Rolf Harlew Jenssen (1916—2008) was a Norwegian

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. Rolf Harlew Jenssen was from

Hammerfest Hammerfest (; sme, Hámmerfeasta ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfe ...

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, where he lived all his life, only interrupted by education from 1939 to 1943. After

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from 1945 until 1955, he worked on church reconstruction since the retreating German army burned most churches in Finnmark. Jenssen was a district architect at the

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from 1967 to 1983, when he retired. Rolf Harlew Jenssen was married to Gerd Mathea Jenssen (1928-2008). The parents were Anton Oluf Jensen (1872-1963) and Mathilde Gjertrude Isaksen (1886-1971).

Works

* Breivikbotn Chapel *

Indre Eidsfjord Church Indre Eidsfjord Church ( no, Indre Eidsfjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sortland Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Holmstad on the island of Langøya. The church is one of th ...

Kokelv Church Kokelv Church ( no, Kokelv kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protesta ...

Masi Church Masi Church ( no, Masi kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kautokeino Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Masi. It is one of the churches for the Kautokeino parish which is part of t ...

* Skallelv Chapel *

Skarsvåg Church Skarsvåg Church ( no, Skarsvåg kirke) is a chapel of ease, chapel of the Church of Norway in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skarsvåg on the northern end of the island of Magerøya. It ...

* Skoganvarre Chapel * Slotten Church

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenssen, Rolf Harlew 1916 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Norwegian architects People from Hammerfest Norwegian ecclesiastical architects