Editing Carl Axel Setterberg (section)

==Biography==
[[File:Nighshot of the Trinity Church in Vaasa.jpg|thumb|300 px|left|[[Vaasa Church]] was designed by Carl Axel Setterberg and completed in 1869]]

Setterberg was born at [[Nyköping Municipality|Bogsta]] parish in [[Södermanland]], Sweden. He studied to become an architect at the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Stockholm]] from 1834 to 1841. In May 1841, he got a job as [[building contractor]] in [[Gävleborg]] province, where he worked the following ten years. In this position he led many important building projects in [[Gävle]] and designed several public buildings.

When he heard that the city of [[Vaasa]] in Finland had burned down to the ground in 1852, he became interested in the opportunities surrounding the rebuilding of the city. He travelled to Vaasa where the job as county architect was open, and in January 1853 he was temporarily appointed for the job after impressing the county [[governor]] Berndt Federley (1799–1863). In 1855, he permanently became county architect after he had becoming citizen of the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=   https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/4541
|title=   Federley, Berndt (1799-1863)|publisher=   kansallisbiografia.fi |accessdate=January 1, 2019}}</ref>

In 1854, he became the city architect and was commissioned with drawing up the new city plan on the isthmus of Klemetsö, about {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=off|spell=in}} to the northwest from the old town. The new town of Nikolaistad (Finnish: ''Nikolainkaupunki''), named after the late [[Tsar Nicholas I]], rose in 1862. The new city had a modern square layout and was divided by wide streets. Setterberg also designed many of the city's public and private buildings, like the [[Holy Trinity Church, Vaasa|Holy Trinity Church]] in 1869.<ref>[https://www.kyppi.fi/palveluikkuna/rapea/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=200837 Vaasan kirkko] – [[Finnish Heritage Agency]] (in Finnish)</ref> In 1871, Setterberg died at Nikolaistad (renamed Vaasa during 1917).<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.nykarlebyvyer.nu/sidor/texter/prosa/uppslfinl/nikolais.htm |title=   Nikolaistad|publisher=    nykarlebyvyer.nu|accessdate=January 1, 2019}}</ref>

In year 2000, Setterberg was voted the most significant person from [[Vaasa]] of all time. The [[Opinion poll|poll]] was a part of Vaasa's 400th anniversary celebration.<ref name="poll">[http://vaasa400.vaasa.fi/Default.aspx?id=484670 Vaasa 400 - Poll about the most significant person from Vaasa - The result] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502134023/http://vaasa400.vaasa.fi/Default.aspx?id=484670 |date=May 2, 2007 }} (only in [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and [[Swedish language|Swedish]])</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.presidentti.fi/halonen/public/default33a3.html?contentid=176365&nodeid=41416&contentlan=2&culture=en-US  |title=   President Halonen attended Vaasa 400 Years Anniversary Celebration|publisher=  Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
|accessdate=January 1, 2019}}</ref>