Magnus Steendorff
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Magnus Gottfrid Steendorff (November 25, 1855 - April 26, 1945) was a Swedish architect of partly Danish ancestry.
Magnus Steendorff was born as the only son of Danish painter Christian Wilhelm Steendorff (1817-1904) and his wife Anna Ulrica Öhrström (1816-1891) from Sweden.
Notable buildings by Steendorff include two churches: the majestic neogothic church of Undenäs (known as "the cathedral of Tiveden") (1892-1894) and the church of Stora Hammar in Danish renaissance style (1891-1895). He also designed a bank building in Skövde (1893-1894) and the present library of the University College of Jönköping (originally built as the foundry of a mechanical company in 1914).
Steendorff was married to Sofie Brunskog (1855-1948). He was the brother-in-law of Swedish-american linguist and professor Hjalmar Edgren (1840-1903).
