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Knut Henrik Lund

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Knut Henrik Lund
Born(1909-07-20)July 20, 1909
DiedMay 15, 1991(1991-05-15) (aged 85)
OccupationSculptor
Spouse(s)Irene Una Rasmussen (1937)
Linge Langård (1959)
FatherHenrik Lund
RelativesSigne Lund

Knut Henrik Lund (July 20, 1909 – May 15, 1991) was a Norwegian sculptor known for his portrait busts.[1][2]

Career

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Lund originally worked in shipping, a job he held until 1940.[1] Before the Second World War, he was also a pupil of Wilhelm Rasmussen. During the war he fled to Sweden, and then from 1945 to 1948 he was at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. The rest of his life he worked as a sculptor.[1]

Family

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Lund was the son of the painter Henrik Lund and Gunbjør Olsen,[1][3][4] and he was the nephew of the composer Signe Lund. He married Irene Una Rasmussen in 1937, and in 1959 he married the actress Linge Langård.[1]

Works

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Lund's busts or portrait heads included the following:[1]

He also created the statue Blomsterpiken (The Flower Girl) at Molde Airport (1973)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Knut Henrik Lund". Norsk kunstner-leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  2. ^ Studentene fra 1927: biografiske opplysninger, statistikk og artikler samlet til 25 års jubileet 1952. Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo, Bokkomitéen for studentene fra 1927. 1952. p. 276.
  3. ^ Sannidal og Skȧtøy bygdebok. Kragerø: Naper. 1949. p. 564.
  4. ^ Bull, Olaf (1989). Olaf Bull: brev fra en dikters liv, vol. 2. Oslo: Gyldendal. p. 433.