Henning Astrup (6 June 1864 – 7 December 1896) was a Norwegian architect. He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo, Norway) to city captain (''stadshauptmann'') Harald Astrup and Johanne Emilie Smith. He was a brother of Arctic explorer

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(1871–1895), merchant Sigurd Astrup (1873–1949), and architect

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(1876–1940). His sister Hanna (1869–1933) was married to politician

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. Astrup graduated from the Königliche Technische Hochschule in Berlin (today

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. He cooperated professionally with architect

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, and among their designs were ''Speilsalen'' of the

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in Oslo the Calmeyer Street Mission House from 1891, and ''Frimurerlogens stamhus'' (Lodge of the Freemasons) from 1894.

Gallery

Image:Frimurerlosjen Oslo.jpg, Frimurerlogens stamhus Image:Grand hotel oslo IMG 4965.JPG, Speilsalen File:29167 Calmeyergatens Misjonshus.jpg, The Calmeyer Street Mission House

References

1864 births 1896 deaths Architects from Oslo Technische Universität Berlin alumni Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{Norway-architect-stub