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Peter Høier Holtermann (16 November 1820 – 24 August 1865) was a Norwegian architect.
Biography
He was born in
Austrått
Austrått or Austrått Manor ( no, Austråttborgen) is a manor in Ørland municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. Since the 10th century, Austrått has been the residence for many noblemen, noblewomen, and officials who played a significant rol ...
, in
Ørland
Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord where the Stjørnfjorden arm begin ...
municipality,
Sør-Trøndelag County, Norway. He was a son of assessor Ove Bjelke Holtermann (1782–1857), and a second cousin of major general
Eiler Christian Holtermann, uncle of architect
Ove Bjelke Holtermann and a granduncle of major general
Hans Reidar Holtermann
Hans Reidar Holtermann (born 20 October 1895 in Sokndal, died 25 November 1966 in Bærum) was a Norway, Norwegian military officer. Holtermann is best known as the commander of Hegra Fortress during the Battle of Hegra Fortress in the Norwegian Ca ...
.
He attended the
Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818.
In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO).
...
before studying in
Berlin
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from 1842 to 1846. In 1846 he returned to Norway and established an architect's office in
Christiania. His designs include the
Norwegian College of Agriculture
The Norwegian University of Life Sciences ( no, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet, NMBU) is a public university located in Ås, Norway. It is located at Ås in Viken, near Oslo, and at Adamstuen in Oslo and has around 5,200 stud ...
, Christiania Seildugsfabrik, Tromsø city hall and Christiania Sparebank, all erected during the 1850s and 1860s. His church designs include those in
Nes
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,
Aremark
Aremark is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby.
Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymark wa ...
,
Treungen
Treungen is a village in, and the administrative centre of Nissedal municipality, Telemark county in Norway.
Located just east of the village Tveitsund, it is a part of the urban area of the same name, which has a population of 361 as of 1 Janua ...
and
Holla. Many of his works have been torn down or destroyed.
From 1862 to his death he was the chairman of the
Norwegian Polytechnic Society.
He died in 1865 in a working accident.
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Selected works
Churches
* Haslum
Haslum is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population (2007) is 6,041.[Nes
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Church, Akershus 1860
* Aremark
Aremark is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby.
Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymark wa ...
Church (1861)
* Bryn Church (1861)
* Treungen
Treungen is a village in, and the administrative centre of Nissedal municipality, Telemark county in Norway.
Located just east of the village Tveitsund, it is a part of the urban area of the same name, which has a population of 361 as of 1 Janua ...
Church (1863)
* Holla Church (1865–67)
Other
* Agricultural University at Ås (1854–1959)
* Christiania Seildugsfabrik in Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...
(1856)
* Akerselvens Klædefabrik (1865)
* City Hall and the Latin School in Tromsø
Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.
Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the ...
(1862–1965)
References
1820 births
1865 deaths
People from Ørland
Norwegian expatriates in Germany
Accidental deaths in Norway
19th-century Norwegian architects
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