Svein Hatløy
Svein Hatløy (12 May 1940 – 5 July 2015) was a Norwegian architect, professor and founder of the Bergen School of Architecture. He was born in Årdal Municipality. Hatløy was the principal of the Bergen School of Architecture from its foundation in 1986 until August 2007.
Svein Hatløy

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- 1940 · Årdal Municipality.
- Died
- 2015
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Norwegian Institute of Technology · Academy of Fine Arts and Warsaw
- Honours
- Norsk Form Honours Award
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After his retirement as the school's principal, he still works as professor for the institution. He was educated as an architect at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1964 and later studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. He was given the Norwegian National Association of Architects' Honorable Membership in 2001 because of his long work with BAS. He died in 2015.
Svein Hatløy studied at Norwegian Institute of Technology and Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. Distinctions recorded are Norsk Form Honours Award.
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Svein Hatløy, an architect, was born in 1940. The birth is recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
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- 1.Svein Hatløy. Store norske leksikon.
- 2.Knut Olav Åmås. Hvem er hvem?. Aschehoug. 219–220. 2008. 978-82-03-23561-0.
- 3.Nils Jacobsen. Svein Hatløy er død. Stavanger Aftenblad. 41. 30 July 2015.
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