List of Norwegian architects
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- Arnstein ArnebergArnstein ArnebergArnstein Rynning Arneberg was a Norwegian architect. He was active as an architect for 50 years and is often considered the leading architect in Norway of his time. -Background:...
- Lars BackerLars BackerLars Thalian Backer was a Norwegian architect.Backer was educated at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts under the supervision of Herman Major Schirmer and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, from which he graduated in 1915....
- Ove BangOve BangOve Bang was a Norwegian architect.Bang completed a formal study of architecture at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1917...
- Gudolf BlakstadGudolf BlakstadGudolf Blakstad was a Norwegian architect.Born in Gjerpen, Blakstad was educated at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, worked with Arnstein Arneberg and Herman Munthe-Kaas...
- Peter Andreas BlixPeter Andreas BlixPeter Andreas Blix was a Norwegian architect and engineer best known for designing railway stations and villas in Swiss chalet style...
- Christian ChristieChristian ChristieEilert Christian Brodtkorb Christie was a Norwegian architect.-Personal life:He was born in Bergen as a son of customs officer Werner Hosewinckel Christie and Hansine Langsted...
- Aasif Ridwan Khan
- Jon Eikvar
- Sven Erik Engebretsen
- John EnghJohn EnghJohn Engh was a Norwegian architect, most known for his innovative work in stone and concrete....
- Sverre FehnSverre FehnSverre Fehn was a Norwegian architect. The architect’s highest international honour came in 1997, when he was awarded both the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal.-Life:...
- Christian Heinrich GroschChristian Heinrich GroschChristian Heinrich Grosch was a Norwegian architect.He was born in Halden and educated by his father, Heinrich August Grosch and in Germany and Copenhagen....
- Christian Grosch
- Erlend Blakstad Haffner
- Lilla HansenLilla HansenLilla Georgine Hansen was Norway's first female architect....
- Jan Inge HovigJan Inge HovigJan Inge Hovig was a Norwegian architect.Hovig finished his studies at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1946. He was city architect during the reconstruction of Narvik 1947-1950, which had been devastated during a battle in 1940. In 1950 he moved to Oslo and founded his own office...
- Tormod Hustad
- Håkon Mjelva
- Knud Munk
- Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland
- Jacob Christie KiellandJacob Christie Kielland-Personal life:He was born in Bergen to architect Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland and his wife Anna Magdalena Cathrine , née Christie. His grandfather was priest and politician Jacob Kielland, and through him, Jacob Christie Kielland was the grandnephew of painter Kitty Lange Kielland and novelist...
- Knut Knutsen
- Kjell KosbergKjell KosbergKjell Kosberg is a Norwegian architect. He established Kosbergs Arkitektkontor in Molde in 1986. He established an office in Oslo in 1994, which was later merged with the Molde office...
- Hans Ditlev Franciscus LinstowHans Ditlev Franciscus LinstowHans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow was a Danish-born, Norwegian architect, who is by many considered the first Norwegian architect. He is well-known to have designed the Royal Palace in Oslo and much of the surrounding park and the street Karl Johans gate.-Background:Hans Ditlev Franciscus von...
- Kjell LundKjell Lund-Personal life:Lund was born in Lillehammer as the son of Arve Johan Lund and Margit Tora Hornes. He married Tove Berg in 1954.-Career:Lund cooperated with architect Nils Slaatto for many years. Among their designs are Asker City Hall, Chateau Neuf in Oslo, and the module based system Ålhytta. Lund...
- Ivar LykkeIvar Lykke (architect)Ivar Lykke is a Norwegian architect.He was born in Trondheim, and was a grandson of former Prime Minister Ivar Lykke. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1965. He has worked in the architect firms 4 B Arkitekter from 1973 to 1990 and Linje Arkitekter from 2000. In between he...
- Eivind Moestue
- Herman Munthe-KaasHerman Munthe-KaasHerman Munthe-Kaas was a Norwegian architect. Herman Munthe-Kaas was primarily known for his Functionalist building designs.-Biography:...
- Odd NansenOdd NansenOdd Nansen was a Norwegian architect, author, and humanitarian, credited with his humanitarian efforts on behalf of Jews in the early years of World War II and for being a founder of UNICEF.-Biography:...
- Christian Norberg-SchulzChristian Norberg-SchulzChristian Norberg-Schulz was a Norwegian architect, architectural historian and theorist.He was born in Oslo. He is the father of singer Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz....
- Olaf NordhagenOlaf NordhagenJohan Olaf Brochmann Nordhagen was a Norwegian architect, engineer and artist.He was born in Christiania as a son of artist Johan Nordhagen and Christine Magdalene Brochmann Johansen . He was a brother of Rolf Nordhagen and through him an uncle of Per Jonas Nordhagen...
- Magnus PoulssonMagnus PoulssonMagnus Poulsson was a Norwegian architect.-Biography:Magnus Poulsson was born in Drammen, Buskerud county, Norway. His parents were Søren Anton Poulsson and Ina Bolette Jørgensen...
- Eyvind Ritzius
- Heinrich Ernst SchirmerHeinrich Ernst SchirmerHeinrich Ernst Schirmer was German-born architect most noted for his work in Norway.Schirmer worked in Norway from 1838 to 1883 and put his mark on a number of public buildings...
- Ole Lind Schistad
- Knut SelbergKnut SelbergKnut Atle Selberg is a planner, architect, and urban designer with the Selberg Arkitektkontor AS since 1996.Selberg received his BS in architecture in 1973, his diploma in architecture in 1975, and his Diploma in Urban Design in 1976 at Scot Sutherland School of Architecture at Garthdee School of...
- Holger Sinding-LarsenHolger Sinding-LarsenPetter Andreas Holger Sinding-Larsen was a Norwegian architect.He was born in Oslo.In 1920 he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games. He created a "Building plan of a physical culture school".Sinding-Larsen is the only Norwegian medalist in art competition.-External links:*...
- Kirsten Sinding-LarsenKirsten Sinding-LarsenKirsten Sinding-Larsen was a Norwegian architect.She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of colonel Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen and Emilie Rustad...
- Nils SlaattoNils SlaattoNils Slaatto ., was for more than two decades one of Norway's most prominent and influential architects, having a strong and distinctive impression on Norwegian architecture.- Biography :...
- Lars Solberg
- Magne Magler Wiggen
Firms
- AviaplanAviaplanAviaplan is an Norwegian architectural and construction firm formed as a consortium by the Narud Stokke Wiig, an architecture and planning firm, Niels Torp AS, an architectural design firm, Hjellnes COWI AS, civil engineers, and Bjørbekk & Lindheim, landscape architects...
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