution of Johannesberg, an asylum located outside Mariestad from 1875.
Other designed include a bank building in Skövde and the new library of the University College of Jönköping.

Personal life

Steendorff was married to Sofie Brunskog.