Elsi Borg

Finnish architect

Elsi Naemi Borg (October 3, 1893 – December 30, 1958) was a Finnish architect.

Life

She was born in Nastola and died in Helsinki. She graduated from Helsinki University of Technology in 1919.^[1]

She designed the infamous children’s hospital Children's Castle in Helsinki and the Taulumäki Church in Jyväskylä.^[2] She worked with Olavi Sortta to design the military hospital in Viborg. Her brother was architect Kaarlo Borg. She is also the sister of graphic artist Esther Borg and Parliament member Margit Borg-Sundman.

In 1919, Elli Ruuth together with Elsa Arokallio, Elsi Borg, Salme Setälä, Eva Kuhlefeld and Aili-Salli Ahde-Kjäldman , was part of the founding group of the Tumstocken association and then the Finnish Association of Women Architects.^[3]

Sources

Henttonen, Maarit: Elsi Borg, 1893–1958, arkkitehti. Suomen Rakennustaiteen Museo, 1995. ISBN 978-951-9229-87-4
“BLF.” Accessed October 26, 2021. https://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=7791.
“Taulumäki Church · Finnish Architecture Navigator.” Accessed October 26, 2021. https://finnisharchitecture.fi/taulumaki-church/.
Tyvelä, Hanna. “Sukupuolittuneita Näkymiä = Gendered Perspectives on Architectural Practice.” Arkkitehti 116, no. 2 (January 1, 2019): 41–45.

References

^ "Elsi Borg". Museum of Finnish Architecture. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
^ William C Miller (31 August 2016). Nordic Modernism: Scandinavian Architecture 1890-2017. Crowood. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-78500-237-3.
^ "J. S. Sirén". Arkkitehtuurimuseo (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-09-03.