Sigurd Lunde (architect)

Sigurd Lunde (4 June 1874 – 3 December 1936) was a Norwegian architect.[1]

Sigurd Lunde
Apotekergata in Ålesund (1904-05)

Lunde was born in Bergen, Norway. From 1894-95, he worked as an assistant to architect Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland. He attended the Technical University of Berlin (Königlich Technical Hochschule, Charlottenburg) from 1896-98. He established his own practice in Bergen in 1898. From 1904-1906 he worked in Ålesund to participate in the rebuilding the city after the 1904 fire.[2] He became one of the more prolific architects in western Norway. Additionally, he designed both interiors and furniture.[3]

In 1901, he married Inga Grue (1870–1948) with whom he had a son Nazi ideologist and politician Gulbrand Lunde.[4]

Selected works
  • Apotekergata in Ålesund (1904–05)[5]
  • Steffensengården, Hellegaten 1 in Ålesund (1904–05)[6]
  • Hoffgården, Kongens gate 19 in Ålesund (1906–07)[7]
  • Schieldrops Hotel, Kongens gate 28 in Ålesund (1906)[8]

References
  1. Åse Moe Torvanger. "Sigurd Lunde". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  2. Geir Tandberg Steigan. "Arkitekter:Sigurd Lunde (1874-1936)". arc!/arkitekturhistorie.no. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  3. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Sigurd Lunde – norsk arkitekt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  4. Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Gudbrand Lunde". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  5. Geir Tandberg Steigan. "Apotekergaten 8". arc!/arkitekturhistorie.no. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  6. Geir Tandberg Steigan. "Steffensengården, Hellegaten 1". arc!/arkitekturhistorie.no. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  7. Geir Tandberg Steigan. "Hoffgården, Kongens gate 19". arc!/arkitekturhistorie.no. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  8. Geir Tandberg Steigan. "Schieldrops Hotel, Kongens gate 28". arc!/arkitekturhistorie.no. Retrieved October 1, 2017.



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