Hakon Lund
Hakon Lund (born October 18, 1928 in Struer ; † May 4, 2013 ) was a Danish librarian , architecture and art historian who received the Søren Gyldendal Prize in 1980 and, above all, for his two-volume biography of the influential architect Christian Frederik Hansen got known.
Life
After attending school, Lund studied architecture at the University of Copenhagen with Professor Christian Elling , from which he graduated in 1959 with a master's degree with honors. He then became librarian in the library of the Royal Danish Academy of Art in 1960, where he was chief librarian between 1977 and 1998.
He was mainly concerned with the architect Christian Frederik Hansen, who, along with Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Leo von Klenze, is one of the three outstanding masters of European classicism . In 1968 he was responsible for an exhibition in the Altona Museum for Art and Cultural History with the title Architect Christian Frederik Hansen: 1756 - 1845 . Between 1969 and 1992 he was also visiting lecturer at the University of Copenhagen. In the years that followed, his research work was made possible by grants such as the Carlsberg Foundation (1970).
In 1980 he was awarded the Søren Gyldendal Prize. He also received honorary doctorates from Lund University in 1995 and from Copenhagen University in 1997.
In 1995 he published a two-volume biography about Hansen with Anne Lise Thygesen under the title CF Hansen .
more publishments
- De kongelige lysthaver , 1977, ISBN 87-01-34991-0
- Danmarks Arkitektur , 6 volumes, 1979–1981
- Danmarks havekunst / 1. Indtil 1800 , 2000, ISBN 87-7407-096-7
- in German language
- CF Hansen , co-author Anne Lise Thygesen, 1999, ISBN 3-422-06247-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Hakon Lund in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry (litteraturpriser.dk)
- Entry (perlentaucher.de)
supporting documents
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lund, Hakon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish librarian, architecture and art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Struer |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th May 2013 |