Arthur Gunnar Lönnqvist (4 January 1891 Helsinki – 26 December 1978 Helsinki) was a Finnish photographer and businessman.[1][2]
Lönnqvist started his career as an atelier photographer, but soon turned into amateur photography.[1][2] He photographed his home city Helsinki and the surrounding countryside's landscapes and people.[1][3] Lönnqvist also photographed in other Finnish cities and during his travels in Europe.[1] He is known especially of photographs taken during the battle of Helsinki in the Finnish Civil War in April 1918. Lönnqvist has won several photography awards in Finland and abroad.[1][2]
Lönnqvist was involved in amateur photography already as a young man. After he finished school he started working in 1904 at photographer Daniel Nyblin's camera accessories shop Suomen Valokuvaustarvikekauppa (Ab Finska Fotografiska Magasinet in Swedish).[1][2][3] Lönnqvist began work as an office clerk, copyist and photographic assistant and also served as the head of the photograph laboratory.[1] In the year 1915 he married Ida Järvenpää (1893–1970).[2] They had 6 children.[2] In 1919 Lönnqvist became the procurator at Suomen Valokuvaustarvikekauppa and later in the 1920s he became the company's managing director.[1] In 1933 Lönnqvist founded the company Oy Valovarjo Ab[1][2][3] and was engaged as the managing director until the age of 75.[1] The company became the head agency for Kodak-products in Finland.[1][2][3]
Beginning from the year 1909 Lönnqvist was actively involved in the Amatörfotografklubben photograph club.[1][2] He was awarded the club's honorary membership.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Kolbe, Laura; Nyström, Samu (2008). Helsinki 1918: Pääkaupunki ja sota [Helsinki 1918: The capital and the war] (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Minerva Kustannus. pp. 22–24. ISBN 978-952-492-138-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Gunnar Lönnqvist in Finnish Museum of Photography's database "Kuka kuvasi?"" ["Who photographed?"] (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Gunnar Lönnqvist – AFK" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2016.
Bibliography
- Feiring, Clas; Gustafsson, Stig (1989). AFK 1889-1989 (in English, Finnish, and Swedish). Helsinki: Amatörfotografklubben i Helsingfors 1989. pp. 10, 18, 26. ISBN 952-90078-5-X.
- Kukkonen, Jukka; Heikka, Elina (2008). Punamustavalkea 1918 kuvat [Redblackwhite 1918 photographs] (in Finnish). Helsinki: The Finnish Museum of Photography. p. 35. ISBN 978-951-9086-74-3.
- Kukkonen, Jukka; Vuorenmaa, Tuomo-Juhani; Hinkka, Jorma (1992). Valokuvan taide - suomalainen valokuva 1842-1982 [The art of photograph - Finnish photograph 1842–1982] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. p. 451. ISBN 978-951-717-699-6.
- Lintonen, Kati; Rastenberger, Anna-Kaisa; Heikka, Elina (2014). Valokuvataiteen ydin - 1900-luvun suomalaiset valokuvat ja taidepuhe [The core of photographic art – 20th century Finnish photographs and art talk] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Maahenki. pp. 34–39. ISBN 978-952-301-003-1.
- Mäkelä, Asko; Sederholm, Nina (2001). The Memory of the Photograph - Cataloguing & Classification Practices in the Nordic Countries, the Baltic States and Russia. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 154. ISBN 92-893-0628-9.
- Nyblin, Ragnar (1927). A.B. Finska Fotografiska Magasinet F. D. Daniel Nyblin 18 7/7 77 – 19 7/7 27 (in Swedish). Helsinki: Osakeyhtiö Weilin & Göös Aktiebolag. pp. 19–20.
- Nyblin, Ragnar (1927). O.Y. Suomen Valokuvaustarpeiden Kauppa ent. Daniel Nyblin 18 7/7 77 – 19 7/7 27 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Osakeyhtiö Weilin & Göös Aktiebolag. pp. 19–20.
- Toimituskunta A. Uusikylä; et al. (1929). Valoa ja varjoa – suomalaisia valokuvia [Light and shadow – Finnish photographs] (in Finnish). Porvoo: Werner Söderström osakeyhtiö. p. 10.
External links
- Bert Carpelan. "AFK – History of the club: The First Hundred Years". Translated by Kristina Mellberg. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- Bert Carpelan. "AFK – Kerhon historiaa: Ensimmäiset sata vuotta" [AFK – History of the club: The First Hundred Years] (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- Bert Carpelan. "AFK – Klubbens historia: De första hundra åren" [AFK – History of the club: The First Hundred Years] (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- "Gunnar Lönnqvist's photographs at the Finnish National Board of Antiquities Kuvakokoelmat.fi-service" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
