Antique Norwegian Norway Painting by Sverre Pedersen

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Antique Norwegian Norway Painting by Sverre Pedersen
Sverre Pedersen (4 August 1882 – 12 November 1971)
was a Norwegian architect and urban planner. Biography.
He was born at Strinda in the municipality of Trondheim, Norway.
He was the son of Hans Martinius Pedersen and Christine Elisabeth Andersen.
He was born at
Strinda
in the municipality of
Trondheim, 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) .
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He was educated at the
Norwegian Institute of Technology
(1901),
Technical College
in Hannover (1902-1903) and
Technical University of Berlin
.
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 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,