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Peter Høier Holtermann (16 November 1820 – 24 August 1865) was a Norwegian architect.
Peter Høier Holtermann (16 November 1820 – 24 August 1865) was a Norwegian architect.
Biography
He was born inAustrått
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, in Ørland
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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
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.
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
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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.
Selected works
Churches
*Haslum
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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 inOslo
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(1856)
* Akerselvens Klædefabrik (1865)
* City Hall and the Latin School in Tromsø
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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 {{Norway-architect-stub