Nicodemus Tessin the Elder

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Nicodemus Tessin the Elder was a prominent 17th-century Swedish architect who played a key role in introducing Baroque architecture to Sweden.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque architect
Swedish architect
architect
human
architecturalStyle Baroque
burialPlace Riddarholmen Church
surface form: Riddarholmen Church (probable family burial site)
child Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
dateOfBirth 1615-12-07
dateOfDeath 1681-05-24
designed Skokloster
surface form: Skokloster Castle main layout

main building of Drottningholm Palace
parts of the Stockholm royal palace complex before the fire of 1697
employer Swedish Crown
era 17th century
ethnicGroup German
fieldOfWork architecture
urban planning
genre church architecture
fortification design
palace architecture
influenced Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
influencedBy French Baroque architecture
Italian Baroque architecture
movement Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture
nativeLanguage German
notableStudent Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
notableWork Bonde Palace
surface form: Bonde Palace (completion and alterations)

Drottningholm Palace
Drottningholm Palace Park
surface form: Drottningholm Palace gardens (early layout)

Skokloster
surface form: Skokloster Castle

Tre Kronor Castle
surface form: Tre Kronor Palace (rebuilding projects)

Wrangel Palace
surface form: Wrangel Palace (rebuilding)
occupation architect
city planner
placeOfBirth Stralsund
placeOfDeath Stockholm
positionHeld Court architect to Queen Hedvig Eleonora of Sweden
Royal architect of Sweden
religion Lutheranism
residence Stockholm
significantEvent introduced Baroque architecture to Sweden
spouse Maria Persdotter
workLocation Stockholm
Södermanland
Uppland

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Drottningholm Palace architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
Drottningholm Palace architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
this entity surface form: Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
Stockholm Palace architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
this entity surface form: Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
Royal Palace architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
this entity surface form: Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
Drottningholm Palace Park architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
Stockholm City Museum buildingArchitect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
Bonde Palace architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder