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HILDA HONGELL
Hilda Hongell, född 1867 i Mariehamn, död 1952, var den första kvinnan i Skandinavien som tog examen som byggmästare. Hon designade cirka hundra byggnader i Mariehamn, särskilt under 1890-talet när staden lanserades som en badort. De mest kända bevarade byggnaderna ligger längs Södragatan i Mariehamn.
Hon växte upp på Åland och började sin karriär under tonåren genom att vara involverad i hennes fars arkitektfirma. Senare lyckades hon bli antagen som specialstudent vid Helsingfors industriskola 1891. På den tiden kunde bara män gå på industriskolorna i landet, men på grund av hennes utmärkta resultat accepterades hon som vanlig student året därpå, och började sin yrkeskarriär som arkitekt och designer 1894.
Först arbetade hon på ett arkitektföretag i Helsingfors men startade senare ett eget företag tillsammans med sin man. Hon skapade mest hus i Mariehamn men var involverad i flera hus i Helsingfors, även om hennes underskrift inte finns på de officiella ritningarna.
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This is a small series of unknowns for puzzle lovers. Each mystery tells a little about a famous person from Åland.
HILDA HONGELL
Hilda Hongell, born 1867 in Mariehamn, dead 1952, was the first woman in Scandinavia to graduate as a master builder. She designed about a hundred famous buildings in Mariehamn, especially during the 1890s when the city was launched as a seaside resort. The most famous preserved buildings are located along Södragatan in Mariehamn.
She grew up in the Åland Islands and began her career during her teens beeing involved in her fathers architectur business. Later on she manage to be accepted as a special student at Helsinki Industrial School in 1891. In those days only men could attend the industrial schools in the country, but because of her excellent results she was accepted as a regular student the following year, and began her proffesional career as an architect and designer in 1894.
At first she worked on an architecture firm in Helsinki but later started an own business together with her husband. She mostly made houses in Mariehamn but were involved in several houses in Helsinki, even if her signature isn't on the official drawings.
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