National Romantic style

Tampere Cathedral, Finland.

The National Romantic style was a Nordic architectural style that was part of the national romantic movement during the late 19th and early 20th century. Designers turned to early Medieval and even prehistoric precedents to construct a style appropriate to the perceived character of a people. The style can be seen as a reaction to industrialism and an expression of the same "dream of the North" nationalism that gave impetus to renewed interest in the eddas and sagas. Unlike much nostalgic Gothic Revival elsewhere, National Romantic architecture expressed progressive social and political ideals, through reformed domestic architecture.^[1]

Examples of National Romantic architecture

• Finnish National Theatre (Suomen Kansallisteatteri) (1902)
• Vålerenga church (Vålerenga kirke) (1902)
• Copenhagen City Hall (Rådhus) (1905)
• National Museum of Finland (Suomen Kansallismuseo) (1905)
• Frogner church (Frogner kirke) (1907)
• Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norges tekniske høgskole) (1910)
• Tarvaspää, (1913) the house and studio built for himself by Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela
• Stockholm Court House (Stockholms Rådhus) (1915)
• Röhss Museum (Röhsska konstslöjdsmuseet) (1916)
• Stockholm City Hall (Stockholms stadshus ) (1923)

Picture Gallery

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  The Finnish National Theatre

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  Detail of Finnish National Theatre facade

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  The National Museum of Finland

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  Nylands Nation, Student Nation of Helsinki University

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  Hollola Municiapal House

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  The Alexanterinkatu Facade of Pohjola House, designed by Saarinen, Gesellius and Lindgren, 1901.

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  The Tolstoy House, St. Petersburg

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  Kallio Church, Helsinki

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  Hvittorp (near Kirkkonummi). Build by Saarinen, Gesellius, and Lindgren for Robert Westerlund

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  Nilsiä Church, Savo

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  Ainola, Sibelius' Home.

References

• Swedish national romantic architecture

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