Lars Fletre
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Lars Fletre (June 22, 1904 in Voss, Norway – 1977) was a prominent Norwegian sculptor.
He immigrated to Chicago in 1923 and attended the technical night school at the Chicago Art Institute. He returned to Norway to marry Helen Svensson Fletre whom he met in Chicago. At one time, he worked at the Hadeland Glassverk factory in Jevnaker. He and his family returned to the United States in 1954, where he resided in Chicago until his passing while on vacation to Norway in 1977. Both Lars and Helen Fletre were prominent members of the Chicago Norwegian colony from 1954 when he and his wife settled there with their 3 children in Logan Square.
[edit] External links
- Bio from the Norwegian-American Historical Association
- Lars Fletre mention in Voss genealogy (PDF)
- Vesterheim - Location of his donated works to the Norwegian-American community
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