Johan Bernt Krohg Heiberg (4 September 1909 – 29 September 2001) was a

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architect.

Early and personal life

He was born in

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(now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of barrister Axel Heiberg (1875–1952) and his wife Ragnhild Krohg (1879–1947). He had two brothers: Axel Heiberg jr. (1908–88) and

Edvard Heiberg Edvard Heiberg (11 June 1911, in Oslo – 10 June 2000, in Oslo) was a Norwegian director and engineer. Heiberg was the youngest son of barrister Axel Heiberg (1875–1952) and his wife Ragnhild Krohg (1879–1947). He had two brothers, ...

(1911–2000). In 1935, Heiberg married Halldis Rollang (1910–92).

Career

Heiberg took

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in 1927. He thereafter moved to

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, where he studied at the

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. In 1936, he was hired as an assistant by

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. Four years later, he started his own

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in Oslo. In the 1950s, Heiberg designed many buildings for the

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Oslo Bolig- og Sparelag and

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. He designed also many buildings with Ola Mørk Sandvik until 1968, among them the head office of the

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in Oslo, the restaurant ''Annen Etage'' and the Hotel Continental. Heiberg's buildings were mostly designed in functionalist style, which he considered "architecture for living people". When it came to politics, Heiberg was a leftist. However, despite his being a supporter of the communist league ''

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'' in the 1930s, Heiberg opposed the May 1968 revolts, stating that he "with shame had to admit, that ewas tired of the whole thing". From 1961 to 1971, Heiberg headed the

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. He also headed the board of the

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from 1978 to 1981. In 1950, he was decorated as a Commander of the

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. He died on 29 September 2001.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heiberg, Bernt 1909 births 2001 deaths Architects from Oslo Norwegian socialists Mot Dag Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni