Lars Jacob Hvinden-Haug is a professor researcher at NIKU. He has a PhD (Dr. ing.) in architecture.

Besides his extensive experience of cultural heritage, through building archaeological surveys and cultural heritage of all periods, Hvinden-Haug has especially worked with the 17th and the 18th Century Norwegian architectural history in an international context and in the light of cultural history. This also applies to architecture related to interior and garden history. He is experienced with projects abroad.

Hvinden-Haug graduated as an architect from Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), and presented his PhD (Dr. ing.) dissertation in 2008; “The older Baroque in Norway – Typology and Use 1660-1733”.