August Bendix Christofer Nielsen (7 May 1877 – 21 February 1956) was a Norwegian architect. August Nielsen was born in the village of Vik at Sømna in

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, Norway. He was a son of politician Sivert Nielsen (1823–1904) and Jonethe Cornelia Falck Heide (1833–1927). He received the name Bendix from his maternal grandfather. In 1910 he married physician's daughter Ella Hassel, who was a sister of Odd Hassel. Nielsen attended Trondheim Technical College (now

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) from 1893 to 1897, and spent the next years as an assistant of architects including

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as well as

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and

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. During 1903, he conducted study trip to Scotland, England and France. He started his own architect's firm at Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1911. He is most associated with the Deichman Library at

Schous plass Schous plass (Schou Square) is a square in the southern part of the borough of Grünerløkka in Oslo, Norway. History The area belonged to Aker municipality until 1858, when it was incorporated into Christiania (Oslo). It was laid out in 1873, and ...

and the entrance portal at

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(both 1914). He contributed with

Rudolf Emanuel Jacobsen Rudolf Emanuel Jacobsen (27 October 1879 – 1937) was a Norwegian architect. Jacobsen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a student at the Arts and Crafts School (''Kunst- og håndverksskolen''), now Norwegian National Acad ...

in creating several buildings at Frogner station's

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; buildings that were moved later. He also designed villas in ''Trosterudveien 9'' and ''7'' (both in 1911), ''Holmenkollveien 61c'' (1915) and ''Gråkamveien 17'' (1922). From 1918 he partnered with architect Harald Sund. Among their works were Majorstuen Church, Fredrikstad Library (both finished in 1926) and the diocesan seat in Tromsø (1924). From 1920 to 1947 Nielsen was the director of regulation in

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municipality. He was also a member of Aker municipal council from 1919 to 1922. He also led the work of regulating

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city. He was decorated with the

King's Medal of Merit in gold The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...

. He died at Oslo during 1956 and was buried at Vestre gravlund. File:Deichmanske bibliotek Schous plass Grünerløkka.jpg, Deichmanske Library File:MajorstuenKirke 20080511-1.jpg, Majorstuen Church File:FREDRIKSTADBIBLIOTEK 01.JPG, Fredrikstad Library File:Polarlicht-Reise 2013 - Tag09 - 14.jpg, Rotsund Chapel File:Schweigaards gate 15 - 2013-03-03 at 15-11-18.jpg, Oslo Railway Station

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, August 1877 births 1956 deaths People from Sømna Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Architects from Oslo Politicians from Aker Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold Burials at Vestre gravlund