Text by Communications Advisor Anna Elisabeth Brokstad
Grete followed in the footsteps of her father, Jakob Tostrup Prytz, and became a goldsmith. During World War II Grete and her sister fled to Sweden where Grete worked in an architectural firm in Stockholm. There she met Arne again, and the couple ended up getting married during a lunch break.
Because when we called the registrar's office one morning and asked how we could get married, they said the most convenient would be if we could "come straight away!" During our lunch break on the same day, 30 April 30 1945, we cycled from our office to the registrar – and back to unsuspecting colleagues afterwards.
– Grete Prytz
Arne Korsmo
- Born: 14 August 1900
- Trained as an architect at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH)
- Helped to shape the Norwegian contribution to Scandinavian Design
- Died: 29 August 1968
Design collaboration
According to Grete, Arne tended to draw at all times, on whatever he had at hand: napkins, cigarette boxes and so on. It was often Grete's job to interpret the sketches and develop them into workable drawings.
Grete Prytz Kittelsen
- Born: 28 June 1917
- Trained as a goldsmith at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (SHKS)
- Received several major awards, including the Lunning Award in 1952 and the Jacob Prize in 1972
- Died: 25 September 2010
Planetveien
In the wake of a marriage
