Peter Andreas Holger Sinding-Larsen (5 July 1869 – 12 December 1938) was a

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. He is most associated with his work at

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, where he was a member of the restoration committee and architect from 1905 to 1922.

Biography

Sinding-Larsen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Alfred Sinding-Larsen (1839–1911) ) and Elisabeth Lange (1842–1887). He was a brother of physician Christian Magnus Sinding-Larsen, colonel Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen and painter

Kristofer Sinding-Larsen Kristofer Sinding-Larsen. Kristofer Andreas Lange Sinding-Larsen (3 April 1873 – 26 December 1948) was a Norwegian painter. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of jurist and writer Alfred Sinding-Larsen (1839–1911) and Elisabeth ...

. Sinding-Larsen began his education at Kristiania tekniske skole (now Oslo ingeniørhøgskole) from 1885 to 1889 and received training from

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during surveying in

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. Then he studied in

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at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg (now Technical University of Berlin) from 1892 to 1893 and served as an assistant under Johannes Vollmer in 1893. In the latter half of the 1890s, he went on study trips to

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and

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, but also to the UK and

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. In 1895, he won the competition to design

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from among 27 participants. He married Sine Broch Martens on December 28, 1895 at Johanneskirken in Bergen, Norway. He was in

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for the

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, where he designed the Norwegian Pavilion. In 1907, he became building inspector for the

University of Christiania The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

(now University of Oslo), a position he held until 1924. During the years between 1904-1915, he designed a number of large buildings at the University as well as several churches. Holger Sinding-Larsen was also awarded a silver medal for Designs for Town Planning in connection with the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

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. Sinding-Larsen founded the Young Architects Association in 1891. In 1906, he started the Christiania Architectural Association, he also served as a teacher at the National Academy of the Arts School. He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold and

Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research The Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research ( no, Fridtjof Nansens belønning for fremragende forskning) is a Norwegian research award. It is conferred by the Nansen Trust and its associated trusts, and it was established in 1896 after the r ...

. He was also knighted in the Swedish

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References

External links

Holger Sinding-Larsen - Project pour une Ecole de Gymnastique Holger Sinding-Larsen (Journal of Olympic History
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinding-Larsen, Holger 1869 births 1938 deaths Architects from Oslo Technical University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Olympic silver medalists in art competitions Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Burials at Vestre gravlund Olympic competitors in art competitions Art competitors at the 1920 Summer Olympics