Kjell Lund
{{Short description|Norwegian architect, songwriter and singer}}
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Kjell Lund (18 June 1927 – 17 August 2013) was a Norwegian architect, songwriter and singer. Lund cooperated with Nils Slaatto for many years.
Personal life
Lund was born in Lillehammer as a son of civil servant Arve Johan Lund and Margit Tora Hornes. He married Tove Berg in 1954. He died in August 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.arkitektur.no/kjell-lund-dode-17-august-86-ar-gammel |title=Kjell Lund døde 17. august, 86 år gammel | NAL |publisher=Arkitektur.no |date=1927-06-18 |accessdate=2013-08-21 |archive-date=2013-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206051449/http://www.arkitektur.no/kjell-lund-dode-17-august-86-ar-gammel |url-status=dead }}
Career
He studied at the Norwegian Institute of Technology whence he graduated in 1950. The architectural firm of Lund & Slaatto Arkitekter AS founded in 1958 as a partnership of Kjell Lund and Nils Slaatto. This firm was in operation until 1995. Among their designs are Asker City Hall (Asker rådhus) and Chateau Neuf, a student center at the University of Oslo at Blindern. They also designed the popular system Ålhytta, a module based construction system developed in 1969.{{cite web|url= http://www.lsa.no/lhytta-bygges/ |title= Ålhytta – Byggesystem|publisher= Lund & Slaatto Arkitekter AS |accessdate= 1 September 2017}}
They also designed several churches. Among these is the St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery on Enerhaugen. The Roman Catholic facility was awarded the Houen Foundation Award in 1975.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kjell Lund |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Ulf |last=Grønvold |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Kjell_Lund/utdypning|language=Norwegian |accessdate=7 February 2010}}{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Lund_%26_Slaatto_Arkitekter_AS |title= Lund & Slaatto Arkitekter AS|publisher= Store norske leksikon | author= Bjørn Cappelen|accessdate= 1 September 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://kunsthistorie.com/fagwikiSt._Hallvard_kirke_og_kloster|title= St. Hallvard kirke og kloster|publisher= kunsthistorie|accessdate= 1 September 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Lund was an honorary member of the organizations National Association of Norwegian Architects, the American Institute of Architects and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1985, and also awarded the Prince Eugen Medal.
Among his best known songs are Her kommer guttemusikken and Den store sinte svarte skumle katta til fru Haugen.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kjell Lund |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Kjell_Lund |editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 February 2010 }}
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Category:People from Lillehammer
Category:20th-century Norwegian architects
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Category:Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal
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