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The Helsinki University Main Library was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1840. The allegorical reliefs on the facade were made by the Swedish artist Carl Magnus Mellgren who had lived and worked in Finland since 1838. Mellgren was an extremely skilled sculptor who concentrated on medals and especially commemorative coins.
The allegorical figures are divided into two groups with tha ...
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Updated: 3/5/2026