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Kaare Klint

1888 - 1954

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Kaare Klint (15 December 1888 – 28 March 1954) was a Danish architect and furniture designer, known as the father of modern Danish furniture design. His style was epitomized by clean, pure lines, use of the best materials of his time and superb craftsmanship. He was the son of the equally influential architect Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint whose monumental Grundtvig's Church he completed after his father's death in 1930. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kaare Klint is the 420th most popular architect (down from 384th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 439th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Danish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Kaare Klint ranks 420 out of 518. Before him are Jan Wils, Dankmar Adler, Edward Blore, Michel de Klerk, Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, and Andrey Voronikhin. After him are Frederick Catherwood, Enric Miralles, Ventura Rodríguez, Hermann Bollé, Momik, and Alessandro Antonelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Kaare Klint ranks 205. Before him are Anders Haugen, Gerhard Ritter, Seán Lester, Sándor Pósta, Ronald Knox, and José Eustasio Rivera. After him are Edward Cook, Fritz-Hubert Gräser, Kaarlo Koskelo, Harry Beaumont, Alexei Mateevici, and Guido Romano. Among people deceased in 1954, Kaare Klint ranks 126. Before him are Ludwik Hirszfeld, Reinhold Schünzel, Mihri Müşfik Hanım, Vitaliano Brancati, Jules De Bisschop, and Henri Frankfort. After him are Julio Acosta García, Abelardo Olivier, Miles Franklin, Charles Perrin, Sydney Greenstreet, and Otto Gebühr.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Kaare Klint ranks 491 out of 1,032. Before him are Thure Lindhardt (1974), Tage Reedtz-Thott (1839), Tommy Seebach (1949), Ernst Schultz (1879), Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), and Ebbe Sand (1972). After him are Hannibal Sehested (1842), Leif Mortensen (1946), Kenneth Brylle (1959), Katy Bødtger (1932), Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940), and Flemming Povlsen (1966).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Denmark

Among architects born in Denmark, Kaare Klint ranks 9. Before him are Theophil Hansen (1813), Verner Panton (1926), Jan Gehl (1936), Christian Frederik Hansen (1756), Henning Larsen (1925), and Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929). After him are Bjarke Ingels (1974).

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