Olaf Andreas Gulbransson (23 January 1916, in

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– 18 July 1961) was a German architect of Norwegian descent, particularly active in church architecture. He was the son of the Norwegian-born artist and painter

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(1873–1958) and his third wife Grete Jehly (1882–1934) – his mother was half-sister to the writer

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. He designed a conference hall for the

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Bibliography

* Peter Poscharsky: ''Kirchen von Olaf Andreas Gulbransson.'' München 1966. * Robert Stalla (ed.): ''Olaf Andreas Gulbransson (1916–1961). Kirchenbauten in Bayern.''

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, München / Berlin 2007, . German people of Norwegian descent Architects from Munich 20th-century German architects 1916 births 1961 deaths {{Germany-architect-stub