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Gustaf Adolf Andersson

Founder of Karlstads Mekaniska Werkstad, now Metso Paper AB

Sixten Nilsson
1947

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

gustaf adolf
andersson
grundlade
karlstads
mekaniska
werkstad
år 1880

minnesmarket
restes år 1947

Signature

sixten nilsson
otto meyers eftr. Fud.

Information Sign

skulptör
sixten nilsson
1911-1962

Sculptor

Sixten Nilsson (1911-1962), Swedish sculptor.

Sources & Information

Anna Svensson, Staffan Jofjell, Upptäck Karlstads skulpturer: Guide till konsten på gator och torg. Tredje utökade upplagan. Karlstad: Karlstads kommun, 2006 (PDF on-line).

Location (N 59°22'51" - E 13°30'41")

Item Code: se053; Photograph: 21 July 2009 / updated: 4 March 2011
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