Einar Vaardal-Lunde (1915–2003) was a Norwegian
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
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Vaardal-Lunde was educated at the
Norwegian Institute of Technology
The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...
, graduating in 1940. After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, he participated in the rebuilding efforts and reconstruction in
Finnmark
Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024.
On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...
until 1948. In 1948, he began his own architectural firm in partnership with
Torgeir Alvsaker
Torgeir Alvsaker (1875—1971) was a Norwegian architect.
Alvsaker was born 9 February 1875 on the Alvsaker farm in Kinsarvik (municipality), Kinsarvik, Norway. He attended the Bergen Technical School and graduated in 1898. He then became an ...
. In 1970, he opened his own architectural firm called . He designed a number of public buildings (hotels, churches, hospitals, and others), mostly in Western Norway.
Works
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Ostereidet Church
Ostereidet Church ( no, Ostereidet kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ostereidet. It is one of two churches for the Osterfjorden parish which is part ...
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Vike Church
Vike Church ( no, Vike kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikebukt. It is the church for the Vike parish which is part of the Indre Roms ...
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Nygård Church
Nygård Church ( no, Nygård kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Gravdal neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Nygård parish which is p ...
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Strusshamn Church
Strusshamn Church ( no, Strusshamn kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Askøy Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Strusshamn. It is the church for the Strusshamn parish which is part of the Ve ...
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Fjell Church
Fjell Church ( no, Fjell kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fjell (village), Fjell on the island of Sotra. It is one of the three churches for th ...
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Store-Kalsøy Chapel
References
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1915 births
2003 deaths
Architects from Bergen
Norwegian ecclesiastical architects
20th-century Norwegian architects