# Martin Hedmark

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{{short description|Swedish architect}}
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'''Martin Gravely Hedmark''' (10 November 1896 — 13 September 1980) was a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) [architect](/source/architect) practicing in the [United States](/source/United_States).<ref name=kulturnav>{{cite web|url=http://kulturnav.org/e7342dcf-41bf-4ffa-8ea0-a2f1c6467463|title=Hedmark, Martin (1896 - 1980) [sv]|publisher=KulturNav|accessdate=13 December 2014 |language=Swedish}}</ref> He was known for his designs for churches, inspired by modern Swedish architecture.

He was born in Sweden in 1896.  He graduated from the [Royal Institute of Technology](/source/Royal_Institute_of_Technology) in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) in 1921.  There he worked under Professor [Lars Israel Wahlman](/source/Lars_Israel_Wahlman), a noted architect.  His education at the Institute taught him the architectural vocabulary that he used in his work.  After a short practice in Sweden, he relocated to the United States.  In later life he returned to Sweden, where he would die in 1980.<ref name="WinquistRousselow-Winquist2009">{{cite book|last1=Winquist|first1=Alan H.|last2=Rousselow-Winquist|first2=Jessica|title=Touring Swedish America, Second Edition: Where to Go and What to See|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjCDA-6esWsC&pg=PT12|year=2009|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|isbn=978-0-87351-704-1|pages=12–}}</ref>

==Works==
Hedmark's designs include:

* Boo Church, Boo Church Road, [Boo, Sweden](/source/Boo%2C_Sweden) (1922–23)<ref name=kulturnav/>
* [Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church](/source/Gloria_Dei_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church), 15 Hayes St., [Providence, RI](/source/Providence%2C_RI) (1925–28)<ref name="WinquistRousselow-Winquist2009"/>
* First Lutheran Church, 65 Oakwood Ave., [Kearny, NJ](/source/Kearny%2C_NJ) (1930)<ref name="WinquistRousselow-Winquist2009"/>
* First Swedish Baptist Church, 250 E. 61st St., [New York, NY](/source/New_York%2C_NY) (1930) - Now Trinity Baptist Church.<ref>Pages 243-244, American Guide Series: New York City Guide (1939)</ref>
* Faith Chapel, Zion Lutheran Church, 41 Whitmarsh Ave., [Worcester, MA](/source/Worcester%2C_MA) (1948) - Located directly west of the main sanctuary.<ref name="WinquistRousselow-Winquist2009"/>
** Original building by [Fuller & Delano Company](/source/Fuller_%26_Delano_Company) of Worcester.<ref>''American Contractor'' 24 June 1916: 67.</ref>
* Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2015 John F. Kennedy Blvd., [Jersey City, NJ](/source/Jersey_City%2C_NJ) (1950)<ref>Page 102, Legendary Locals of Jersey City, New Jersey (John Gomez, 2014)</ref>
* Additions to Trinity Lutheran Church, 1330 13th St., [Moline, IL](/source/Moline%2C_IL) (1961)<ref name=kulturnav/>

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Boo kyrka3.jpg|Boo Church, Boo (1922–23)
File:Gloria Dei Church Providence.jpg|Gloria Dei Church, Providence (1925–28)
File:Trinity Baptist Ch 250 E 61 St jeh.jpg|First Swedish Baptist Church (1930)
</gallery>

==References==
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