Malmö's First City Architect: William Klein, 1822-1900

This thesis concerns Malmö's first city architect, William Klein from Copenhagen, his education at the academy there, and his activities in Malmö, as: pedagogue, designer, networker, architect and city official in a new function. Klein played a key role during a formative period for modern Malmö, but has left few traces in Swedish architectural history, which raises questions on how it is written.

This thesis concerns Malmö´s first city architect William Klein (1822-1900), his educational years at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen and his subsequent activities within several fields of activity in Malmö: paedagogy, design development, architecture, administration, music. So far, Klein has not been studied to the extent that many of the architects in the generation following him, in spite of the fact that he played an important role in preparing the ground for the creation of modern Malmö. The thesis is not just about Klein and his works but also about how architectural history is written, how you become part of it or not.