Thorvald Astrup

Thorvald Astrup
Thorvald Astrup
Born	(1876-05-18)May 18, 1876 Oslo, Norway
Died	August 12, 1940(1940-08-12) (aged 64)
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	Christiania Technical School in 1891-92 Christiania Fine Art School Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg
Occupation	Architect
Years active	1899-1940
Known for	Såheim Power Station Tyssedal Power Station Norsk Hydro administration building Tinnoset Line and Rjukan Line stations
Style	Neoclassicism, functionalism, jugendstil
Children	Henning Astrup
Parent(s)	Harald Astrup
Relatives	Eivind Astrup (brother) Sigurd Astrup (brother) Henning Astrup (brother)

Thorvald Astrup (18 May 1876 – 12 August 1940) was a Norwegian architect, particularly known for industrial architecture.

Born in Oslo (Christiania), he was educated at Christiania Technical School in 1891-92, and Christiania Fine Art School the following year; he also attended Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg from 1896-97. In 1899 he started to work as an architect, and was soon specializing in industrial constructions, particularly related to power production and transmission, factories and dams; many monumental installations were built in neoclassic or functionalistic style. These include Såheim Power Station in Rjukan (1916), Tyssedal Power Station (1906), while the administration building for Norsk Hydro in Rjukan is built in jugendstil. Astrup also designed all the railway stations on the Tinnoset Line and Rjukan Line.