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Finnish architect
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Female
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Birth:
18 January 1894(Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland)
Death:
6 October 1980(Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland)
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Helsinki University of Technology
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The details
Biography
Salme Setälä (in 1919–1930 Cornér; 18 January 1894, Helsinki — 6 October 1980, Helsinki) was a Finnish architect and writer.She graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1917. She worked in a number of architecture offices. In the early 1950s she made several study trips in Europe. After that she was hired in the government office for land-use planning. She planned the land use for over 30 areas in Finland.
Setälä's main interest was interior design and furniture. She also wrote books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her parents were Eemil Nestor Setälä and Helmi Krohn. In 1919–1930 she was married to the journalist Frithiof Cornér.