Event

A Presentation on the Architecture of Hilding Ekelund

Speaker: Olli-Paavo Koponen, Tampere University

28.3.2026

Professor and architect Olli-Paavo Koponen from Tampere University will give a lecture on the architecture of Hilding Ekelund at the Nelimarkka Museum.

Hilding Ekelund is known as an architect, writer and teacher. His extensive career spanned from the Classicism of the 1910s and 1920s, through Functionalism, to post-war Finnish architecture.

Located in Alajärvi, the Nelimarkka Museum opened in 1964. Commissioned by Eero Nelimarkka, the museum building was designed based on architectural drawings by Hilding Ekelund.

The event is part of the City of Alajärvi’s 40th anniversary celebrations and is free of charge.

You are warmly welcome to join us on 28 March at 1 pm. Please note that the presentation will be given in Finnish.

Photo: Nelimarkka Museum, ENVA, Nelimarkka Museum / City of Alajärvi