Holger Sinding-Larsen
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| birth_name = Peter Andreas Holger Sinding-Larsen
| birth_date = 5 July 1869
| birth_place = Oslo, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|12|12|1869|07|05}}
| occupation = Architect
| notable_works = Akershus Fortress
| father = Alfred Sinding-Larsen
| relatives = Christian Magnus Sinding-Larsen (brother)
Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen (brother)
Kristofer Sinding-Larsen (brother)
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Peter Andreas Holger Sinding-Larsen (5 July 1869 – 12 December 1938) was a Norwegian architect. He is most associated with his work at Akershus Fortress, where he was a member of the restoration committee and architect from 1905 to 1922.{{cite web|url= http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv14nSE/JOHv14SEm.pdf|title= Holger Sinding-Larsen|publisher= Journal of Olympic History 14 (May 2006) Special Edition|accessdate= September 1, 2017}}
Biography
Sinding-Larsen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Alfred Sinding-Larsen (1839–1911) and Elisabeth Lange (1842–1887). He was a brother of physician Christian Magnus Sinding-Larsen, colonel Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen and painter Kristofer Sinding-Larsen.{{cite web|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Alfred_Sinding-Larsen|title=Alfred Sinding-Larsen|publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon|author=Else Boye
|accessdate=August 15, 2016}}
Sinding-Larsen began his education at Kristiania tekniske skole (now Oslo ingeniørhøgskole) from 1885 to 1889 and received training from Herman Major Schirmer during surveying in Gudbrandsdalen. Then he studied in Berlin at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin) from 1892 to 1893 and served as an assistant under Johannes Vollmer in 1893. In the latter half of the 1890s, he went on study trips to Spain, Italy and Greece, but also to the UK and Sweden.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Holger_Sinding-Larsen|title= Holger Sinding-Larsen|publisher = Store norske leksikon |accessdate= August 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url= https://www.muv.uio.no/uios-historie/bygninger/arkitektene-planene/sinding_larsen_bvjohansen_260707.html|title= Sinding-Larsen: Universitetsarkitekt med olympisk medalje|publisher= University of Oslo|accessdate= September 1, 2017}}
In 1895, he won the competition to design Holmenkollen Chapel from among 27 participants. He married Sine Broch Martens on December 28, 1895, at Johanneskirken in Bergen, Norway. He was in Paris for the Exposition Universelle (1900), where he designed the Norwegian Pavilion. In 1907, he became building inspector for the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo), a position he held until 1924. During the years between 1904 and 1915, he designed a number of large buildings at the university as well as several churches. Holger Sinding-Larsen was also awarded a silver medal for Designs for Town Planning in connection with the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.{{cite web|url= https://nbl.snl.no/Holger_Sinding-Larsen|title=Holger Sinding-Larsen|publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon|author= Stephan Tschudi-Madsen|accessdate= August 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://www.artemisia.no/arc/arkitekter/norge/sinding-larsen.holger.html|title= Arkitekter: Peter Andreas Holger Sinding-Larsen|publisher= artemisia.no|accessdate= September 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921159 |title=Holger Sinding-Larsen |work=Olympedia |accessdate=22 July 2020}}
Sinding-Larsen founded the Young Architects Association in 1891. In 1906, he started the Christiania Architectural Association, he also served as a teacher at the National Academy of the Arts School. He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold and Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research. He was also knighted in the Swedish Order of Vasa.{{cite web|url= https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Holger_Sinding-Larsen|title= Holger Sinding-Larsen
|publisher= lokalhistoriewiki.no|accessdate= September 1, 2017}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132514/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ART/mixed-architecture.html Holger Sinding-Larsen - Project pour une Ecole de Gymnastique ]
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Category:Technische Universität Berlin alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Oslo
Category:Olympic silver medalists in art competitions
Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics