Henning Astrup | |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1864 |
Birth Place: | Kristiania, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Parents: | Harald Astrup |
Relatives: | Eivind Astrup (brother) Sigurd Astrup (brother) Thorvald Astrup (brother) Peter Andreas Morell (brother-in-law) |
Occupation: | Architect |
Henning Astrup (6 June 1864 - 7 December 1896) was a Norwegian architect.
He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo, Norway) to city captain (stadshauptmann) Harald Astrup and Johanne Emilie Smith.[1] He was a brother of Arctic explorer Eivind Astrup (1871 - 1895), merchant Sigurd Astrup (1873 - 1949), and architect Thorvald Astrup (1876 - 1940).[2] His sister Hanna (1869 - 1933) was married to politician Peter Andreas Morell.[3]
Astrup graduated from the Königliche Technische Hochschule in Berlin (today Technische Universität Berlin.[4] He cooperated professionally with architect Henrik Nissen, and among their designs were Speilsalen of the Grand Hotel in Oslo[1] the Calmeyer Street Mission House from 1891, and Frimurerlogens stamhus (Lodge of the Freemasons) from 1894.[4]