Sverre Fehn (1924–2009) was a Norwegian architect who designed more than 100 buildings, many of them museums and houses. Born in Kongsberg, he studied in Oslo under Arne Korsmo, discovered the vernacular architecture of Morocco on travels in 1952–53, and worked for two years in Paris in the studio of Jean Prouvé before opening his own office in Oslo in 1954. He taught at the Oslo School of Architecture from 1971 to 1995 and received the Pritzker Prize in 1997.
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The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1962) was designed to let in light like that of the Nordic countries. Villa Schreiner in Oslo (1963) and Villa Busk in Bamble (1990) are among his houses. At the Hedmark Museum in Hamar (1979) he built in concrete, wood and glass inside a 17th-century barn beside medieval ruins, with ramps for viewing the museum. Later came the Norwegian Glacier Museum at Fjærland (1991), which he extended in the 2000s, and the National Museum – Architecture in Oslo (2008). Sverre Fehn's buildings are studied for how new work meets old.
Nordic Pavilion1962 · Venice
Hedmark Museum1979 · Hamar
Norwegian Glacier Museum1991 · Fjærland
Villa Schreiner1963 · Oslo
Villa Busk1990 · Bamble
National Museum – Architecture2008 · Oslo