Signe Lagerborg-Stenius

Signe Lagerborg-Stenius (4 April 1870 - 15 July 1968) was a Finnish architect and member of the Helsinki City Council (1926–1930, 1933–1944). She was the second woman in Finland to complete a four-year course at the Polytechnic.

Early life and education alt=Brown and white photograph of a young white girl in a long coat standing and leaning on the arm of a sofa. Signe Lagerborg was born on 4 April 1870 in Helsinki to a noble family of Robert Olof Lagerborg and Carolina Lovisa Constance Furuhjelm.

In 1888, Lagerborg studied architecture at Helsinki Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1892. Additionally, Lagerborg, was trained as a drawing teacher at the University of Helsinki.

In 1905 Lagerborg-Stenius drew one orphanage and a home for unmarried mothers, which was completed. Hanko 1914 Storstugan Building Helsinki 1928