Harald Salling-Mortensen

Harald Salling-Mortensen
Born (1902-07-07)7 July 1902
Esbjerg, Denmark
Died 15 September 1969(1969-09-15) (aged 67)
Aarhus, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Alma mater Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Occupation Architect
Buildings Børglum Hall

Harald Søren Salling-Mortensen was a Danish architect from Esbjerg who mainly worked in an around Aarhus in the early 20th century. Salling-Mortensen was born in Esbjerg on 6 July 1902 to Morten Mortensen, later the mayor of Esbjerg, and Augusta Elisabeth Salling.[1][2]

He became a master carpenter in 1921, graduated from Odense Technical School in 1923 and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen 1925-26. He briefly found employment in Esbjerg before he moved to Aarhus to work for the city architect in 1926.27. He had occasional work for the architect Axel Høeg-Hansen in 1923-34, who had a practice in Aarhus, and in 1935 he became regularly employed there. In 1940 he took over the company when Høeg-Hansen left Aarhus.[1]

Salling-Mortensen created some of the landmark structures in Aarhus such as Handelsbankens Hus, Børglum Kollegiet and the former Main City Library in Mølleparken.[2] He was a member of the board of the Architects' Association of Denmark's department in Jutland from 1941-48. Salling-Mortensen was married to Christence Elisabeth Kjær on 26 December 1934 in Esbjerg and died on 15 October 1969 in Aarhus. He is interred at Vestre Cemetery.[1]

In 1969 Salling-Mortensen's former architects practice was bought by Falch og Larsen A/S and is today aarhus arkitekterne a/s.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Harald Salling-Mortensen" (in Danish). Danish Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Byggeskik" (in Danish). Aarhus Municipality. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

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