Gunnar Fougner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian architect
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Place of Birth: Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway
About Gunnar Fougner
- Gunnar Fougner (January 5, 1911 – October 20, 1995) was a Norwegian architect.Gunnar Fougner was born in Lillehammer, Norway.
- He attended the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim where he graduated in 1934.
- Fougner began his first job as an assistant architect working for Ove Bang 1935-1938, followed by employment by Arne Korsmo in 1939.He was an active resistance fighter during the Nazi occupation of Norway.
- Fougner left Norway in July 1940 to join a Norwegian group of special troops.
- Among other activities, he assisted in the transport of resistance fighters between Norway and Shetland.
- During the liberation of Norway, he was in a group under Major Leiv Kreyberg who led the liberation of Allies POWs in North Norway.After World War II, he entered private practice in Lillehammer.
- He would later enter into partnership with Einar Myklebust.
- During the period 1955-1966, they won a number of major competitions.
- They completed the design of both the Munch Museum in Oslo, (1953–63)) and the Institute of Odontology in Bergen (1955–63).
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