Rolf Ramm Østgaard (15 January 1923 – 8 November 2014) was a Norwegian architect.

Personal life

Ramm Østgaard was born in

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(now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Nikolai Ramm Østgaard (1885-1958) and his wife Ragni Gullichsen (1894-1956). His father was a military officer and aide-de-camp for King

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. His mother served as lady-in-waiting to

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. He married Helene Bergland Ottesen in 1947.

Career

Ramm Østgaard graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1947. He served as an apprentice to Swedish architect Hakon Ahlberg (1942–43) and as assistant to architect Knut Bergersen in

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(1946–47). He worked for Alvar Aalto (1947–1948) and for

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(1948–1952). He was employed at the

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(1952-1956). He established his own firm, Østgaard Arkitekter A/S (now Terje Grønmo Arkitekter A/S) in 1956. His designs include the Norwegian Embassy in

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(1960), the chemistry building at the

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(1968), the Norwegian Embassy in

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(1973), and the

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(1985). From 1968 to 1970 he served as president of the

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References

1923 births 2014 deaths Architects from Oslo Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni {{Norway-architect-stub