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Hydroparken between 1960-1965 (Collection Nationalmuseet – Arkitektur)

The works of Morten R. Grindaker - a reflection of the Norwegian landscape architecture in the 1960s

The period between the 1950s and 1970s is seen as the “golden age” of Norwegian industry. 

Power poles in Vassbygdi, Aurland. Picture taken by Knut Ove Hillestad in 1982 (NVE Photo Archive)

Landscape Architects and the first hydroelectric power stations in Norway

Landscape architects’ involvement in the building of hydroelectric power stations and the related large-scale landscape projects since the 1950s marked a shift of the discipline from garden architectu…

Viftebedet med sommerblomster i parken på NMBU. I bakgrunnen sees Urbygningen.

The Memory of a Discipline

The Archive of Norwegian Landscape Architecture represents significant values for the disciplines, for design processes and for society in general.

The project Torshovparken. Music pavilion. Eyvind Strøms drawing and the realized situation in 1937 (Oslo City Archive and Oslobilder.no)

Public park policy and modernism in Norwegian Landscape Architecture

The collection of Eyvind Strøm (1899-1988).

Student works with different drawing techniques, 1900-1960

The early period of Landscape Architecture education seen from student works (1900-1960)

The collection of student works in the Archive of Norwegian Landscape Architecture starts around 1900 and continues until 1980s.

Bilde av planskisser fra Torborg Zimmer Frölichs arkiv med navnet og levetiden hennes skrevet over bildet.

Torborg Zimmer Frölich

Torborg Zimmer Frölich’s significant contribution to Norwegian garden art with projects on villa gardens and several large parks is little known.

Tønsberg cemetery, pictured with tomb stones and a big tree, was designed by Pål Sæland.

A turning point for cemetery planning in Norway: The collection of Pål Sæland

Planning and designing cemeteries and graveyards became a new task for garden architects in the early 1900s. According to professionals such as Olav Moen (1887-1951), Pål Sæland (1897-1979) and Karen …

Planskisse av Rosendal Baroni i 1963

Historical parks and gardens in Norway: The collection of Magnus Bruun

The collection of ‘Historical gardens and parks in Norway’ was the starting point for the Archive of Norwegian Landscape Architecture. Professor Magne Bruun (1932-2018) established this special collec…

Bilde av Karen Reistad

The collection of Karen Reistad

Karen Reistad (1900 - 1994) was a pioneer in Norwegian landscape architecture and a key figure in the development of the profession in Norway after the war.

Typical design of Moen´s early work, garden of the factory owner Halvorsen 1919.

Olav Leif Moen: A pioneer in Norwegian Landscape Architecture

Olav L. Moen (1887-1951) made the most important contribution to the development of the academic discipline of landscape architecture in Norway in the first half of the 20th century.