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Nov 29, 1893 Fredrikstad, Eastern Norway, Norway Died on 30 Jun 1972 (aged 78)
Norwegian architect
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About Ole Øvergaard
- Ole Bernhard Øvergaard (29 November 1893 – 30 June 1972) was a Norwegian architect.Ole Bernhard Øvergaard was born at Fredrikstad in Østfold, Norway.
- He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1916.
- Øvergaard worked as assistant to Magnus Poulsson in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1916 to 1917 and with Olaf Nordhagen in Trondheim in 1917.
- During the 1920s, he went on study trips to Sweden, Denmark, France, England and Italy.
- From 1922 he had his own practice in Christiania, the first two years together with Lars Backer.Øvergaard specialized in hospital and was influential within the genre for decades.
- He also designed residential complexes.
- Important buildings designed by Øvergaard include the Norwegian Radium Hospital.
- Together with Nils Holter (1899-1995), he designed Kringkastingshuset (commonly known as Det hvite hus), headquarters of Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation at Marienlyst in Oslo.
- Øvergaard also designed an extension to the Hotel Continental in Oslo (1960–61).
- From 1956 to 1960 he presided over the National Association of Norwegian Architects.
