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

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Sømna Sømna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative center of Sømna is the village of Vik i Helgeland. Other villages in the municipality include Dalbotn, Sund, Vennesund, and ...

in Nordland, 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 Odd Hassel (17 May 1897 – 11 May 1981) was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate. Biography Hassel was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Ernst Hassel (1848–1905), a gynaecologist, and Mathilde Klaveness ( ...

. Nielsen attended Trondheim Technical College (now Norwegian University of Science and Technology) from 1893 to 1897, and spent the next years as an assistant of architects including Bredo Greve as well as Andreas Bugge, Heinrich Jürgensen and

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. During 1903, he conducted study trip to Scotland, England and France. He started his own architect's firm at

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(now Oslo) in 1911. He is most associated with the Deichman Library at Schous plass and the entrance portal at

Frogner stadion Frogner stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway, which has artificial ice in the winter for speed skating and bandy. The artificial grass is used in the summer for soccer and American football. It is located close to the Frogner Park, between ...

(both 1914). He contributed with Rudolf Emanuel Jacobsen 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 Harald Thorbjørn Sund (February 16, 1876 – April 9, 1940) was a Norwegian architect, artist and illustrator. Architectural career Sund was born at Sund in the parish of Gildeskål in Nordland, Norway. Sund studied architectural engineering ...

. 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 Aker municipality. He was also a member of Aker

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

from 1919 to 1922. He also led the work of regulating Narvik city. He was decorated with the King's Medal of Merit in gold. He died at Oslo during 1956 and was buried at

Vestre gravlund Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen metro station. At , it is the largest cemetery in Norway. It was inaugurated in September 1902 and also contains a crematorium (''Vestre kr ...

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{{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