Fredrik August Lidströmer

Lidströmer

Lidströmer is a Swedish noble family, originating from the village of Liden, Medelpad, Sweden. Knighted 3 October 1800 by King Gustav IV Adolf in the cathedral of Linköping, Sweden...

(1787- 1856), son of Jonas Lidströmer

Jonas Lidströmer

Jonas Lidströmer was a Swedish inventor and officer in the Swedish navy.Lidströmer was born in 1755 at Lagfors bruk, Medelpad, and died 1808 in Stockholm...

. Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 architect, artist and marine officer and Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

's City architect. Grown up in the naval city of Karlskrona

Karlskrona

Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 35,212 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the...

 and came to Stockholm to help his father with construction of the Obelisk at Slottsbacken

Obelisk at Slottsbacken

The Obelisk at Slottsbacken adjacent to the southern entrances of the Royal Palace in Stockholm Old Town is considered to be the very centre point of the Swedish capital Stockholm.The granite Obelisk is 22 m high, including the pedestal of 5 m...

 adjacent to the royal palace, and then continued with the construction of the quays surrounding the waters of the capital and he is the architect of Stockholm's oldest official park, the Strömparterren, between the Royal Palace in Stockholm and the Opera House

Opera house

An opera house is a theatre building used for opera performances that consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building...

, just opposite today's Parliament building (Riksdagen)

He was the first architect for king Karl XIV Johan at the construction of the original Rosendal Palace

Rosendal Palace

Rosendal Palace is a Swedish royal pavilion located at the Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm. It was built between 1823 and 1827 for King Karl XIV Johan, the first Bernadotte King of Sweden...

 (that burned down 1819). He was Stockholm's City architect 1818-1824. He also performed the drawings for the new replacing Rosendal palace, which was to a great deal followed by Fredrik Blom, who was also the adept of the father Jonas Lidströmer. The Queen's pavilion (Drottningpaviljongen) at the present Rosendal palace is however completely the work of Fredrik August Lidströmer, as well as the Guard's cottage (Vaktstugan).

He belonged to the officers around king Karl XIV Johan. The statue of Carl XIII in the Royal garden (Kungsträdgården

Kungsträdgården

Kungsträdgården is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is colloquially known as Kungsan.The park's central location and its outdoor cafés makes it one of the most popular hangouts and meeting places in Stockholm. It also hosts open-air concerts and events in summer, while offering an ice...

) in Stockholm was constructed by him. At the order of the king he was also responsible for transport and placement of the giant Porphyry

Porphyry (geology)

Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass. The larger crystals are called phenocrysts...

 Vase at the Rosendal palace. Porphyry is a unique volcanic stone, extremely heavy and solid, and the Rosendal Vase is the world's largest porfyr object, cut in one item and considered a masterpiece. See Älvdalen

Älvdalen

Älvdalen is a locality and the seat of Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 1,812 inhabitants in 2005....

 (Älvdal Porphyry) in Dalarna

Dalarna

', English exonym: Dalecarlia, is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. Another English language form established in literature is the Dales. Places involving the element Dalecarlia exist in the United States....

 (Dalacarlia).

Fredrik August Lidströmer also worked under Baltzar von Platen with the construction of Göta Canal

Göta Canal

The Göta Canal is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. It formed the backbone of a waterway stretching some 382 miles , linking a number of lakes and rivers to provide a route from Gothenburg on the west coast to Söderköping on the Baltic Sea via the river Göta älv and the...

, the canal connecting Sweden's east and west coasts, the most expensive and technically advanced building project at the time. He also constructed Visby Hospital (Visby lasarett) on Gotland

Gotland

Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...

 and the Prison (Länsfängelset) in Nyköping

Nyköping

Nyköping is a locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 32,427 inhabitants in 2005. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County.- History :...

. His last works were the quays of Nybroviken

Nybroviken

Nybroviken is a small bay in central Stockholm, Sweden.Nybroviken separates the city district Östermalm from the peninsula Blasieholmen. North of the bay is Berzelii Park and Norrmalmstorg. To the south Nybroviken connects to the bay Ladugårdslandsviken...

, where Strandvägen

Strandvägen

Strandvägen is a boulevard on Östermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden. Completed just in time for the Stockholm World's Fair 1897, it quickly became known as one of the most prestigious addresses in town....

 meet the Theatre (Dramaten) in central Stockholm.

He reached the grade, colonel-mecanicus and became knight of the royal order of Wasa, as his father. His work has been documented on several preserved original paintings, drawings and other art work in a number of archives.