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Henning Larsen

1925 - 2013

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Henning Larsen (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House. Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1952. He continued studies subsequently at the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henning Larsen is the 350th most popular architect (down from 199th in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 211th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Henning Larsen ranks 350 out of 518. Before him are Charles Jencks, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Lipót Baumhorn, Laurynas Gucevičius, Christopher Alexander, and Benedetto Antelami. After him are Imre Makovecz, Antonio Rinaldi, Albert Kahn, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Tylman van Gameren, and Yvonne Farrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Henning Larsen ranks 265. Before him are Don Alden Adams, Yogi Berra, Konrad Wolf, Otto Muehl, Ernst Neizvestny, and Seymour Cray. After him are Gordon George Avery, Julian Beck, Shehu Shagari, Francesco Colasuonno, José Beyaert, and Luis Cruz. Among people deceased in 2013, Henning Larsen ranks 243. Before him are Hennadiy Udovenko, George Duke, Martin Koeman, Otto Muehl, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, and Peter Banks. After him are Ignacio Eizaguirre, Zdeněk Zikán, Eero Mäntyranta, Zlatko Papec, Dezső Gyarmati, and Nadir Afonso.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Henning Larsen ranks 384 out of 1,032. Before him are Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Ari Behn (1972), Ulrich Thomsen (1963), Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920), Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842), and Prince Gustav of Denmark (1887). After him are Peter Georg Bang (1797), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), Viggo Kampmann (1910), Ole Beich (1955), and Jakob Nielsen (1957).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Denmark

Among architects born in Denmark, Henning Larsen ranks 7. Before him are Jørn Utzon (1918), Arne Jacobsen (1902), Theophil Hansen (1813), Verner Panton (1926), Jan Gehl (1936), and Christian Frederik Hansen (1756). After him are Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929), Kaare Klint (1888), and Bjarke Ingels (1974).

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