

He is trained at the Free School of Architecture in Stockholm.

After working 2 years as an assistant at the Higher Technical School, he traveled between 1912-1913, touring Italy and France.









1915 together with Sigurd Lewerentz, one of the founding members of the Free School of Architecture, wins the competition for the Stockholm cemetery project.

1917-1918 among his first solo works is Villa Snellman in Djusholm and a forest chapel in Stockholm (1918-1920).



After the Palace of Justice in Solvesburg (1917-1921) and the Karl Johan school in Gothenburg (1915-1924), the Stockholm Municipal Library runs between 1918-1927.









A central horseshoe-shaped cylinder, surrounded by three shorter cubic wings.
From the neoclassical interpretation of this work, Asplund goes on to become a radical of the modern movement.


1930 for the Stockholm Exhibition he designs installations scattered around the land.
The pavilions made with large glass surfaces, thin steel profiles, parasols, and a changing theme, are landmarks of the 1930s style.
1931-1940 he is a professor at the Stockholm Higher Technical School.

The extension of the Gothenburg City Hall and the forest crematorium of the Stockholm South Cemetery (1935-1940) date from this period.


A construction consisting of a crematorium and three chapels.
The distinctive element of the main entrance is a colonnade.
The flat roof is supported by three square pillars.
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