Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn was born in Kongsberg, Norway, in 1924. He received his degree from the Architectural School of Oslo, where he would later return as a professor. In the early 50s he studied North African primitive mural architecture in Morocco and spent time in Paris working and studying at Jean Prouvé’s office. Both experiences influenced his own architectural practice, which he established in Oslo in 1953.

Sverre Fehn was equally revered at home and abroad. In 1997 he received the international Pritzker Architecture Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of Architecture. The Sverre Fehn Collection by Fjordfiesta features furniture from three highlights of his career: The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1962), Villa Schreiner in Norway (1963) and Villa Norrköping in Sweden (1964).