He was born in Östad in
Älvsborg County, Sweden. Holmgren studied at the architecture school of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts 1863-1871, traveled on a scholarship from the Academy to
Germany,
France and
Italy. He was employed as an architect in the First Surveyor's Office (
Överintendentsämbetet), precursor of the current Swedish National Property Board from 1871 and was appointed surveyor for the Crown buildings in Stockholm in 1897. He became a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in 1887. He died 1914 in Stockholm. Holmgren's most important work is the
University Hall of
Uppsala University, but he has also designed the building for the Sundsvalls enskilda bank (
Sundsvall), the County Governor's residence in
Jönköping (begun by Johan Fredrik Åbom), the County Administration buildings in
Falun and
Luleå and the
deaf-mute schools in
Härnösand,
Gävle and
Växjö. ==References==