Knut Henrik Lund


Knut Henrik Lund was a Norwegian sculptor known for his portrait busts.

Career

Lund originally worked in shipping, a job he held until 1940. Before the Second World War, he was also a pupil of Wilhelm Rasmussen. During the war he fled to Sweden, and then from 1945 to 1948 he was at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. The rest of his life he worked as a sculptor.

Family

Lund was the son of the painter Henrik Lund and Gunbjør Olsen, and he was the nephew of the composer Signe Lund. He married Irene Una Rasmussen in 1937, and in 1959 he married the actress Linge Langård.

Works

Lund's busts or portrait heads included the following:
He also created the statue Blomsterpiken at Molde Airport