Henrik Nissen

Johannes Henrik Nissen ( 21 April 1848 – 4 June 1915) was a Norwegian architect.

Personal life He was born in Christiania as a son of school manager Hartvig Nissen (1815–1874) and Karen Magdalena Aas (1820–1900). He was a great-grandson of Martinus Nissen and Erik Andreas Colban, and brother of Per Schjelderup Nissen. Through his sister Helga Johanne Arentz Nissen he was a brother-in-law of Johan Johannson and uncle of Johan and Ole Hartvig Nissen Johannson.

In October 1875 in Berlin he married Hedwig Marie Pauline Bauer (1853–1929). Henrik was also an uncle of prison director Hartvig Nissen and Kristian Nissen.

He was chairman of the Norwegian Engineering and Architectural Society 1890 and 1895–96, and 1911–15. He was the first chairman of the Association of Norwegian Architects Association. He was also a juror in a wide range of important architectural competitions, and he was politically active in the Conservative Party in Kristiania and was a member of the municipal council for Kristiania Municipality from 1898–1901. Nissen was appointed Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1884.

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