Dagfinn Morseth

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Early photograph (between 1935 and 1950) of the church in Notodden

Dagfinn Morseth (born November 13, 1898 in Stjørdal , Nord-Trøndelag , † March 10, 1958 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian architect .

Life

Dagfinn Morseth first studied architecture at the Norwegian Technical University in Trondheim (1923), then at the Norwegian Academy of Architects (1924/1925). With the help of various scholarships , he made some trips abroad. Between 1923 and 1931 Morseth worked in various architectural offices (including Helsinki ).

Svenskebyen in Bodø (2016)

In 1931 he opened his own office, which he ran from 1932 together with Mads Wiel Gedde and Gunnar Øvergaard Jørgen . From 1940 to 1945 he was a consulting architect for Hedmark and Oppsdal as part of the reconstruction after many cities were bombed by the Wehrmacht . As part of this, in 1940 he and Jørgen designed the so-called Svenskhusa in prefabricated construction , which was implemented in many cases with the support of the Swedish Red Cross and the Swedish state during the reconstruction. In Bodø a district is named after these houses.

Morseth's better-known designs include the churches in Notodden in Telemark (built 1935) and in Jar / Bærum ( Akershus ) (1961), the town hall in Harstad ( Troms ) (1953) and the hospitals in Mo i Rana ( Nordland ) (1964) ) and Haugesund ( Rogaland ) (1958). Morseth's style is most likely to be assigned to functionalism , although simplified classicist and romantic features can be seen in his designs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dagfinn Morseth - Store norske leksikon . In: Store norske leksikon . ( snl.no [accessed October 19, 2016]).
  2. ^ Dagfinn Morseth - Norsk kunstnerleksikon . In: Store norske leksikon . ( snl.no [accessed October 19, 2016]).
personal data
SURNAME Morseth, Dagfinn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Stjørdal , North Trøndelag
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1958
Place of death Oslo