Georg Eliassen (1 July 1880 – 24 December 1964) was a Norwegian architect.

Personal life

Eliassen was born in

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to Anton G. Eliassen and Ragna Gundersen. In 1907 he married Helfrid Beda Andrea Strömberg. They were parents of

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and

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. Their daughter married educator and politician

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Career

Eliassen was educated from the ''Kristiania tekniske skole'' and the

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. He established an architect firm along with in 1914, and they were among the most prolific architects in Norway until the 1950s. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1951. He died in

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in 1964.

References

1880 births 1964 deaths Architects from Oslo {{Norway-architect-stub