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Nils Stian Stiansen (16 August 1900 – 25 July 1974) was a Norwegian building contractor. He was born in
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, a son of Peder Stiansen and Inga Marie Knudsen. He operated as building contractor in
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from 1924, and constructed a number of residential houses and larger building complexes, a total of about 5,000 apartments. Among his projects were Bakkehaugen, Hoff Terrasse, Øvrevollkollektivet,
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bråten and Tokerud. He also constructed the American Embassy and the American Lutheran Church in Oslo. He was decorated Knight of the
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in 1960. He died in 1974 and was buried at
Vestre gravlund Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen metro station. At , it is the largest cemetery in Norway. It was inaugurated in September 1902 and also contains a crematorium (''Vestre kre ...
. (as "Nils R. Stiansen")


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1900 births 1974 deaths People from Grimstad 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Burials at Vestre gravlund {{Norway-business-bio-stub