Marius Røhne


Marius Røhne was a Norwegian landscape architect.

Personal life

Røhne was born in Løten to farmer Mons Røhne and Inger Marie Jakobsdatter Helseth. He was married twice, first to Ingeborg Marie Gundestrup, and second to Astri Alfrida Mathilde Viddal.

Career

Røhne graduated as cand.hort. from the Norges Landbrukshøgskole in 1911. He practiced as garden architect in Kristiania from 1913, and was partly responsible for planning the park areas for the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition at Frogner. From 1916 to 1948 he was appointed city gardener and leader of the Park Authority in Oslo. Røhne co-founded Norsk Gartnerforening in 1910, and was a co-founder of the trade union Norsk Hagearkitektlag in 1929.
Røhne was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 1951, and the Medal of St. Hallvard in 1958. He died in Oslo in 1966.