Knut Henrik Lund

Knut Henrik Lund
Born	(1909-07-20)July 20, 1909 Aurskog, Norway
Died	May 15, 1991(1991-05-15) (aged 85) Oslo, Norway
Occupation	Sculptor
Spouse(s)	Irene Una Rasmussen (1937) Linge Langård (1959)
Father	Henrik Lund
Relatives	Signe Lund

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

Career

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

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

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

• Rolf Stranger, at Høyres Hus in Oslo (unveiled 1968)
• Johan Hjort, director of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (1968)
• Georg Ossian Sars, director of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (1968)
• Gunnar Kristian Lindeman, director of Vinmonopolet at Hasle in Oslo (1969)
• Rolf Stranger, at Norway Trade Fair at Sjølyst in Oslo (1980)
• Ludvig G. Braathen, founder and CEO of Braathens in Oslo (1971)
• Hans Christian Henriksen, director of the Norwegian America Line (1971)

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

References

1. "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.