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Rudolf Emanuel Jacobsen (27 October 1879 – 1937) was a Norwegian architect.
Jacobsen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a student at the Arts and Crafts School (Kunst- og håndverksskolen), now Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole). He served as an assistant architectwith Bredo Greve and Ingvar Hjorth.He completed his education at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm from 1904-07.
Jacobsen was among the architects who contributed to the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition at Frogner Park in 1914,where he co-designed (with August Nielsen) the main restaurant (Folkerestauranten), Agricultural Building (Landbruksbygningen) and Forestry Building(Skogbruksbygningen).
Among Jacobsen's other works were Bytårnet in Moss,Doblouggården and Oslo hovedpostkontor.
