Sverre Pedersen

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| birth_place = Strinda, Norway

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| death_place = Trondheim

| nationality = Norwegian

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| children = Einar Sverre Pedersen

| relatives = Harald Pedersen (brother)
Marie Pedersen (sister)

| occupation = Architect
Urban planner

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Sverre Pedersen (4 August 1882 – 12 November 1971) was a Norwegian architect and urban planner.{{Cite web |date=26 March 2019 |title=Arkitekt og byplanlegger Sverre Pedersens privatarkiv |url=https://www.ntnu.no/ub/spesialsamlinger/norges-dokumentarv/sverre-pedersens-privatarkiv |access-date=April 1, 2019 |publisher=NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket/}}

Biography

He was born in Strinda Municipality (part of present-day Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county), Norway. He was the son of Hans Martinius Pedersen and Christine Elisabeth Andersen. He was a brother of industrialist Harald Pedersen (1888–1945) and pedagogue Marie Pedersen (1893–1990). He was married to Edith Gretchen Børseth from 1913, and they were parents to aviator Einar Sverre Pedersen (1919–2008) .

He was educated at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (1901), and the Technische Hochschulen in Hanover (1902-1903) and Charlottenburg.

In 1905, he was employed by the city of Trondheim. From 1908, he was a department architect and in 1914 he received the position of city architect.

Pedersen was appointed professor in the Architectural Department at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1920 to 1954. He was the advisor of architect Maja Melandsø during her studies there; she also worked as his assistant for a short time.{{Cite journal |last=Kaul |first=Sigrun |date=2005 |title=Maja Melandsø og Berlin |journal=Arkitektnytt |volume=1 |pages=23}} He was a pioneer in urban planning, and was in charge of the reconstruction of 24 cities, towns and villages in Norway that had been damaged during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940.

Pedersen designed urban plans for, among others, Narvik, Alta, Vadsø, Hammerfest, Kirkenes, Molde, Kristiansund, Bodø and Steinkjer.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Sverre Pedersen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Sverre_Pedersen/utdypning |last=Tvinnereim |first=Helga Stave |editor-last=Helle, Knut |language=Norwegian |accessdate=27 February 2016}}{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Sverre Pedersen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Sverre_Pedersen |editor-last=Godal |editor-first=Anne Marit |editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |language=Norwegian |accessdate=27 February 2016}}{{Cite web |last=Bård Li |title=Sverre Pedersens arkiv |url=http://arkivportalen.no/fil/UBIT/no-NTNU_arkiv000000067283/no-NTNU_arkiv000000067283-3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202040013/http://arkivportalen.no/fil/UBIT/no-NTNU_arkiv000000067283/no-NTNU_arkiv000000067283-3.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-02 |access-date=April 1, 2019 |publisher=NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket}}

He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and was awarded the King's Medal of Merit (Kongens fortjenstmedalje) in 1961.{{Cite web |title=Kongens fortjenstmedalje |url=https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/Kongens_fortjenstmedalje |access-date=April 1, 2019 |publisher=lokalhistoriewiki}}

References

Category:1882 births

Category:1971 deaths

Category:Architects from Trondheim

Category:Norwegian urban planners

Category:Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni

Category:University of Hanover alumni

Category:Technische Universität Berlin alumni

Category:Academic staff of the Norwegian Institute of Technology

Category:Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Category:Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit