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. He attended the

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where he graduated in 1934. Fougner began his first job as an assistant architect working for

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1935–1938, followed by employment by

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in 1939. He was an active

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during the

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. Fougner left Norway in July 1940 to join a Norwegian group of special troops. Among other activities, he assisted in the transport of resistance fighters between Norway and

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. During the liberation of Norway, he was in a group under Major

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who led the liberation of Allies

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.''Gunnar Fougner aka Fjeltjset'' (The National Archives Kew, Richmond, Surrey)
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, he entered private practice in Lillehammer. He would later enter into partnership with

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. During the period 1955–1966, they won a number of major competitions. They completed the design of both the

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, (1953–63)) and the Institute of Odontology in

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(1955–63).

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*Nansen, Liv (2002) ''Gunnar Fougner. En arkitekt'

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