Egill Reimers (July 18, 1878 – November 11, 1946) was a Norwegian

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. He also competed in the

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. Reimers was born in

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, Norway, to Bastiam Reimers (b. 1838) and Maren Johnsdatter (b. 1843). (Birth and marriage records spell his name Egil.) He married Signe de Lange on March 24, 1906 in Bergen. He graduated as an architect at

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in 1902. He started his own practice in Bergen during 1904. Reimers was one of the most active architects in the Bergen during the first half of the 20th century. He was awarded the

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in 1924 for his design of the State Archives in Bergen (''Statsarkivet i Bergen''). The

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(''Bergen Tinghuset'') was designed in the style of

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during 1933 and is considered one of his main works. His building designs include several for the

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: University Museum of Bergen Cultural History Collection (''De kulturhistoriske samlinger'') in 1927, Geophysics Institute (''Geofysisk Institutt'') in 1928 and Nuclear Physics Laboratory (''Kjernefysisk laboratorium'') which was completed in 1950. Reimers was a crew member of the Norwegian boat ''Heira II'', which won the gold medal at the

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. He competed in the 12 metre class (1919 rating).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reimers, Egill 1878 births 1946 deaths Architects from Bergen Technical University of Munich alumni Sailors (sport) from Bergen Neoclassical architects Norwegian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 12 Metre Olympic sailors for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics