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Henning Larsen

1925 - 2013

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Henning Larsen (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House. Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henning Larsen has received more than 106,129 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Henning Larsen is the 199th most popular architect (up from 325th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 354th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Architect.

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  • 55.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Henning Larsen ranks 199 out of 518. Before him are Lev Rudnev, Jacobus Oud, Shigeru Ban, Luigi Vanvitelli, Adrian Smith, and Mart Stam. After him are Henri Labrouste, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Lilly Reich, Elissa Aalto, Christian de Portzamparc, and Alexander Tamanian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Henning Larsen ranks 134. Before him are Efim Geller, Luis Molowny, Toshio Iwatani, Shigeko Higashikuni, Louison Bobet, and John Guillermin. After him are Flannery O'Connor, Maurice Pialat, Pavel Belyayev, Aldo Ciccolini, Art Pepper, and René Moawad. Among people deceased in 2013, Henning Larsen ranks 121. Before him are Seki Matsunaga, Dennis Farina, Pran, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Tony Lip, and Aslan Usoyan. After him are Dominique Venner, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ali Kafi, Zao Wou-Ki, Édouard Molinaro, and Jim Kelly.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Henning Larsen ranks 211 out of 1,032. Before him are Erik Pontoppidan (1698), Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Jens Otto Krag (1914), Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), Marie Krøyer (1867), and Søren Lerby (1958). After him are Jacob Gade (1879), Rorik of Dorestad (900), Kurt Westergaard (1935), Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), and King Diamond (1956).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Denmark

Among architects born in Denmark, Henning Larsen ranks 6. Before him are Arne Jacobsen (1902), Jørn Utzon (1918), Theophil Hansen (1813), Verner Panton (1926), and Jan Gehl (1936). After him are Christian Frederik Hansen (1756), Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929), Kaare Klint (1888), and Bjarke Ingels (1974).

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