Guthorm Kavli (15 May 1917 – 1 June 1995) was a Norwegian architect and art historian.

Biography

Kavli was born in

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, Norway. He received a degree in architecture from the

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in 1941 and a degree in art history from

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in 1946. He was awarded the

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degree at the

in 1967. During the Norwegian campaign in spring 1940 - Kavli from 9th of April to 5th of May - joined Major Reidar Holtermann together with over other 200 volunteer soldiers in The Battle of Hegra. His brother Wilhelm Kavli also was among Holtermanns menn. (5.) During the

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during

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, he joined the Free Norwegian forces in

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and later joined the

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. Kavli served as an Officer with the

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from 1942 to 1945. Kavli was one of the members of the

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(M.F.A.A.), who sought to protect European art treasures during and after the war. After the liberation of Norway, he worked for the

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from 1950 to 1961. He held the position as administrator at the

Royal Palace, Oslo The Royal Palace ( no, Slottet or ''Det kongelige slott'') in Oslo was built in the first half of the 19th century as the Norwegian residence of the French-born King Charles III John, who reigned as king of Norway and Sweden. The palace is th ...

from 1962 to 1987. His doctoral thesis wa
''Trønderske trepaléer: borgerlig panelarkitektur nordenfjells''
Other important works include

(1958)
''Norges festninger: fra Fredriksten til Vardøhus''
(1987) an
''25 år på kongens slott''
(1992).

References

5. Karl H. Brox, ''Kampen om Hegra'', Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1988. Frode Lidgjerdet, ''Slaget om Hegra festing 1940'', Ares forlag AS, 2016. Guthorm Kavli, ''Hegra festning'' (in ''På kongens slott'', pages 21-28 ), Chr. Schibsteds Forlag A/S, 1992. 1917 births 1995 deaths People from Trondheim Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Uppsala University alumni Norwegian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century Norwegian architects Burials at Vestre gravlund {{Norway-architect-stub