Helge Thiis

He was the son of curator and museum director, Jens Thiis (1870–1942) and Ragna Vilhelmine Dons (1870–1939).

[2] Helge Thiis took his final examination in 1915 and began studying architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, receiving his diploma in 1919.

In 1929, he had won the competition for the reconstruction of the design of the west front and central tower of the Nidaros Cathedral.

It included the redesign of the main octagon tower, the helmet and the completion of the Nidaros Cathedral West Front.

Many of Norway’s leading sculptors joined in creating the western façade, working for several decades.