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3 unusual facts about Johan Albrecht Ehrenström


Johan Albrecht Ehrenström

After the city of Oulu was devastated by fire in 1822, Ehrenström was tasked with drawing a new plan for it.

This plan was eventually approved by Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and the city redesigned, led by German architect Carl Ludvig Engel.

Following the Swedish defeat in the Finnish War in 1809, the region became a part of the Russian Empire, and the city of Helsinki was promoted to be the new capital of the new Grand Duchy of Finland.



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