About Josef Stenbäck
Lived 1854 – 1929 (aged 74). Josef Stenbäck was a Finnish architect and engineer.
Josef Daniel Stenbäck (May 2, 1854, Alavus — April 27, 1929, Helsinki) was a Finnish church architect and engineer. He designed 35 churches for Finland, which until 1917 was part of the Russian Empire. Four of the churches were located in the current Russian territory of the Karelian Isthmus, ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944. Stenbäck's churches represent Romantic nationalism or Gothic Revival. One of his most famous works is the Juselius Mausoleum.
Churches in Finland designed by Josef Stenbäck Wooden churches
Heinävesi (1892) Luhanka (1883)
Keikyä (1912) Pulkkila (1909)
Killinkoski (1928) Hankasalmi (1882)
Brick churches
Forssa (1917) Kotka (1898) Vehmersalmi (1920)
Joensuu (1903) Mikkeli (1897)
Kauhava (1925) Rantasalmi (1904, burned 1984)
Stone churches
Alahärmä (1903) Hirvensalmi (1915) Koivisto (1904) Muuruvesi (1894) Raahe (1912) Terijoki (1908)
Eura (1898) Joutseno (1921) Kuolemajärvi (1902, demolished in 1939) Nilsiä (1905) Räisälä (1913) Varpaisjärvi (1904)
Hartola (1913) Karuna (1910) Luvia (1910) Pyhäranta (1909) Sonkajärvi (1910) Vuolijoki (1906)
Roughcast churches
Humppila (1922) Pattijoki (1912)
Kemi (1902) Savitaipale (1924)
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Who was Josef Stenbäck?
Finnish architect and engineer (1854–1929)
When was Josef Stenbäck born?
Josef Stenbäck was born on 2 May 1854 in Alavus.
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Josef Stenbäck died on 27 April 1929 in Helsinki.
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Josef Stenbäck was an architect and engineer.
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Josef Stenbäck was Finnish.
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