Nordic Classicism

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architectural movement architectural style

Nordic Classicism is an early 20th-century architectural movement in the Nordic countries that blends classical forms with restrained modern simplicity and regional traditions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Nordic Classicism canonical 28
Nordic classicism 6
Nordic Classicism in Denmark 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural movement ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
aimedFor socially oriented architecture ⓘ
synthesis of classical order and modern life ⓘ
architecturalDiscipline housing ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
country Denmark ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
emergedAsReactionTo excessive ornamentation of late historicism ⓘ
romantic nationalism in architecture ⓘ
endTime early 1930s ⓘ
follows Art Deco ⓘ
Art Nouveau ⓘ
Art Nouveau ⓘ
surface form: Jugendstil

National Romantic architecture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic clarity of structure ⓘ
emphasis on proportion ⓘ
functional floor plans ⓘ
human-scaled urban spaces ⓘ
integration of regional building traditions ⓘ
limited color palettes ⓘ
restrained ornamentation ⓘ
simple geometric forms ⓘ
symmetry ⓘ
use of light-colored plastered facades ⓘ
hasDesignPrinciple careful detailing at human eye level ⓘ
harmonious relationship between buildings and streetscapes ⓘ
legible building volumes ⓘ
hasInfluence Classical architecture ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
Vernacular architecture of the Nordic countries ⓘ
hasNotableArchitect Alvar Aalto ⓘ
Arne Jacobsen ⓘ
Carl Petersen ⓘ
Gunnar Asplund ⓘ
Ivar Tengbom ⓘ
surface form: Hakon Ahlberg

Ivar Tengbom ⓘ
Kay Fisker ⓘ
Ragnar Östberg ⓘ
Sigurd Lewerentz ⓘ
hasNotableWork Faaborg Museum ⓘ
Gothenburg City Hall extension ⓘ
Helsinki Central Railway Station surroundings redevelopment projects ⓘ
Hornbæk seaside villas in Denmark ⓘ
Stockholm City Hall ⓘ
Stockholm Public Library ⓘ
influenced Nordic functionalism ⓘ
Scandinavian modern design ⓘ
movementRegion Nordic countries ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
peakPeriod 1920s ⓘ
relatedMovement Neoclassicism ⓘ
surface form: New Classicism

Swedish Grace ⓘ
startTime 1910s ⓘ
usedMaterial brick ⓘ
plaster ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stockholm Concert Hall → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Ivar Tengbom → movement → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Ivar Tengbom → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic classicism
Vyborg → hasArchitecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic classicism
Alvar Aalto → influencedBy → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic classicism
Stockholm City Hall → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Stockholm Public Library → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Gothenburg City Hall extension → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Gothenburg City Hall extension → category → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Hornbæk seaside villas in Denmark → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Sigurd Lewerentz → movement → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Sigurd Lewerentz → influencedBy → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Kay Fisker → movement → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Kay Fisker → style → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Kay Fisker → influencedBy → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Faaborg Museum → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Gothenburg Museum of Art → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Swedish Grace → alternativeName → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Swedish Grace → alternativeName → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish Neo-Classicism
Swedish Grace → relatedTo → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic Classicism in Finland
Swedish Grace → relatedTo → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic Classicism in Denmark
Swedish Grace → relatedTo → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic Classicism in Norway
Gunnar Asplund → movement → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Gunnar Asplund → style → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Ragnar Östberg → movement → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Ragnar Östberg → influenced → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Högalid Church → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Swedish Match headquarters, Stockholm → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Tengbom → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Arnstein Arneberg → movement → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic classicism
Sortavala → hasBuildingStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic classicism
Carl Petersen → movement → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Carl Petersen → genre → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Carl Petersen → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Töölö → architecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
Charles Holden → influencedBy → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
J. S. Sirén → genre → Nordic Classicism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordic classicism
Etu-Töölö → hasArchitecturalStyle → Nordic Classicism ⓘ