Kjetil Trædal Thorsen

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Kjetil Trædal Thorsen is a Norwegian architect. He was born on the remote Norwegian coastal island of Karmøy. After several years abroad in Germany and England, he studied architecture in Graz, Austria. In 1987, he co-founded the Snøhetta i.s. company and has been active in many aspects of the company’s projects. He has been involved in design and led several award winning design competitions for public buildings in Europe and around the world including the new art museum built for the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, the new library in Alexandria, Egypt and the new Operahouse in Oslo, Norway. He was a founder of Norway’s foremost architecture gallery, Galleri Rom in 1986.

Thorsen is a member of the Norwegian Architectural Association (NAL) and has served on their Design Competition Committee. He has served as Juror on various design competitions in Europe and has been involved in several architecture and design symposia worldwide.

Since 2004, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen has been a Professor at the University of Innsbruck.

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