Harald Søren Salling-Mortensen (1902–1969) was a

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who mainly worked in an around

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

in the first half of the 20th century. He designed several important buildings in the city and his style reflects the development of Danish architecture in his time, with plenty of Nordic functionalist characteristics.

Background

Salling-Mortensen was born in

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on 6 July 1902 to train driver Morten Mortensen, later mayor of Esbjerg, and Augusta Elisabeth Salling. He was married to Christence Elisabeth Kjær on 26 December 1934 in Esbjerg and died on 15 October 1969 in Aarhus. He is interred at

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. Harald became a master carpenter in 1921, graduated from Odense Technical School in 1923 and studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in

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1925–26. He briefly found employment in Esbjerg before moving to Aarhus to work for the city architect in 1926–27. Harald established his own architecture design office in 1934 and cooperated with Aarhus architect

Axel Høeg-Hansen Axel Høeg-Hansen (27 June 1877 – 30 August 1947) was a Danish architect. Stylistically he mainly worked in neoclassical and functionalist styles. He primarily worked in and around Aarhus at the turn of the 20th century. Background Axe ...

from 1935 to 1940 whom he had previously worked for briefly in 1923–24. In 1940, Høeg-Hansen left Aarhus and Harald took over his architecture business. After his death, the architectural practice was bought by Falch og Larsen A/S and is now operating under the name ''aarhus arkitekterne a/s''. Harald was a member of the board of the

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's department in

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from 1941–48.

Works

Harald Salling-Mortensen designed some of the landmark structures in Aarhus, including ''Handelsbankens Hus'', Børglum Kollegiet, and the former Main City Library in Mølleparken. He collaborated with several architects and designers, including Axel Høeg-Hansen and Alfred Mogensen. With Mogensen, he designed the two public schools of Møllevangskolen (1945–51) and Skovvangskolen (1933–37). HandelsbankensHusAarhus.JPG, Handelsbankens Hus Børglum 02.jpg, Børglum Hall Børglum Kollegiet (mur-detalje).jpg, Brick-wall detail (Børglum Hall) Mølleparken 4.jpg, Former Main City Library Møllestien 1 (detalje).jpg, Round windows detail (former Main City Library) Skovvangskolen (facade).jpg, Skovvangskolen, public primary school

References

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