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

Career

Lund originally worked in shipping, a job he held until 1940. 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

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. The rest of his life he worked as a sculptor.

Family

Lund was the son of the painter Henrik Lund and Gunbjør Olsen, 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.

Works

Lund's busts or portrait heads included the following: *

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, at Høyres Hus in Oslo (unveiled 1968) *

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, director of the

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in Bergen (1968) *

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, director of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (1968) *Gunnar Kristian Lindeman, director of

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at Hasle in Oslo (1969) *Rolf Stranger, at Norway Trade Fair at Sjølyst in Oslo (1980) *

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, founder and CEO of

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in Oslo (1971) * Hans Christian Henriksen, director of the

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(1971) He also created the statue ''Blomsterpiken'' (The Flower Girl) at Molde Airport (1973)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Knut Henrik 1909 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Norwegian sculptors People from Aurskog-Høland Norwegian expatriates in Sweden