Magnus Poulsson

Magnus Poulsson
Oslo City Hall

Magnus Poulsson (14 July 1881 – 18 March 1958) was a Norwegian architect.

Biography

Magnus Poulsson was born in Drammen, Buskerud county, Norway. His parents were Søren Anton Poulsson (1847–1934) and Ina Bolette Jørgensen (1851–1922). He studied at Den kongelige Tegne- og Kunstskole i Christiania, now the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo from 1900–03, at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm from 1903–1905 and apprenticed from 1905-09. Poulsson established his own practice in Oslo during 1909 and worked closely with Arnstein Arneberg.

Magnus Poulsson is most famous for designing the Oslo City Hall, together with Arnstein Arneberg.[1] He is also known for his work on Bærum City Hall (Bærum Rådhus) in Sandvika (1925 and 1958), KNA Hotel in Oslo (1931), Eystein church in Hjerkin and Haslum Chapel in Bærum. Poulsson's work also included private residences, office buildings, churches and interiors. Magnus Poulsson was particularly known for recreating the tradition of Norwegian folk wooden architecture.[2]

Poulsson was chairman of the Ancient Monuments Society 1917-1930 and chairman of the supervisory committee for the Nidaros Cathedral reconstruction from 1931–58. He was an honorary member of the Danish AKAD and a member of the Swedish Royal Academies for Fria Art Erna.[3]

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