"Kjøllefjord kirke" (3 of 5)
Description
The authorities engaged the National Association of Norwegian Architects to advice on suitably experienced architects for the reconstruction of churches. The architect Finn Bryn was assigned the commission to design the new church in Kjøllefjord as well as the ones in Kautokeino and Molde.
Finn Bryn (1890-1975) graduated in 1916 from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim. He was first employed by the architect Georg Greve and went on to work for Arnstein Arneberg until 1922. He then set up his own practice with Johan Ellefsen in Oslo. In 1939 he designed the Norwegian pavilion at the World Expo in New York and following that he
established a new practice in his sole name. Finn Bryn is regarded as one of the pioneers of functionalism (the Nordic term for early modernism) in Norway. He had a huge output which spanned from housing via churches to furniture and stoves. Following the liberation of Norway in 1945 he engaged in both the reconstruction of Finnmark and teaching on the newly established private architectural training course in Oslo. When the government took over the responsibility for this "emergency" course, Bryn continued teaching as well as running his own practice.
Finn Bryn (1890-1975) graduated in 1916 from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim. He was first employed by the architect Georg Greve and went on to work for Arnstein Arneberg until 1922. He then set up his own practice with Johan Ellefsen in Oslo. In 1939 he designed the Norwegian pavilion at the World Expo in New York and following that he
established a new practice in his sole name. Finn Bryn is regarded as one of the pioneers of functionalism (the Nordic term for early modernism) in Norway. He had a huge output which spanned from housing via churches to furniture and stoves. Following the liberation of Norway in 1945 he engaged in both the reconstruction of Finnmark and teaching on the newly established private architectural training course in Oslo. When the government took over the responsibility for this "emergency" course, Bryn continued teaching as well as running his own practice.
