Johan Alm

{{Short description|Finnish painter and field sergeant (1728–1810)}}

{{Short description|Finnish painter and field sergeant (1728–1810)}}

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'''Johan Alm''' (1728–1810) was a Finnish painter (living almost all his life in what was then Sweden) and field sergeant.

'''Johan Alm''' (1728–1810) was a Finnish painter and field sergeant (living almost all his life in what was then Sweden).

Alm was born and lived and worked most of his life in the city of [[Vaasa]]. Alm's father was Erik Häggroth, a locksmith from Vaasa. Alm married Anna Catharina Tilgren (1735–1774) in 1757 and in 1776 he remarried Elisabet Österlund (1733–1805).{{Cite Biografiskt lexikon för Finland}}{{Cite web |last=Myllyniemi |first=Raimo |title=Henkilöhistoria A-kirjaimella alkavat henkilöt |url=http://www.nic.fi/~raimom/ep/historia/henkilot/a_henk.htm#ALM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617155752/http://www.nic.fi/~raimom/ep/historia/henkilot/a_henk.htm#ALM |archive-date=2013-06-17 |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=www.nic.fi}}

Alm was born and lived and worked most of his life in the city of [[Vaasa]]. Alm's son [[Immanuel Alm]] was also a painter. They both worked on religious-themed paintings, including altarpieces such as one at the church in [[Kaustinen]]. Alm was also responsible for ceilings and other interior works at churches in [[Kvevlax]] and [[Isokyrö]].[[:fi:Johan Alm|Johan Alm Brief Biography (Finnish)]], Retrieved 2010-07-19{{Circular reference|date=September 2015}}

In 1760, Alm moved with his wife and their two sons from [[Nykarleby]], [[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]] to Vaasa, where he lived for the rest of his life. Alm received his painting license in 1765. During the latter half of the 18th century, Alm worked as a church painter. He mainly painted [[Pulpit|pulpits]] and [[Altarpiece|altarpieces]]. He painted, among other things, the altarpieces in the churches of [[St. Birgitta's Church|Nykarleby]] and [[Ilmajoki]], the ceiling painting in Nykarleby Church, and the pulpit in [[Evijärvi]] Church. Alm's greatest works include the decorative paintings in [[Kvevlax]] Church, done in stages between 1761 and 1776, the altarpiece and pulpit in Ilmola Church around 1766, and all the painting work carried out in connection with a major repair in [[Isokyrö]] Church in 1770–1774.

Alm's son [[Immanuel Alm]] was also a painter. They both worked on religious-themed paintings, including altarpieces such as one at the church in [[Kaustinen]].[[:fi:Johan Alm|Johan Alm Brief Biography (Finnish)]], Retrieved 2010-07-19{{Circular reference|date=September 2015}}> Several of the furniture pieces that Alm has painted can be seen in Ostrobothnian local history museums, especially in the [[Ostrobothnian Museum]] in Vaasa.>

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