Harald Salling-Mortensen

Harald Salling-Mortensen
Born	7 July 1902 Esbjerg, Denmark
Died	15 September 1969 (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]

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  Handelsbankens Hus

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  Børglum Hall

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  Former Main City Library

References

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

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