Otto Torgersen (16 June 1910 – 12 December 2000) was a Norwegian architect and advertising executive. Norges idrettshogskole rk 169127 IMG 0038

Torgersen was born in

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, Norway. He studied advertising and architecture at

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(1937–38). In 1947, he founded an advertisement and architectural firm, Pran og Torgersen AS, which he operated jointly in partnership with Christian Pran, who died in 1961. Among his architectural designs were the

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from 1960 and the

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences ( no, Norges idrettshøgskole, NIH) is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides educa ...

(''Norges idrettshøgskole'') at Sognsvann on Kringsjå in Oslo from 1971. Torgersen was responsible for designing the exhibitions at

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. He also contributed to the

Kon Tiki Museum The Kon-Tiki Museum ( no, Kon-Tiki Museet) is a museum in the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo, Norway. It houses vessels and maps from the ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition, as well as a library with about 8,000 books. It was opened in a provisional building i ...

and the

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, both at Bygdøy. He was awarded the advertisers prize ''Gullblyanten'' in 1969 for his association with Norway's participation at the

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at Montreal in 1967, as well as exhibitions at

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in 1957 and at Ekeberg in 1959. He died in December 2000 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 ...

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1910 births 2000 deaths People from Trondheim Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Advertising people Norwegian marketing people 20th-century Norwegian architects Burials at Vestre gravlund {{Norway-architect-stub