Torben Grut

[1] Torben Andreas Grut was born at Tuns parish in Skaraborg County, Sweden.

From 1894, Grut was employed by the Danish architect Hans Jørgen Holm.

[2] In 1906, he designed Solliden Palace, the summer residence of the Swedish Royal Family.

[2] Torben was the Swedish champion in tennis 1896-1897 and a member of the Danish IOC 1906-1912.

His son William Grut (1914–2012) won the Gold Medal in the modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics.