Ingeborg Krafft

Born on 23 April 1902, Ingeborg Krafft was the daughter of Petter Pettersen and his wife Sophie Susanne Krafft.^[1] She attended the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry.^[1] She went on to study at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1926 and 1928.^[1]

She began her professional career, partly during her studies, as an assistant architect to a number of renowned architects in Norway and Sweden including Henrik Bull, Lars Backer, Israel Wahlman, Gunnar Asplund, and Hakon Ahlberg.^[1] From 1930, she began her own architectural practice in Oslo, and initially designed cabins, summer houses and villas. Later, her works focused more on housing and interior design.^[1]

Krafft became a permanent consultant for the Norway's Farmers' Women's Association.^[1][2] She was also associated with a number of other professional organizations including the National Association of Norwegian Architects, the Women's International Housing Committee, and the Norwegian Farmer Women's Rationalization Committee.^[1][3]

In 1947, she received the Lars Backer's grant to study the housing reforms in America.^[1][4]

She died on 20 May 1963.^[1]