Funding for the city hall was donated in 1921 by
shipping magnate Knut Knutsen (Knut Knutsen OAS) and his wife Elisabeth. In 1921 they donated 1 million
Norwegian krones to the construction of the town hall. The gift was given in respect Knut Knutsen O.A.S. 50 years anniversary. Later, the shipping magnate also provided funding for the preparation of the park around the town hall. In 1947 Elisabeth Knutsen donated 1 million krones for preparation of the city hall's square and the decorations of the city hall and the garden of the city hall. It was completed a closed architectural competition and the architects
Herman Munthe-Kaas and
Gudolf Blakstad was commissioned to draw the city hall. The draft distinguishes itself by being drawn in a style of the 1920s, the internationally oriented
Neoclassism. ) at the City Hall Square in 1973 (National Library of Norway) ==References==