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Gunnar Lönnqvist

Gunnar Lönnqvist is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Gunnar Lönnqvist rather than just read about it. In short: Arthur Gunnar Lönnqvist (4 January 1891 Helsinki – 26 December 1978 Helsinki) was a Finnish photographer and businessman. Lönnqvist started his career as an atelier photographer, but soon turned to amateur photography.

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Reference excerpt

Arthur Gunnar Lönnqvist (4 January 1891 Helsinki – 26 December 1978 Helsinki) was a Finnish photographer and businessman. Lönnqvist started his career as an atelier photographer, but soon turned to amateur photography. He photographed his home city Helsinki and the surrounding countryside's landscapes and people. Lönnqvist also photographed in other Finnish cities and during his travels in Europe. He is known especially of photographs taken during the battle of Helsinki in the Finnish Civil War in April 1918. Lönnqvist has won several photography awards in Finland and abroad. Lönnqvist was involved in amateur photography already as a young man. After he finished school he started working in 1904 at photographer Daniel Nyblin's camera accessories shop Suomen Valokuvaustarvikekauppa (Ab Finska Fotografiska Magasinet in Swedish). Lönnqvist began work as an office clerk, copyist, and photographic assistant, and he also served as the head of the photograph laboratory. In the year 1915, he married Ida Järvenpää (1893–1970). They had 6 children. In 1919, Lönnqvist became the procurator at Suomen Valokuvaustarvikekauppa and later, in the 1920s, he became the company's managing director. In 1933, Lönnqvist founded the company Oy Valovarjo Ab and was engaged as the managing director until the age of 75. The company became the head agency for Kodak-products in Finland. Beginning from the year 1909, Lönnqvist was actively involved in the Amatörfotografklubben photograph club. He was awarded the club's honorary membership.

References

Bibliography Feiring, Clas; Gustafsson, Stig (1989). AFK 1889-1989 (in English, Finnish, and Swedish). Helsinki: Amatörfotografklubben i Helsingfors 1989. pp. 10, 18, 26. ISBN 952-90078-5-X. Kukkonen, Jukka; Heikka, Elina (2008). Punamustavalkea 1918 kuvat [Redblackwhite 1918 photographs] (in Finnish). Helsinki: The Finnish Museum of Photography. p. 35. ISBN 978-951-9086-74-3. Kukkonen, Jukka; Vuorenmaa, Tuomo-Juhani; Hinkka, Jorma (1992). Valokuvan taide - suomalainen valokuva 1842-1982 [The art of photograph - Finnish photograph 1842–1982] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. p. 451. ISBN 978-951-717-699-6. Lintonen, Kati; Rastenberger, Anna-Kaisa; Heikka, Elina (2014). Valokuvataiteen ydin - 1900-luvun suomalaiset valokuvat ja taidepuhe [The core of photographic art – 20th century Finnish photographs and art talk] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Maahenki. pp. 34–39. ISBN 978-952-301-003-1. Mäkelä, Asko; Sederholm, Nina (2001). The Memory of the Photograph - Cataloguing & Classification Practices in the Nordic Countries, the Baltic States and Russia. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 154. ISBN 92-893-0628-9. Nyblin, Ragnar (1927). A.B. Finska Fotografiska Magasinet F. D. Daniel Nyblin 18 7/7 77 – 19 7/7 27 (in Swedish). Helsinki: Osakeyhtiö Weilin & Göös Aktiebolag. pp. 19–20. Nyblin, Ragnar (1927). O.Y. Suomen Valokuvaustarpeiden Kauppa ent. Daniel Nyblin 18 7/7 77 – 19 7/7 27 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Osakeyhtiö Weilin & Göös Aktiebolag. pp. 19–20. Toimituskunta A. Uusikylä; et al. (1929). Valoa ja varjoa – suomalaisia valokuvia [Light and shadow – Finnish photographs] (in Finnish). Porvoo: Werner Söderström osakeyhtiö. p. 10.

External links Bert Carpelan. "AFK – History of the club: The First Hundred Years". Translated by Kristina Mellberg. Retrieved 3 July 2016. Bert Carpelan. "AFK – Kerhon historiaa: Ensimmäiset sata vuotta" [AFK – History of the club: The First Hundred Years] (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 July 2016. Bert Carpelan. "AFK – Klubbens historia: De första hundra åren" [AFK – History of the club: The First Hundred Years] (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2016. "Gunnar Lönnqvist's photographs at the Finnish National Board of Antiquities Kuvakokoelmat.fi-service" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Gunnar Lönnqvist

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Gunnar Lönnqvist

In research: Gunnar Lönnqvist appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Gunnar Lönnqvist in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Gunnar Lönnqvist is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1891 births, 1978 deaths, 20th-century Finnish photographers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Gunnar Lönnqvist outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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