Jan Inge Hovig (11 May 1920 – 4 July 1977) was a Norwegian

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. Hovig was born at

Verran Verran is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1901 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was divided between Steinkjer Municipality and Indre Fosen Municipality. It was part of the Innherred region ...

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, Norway. He was the son of Johannes Sigurd Hovig (1895-1953) and Gudlaug Pauline Taugstad (1900-1969). Hovig finished his studies at the

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in 1946. He was city architect during the reconstruction of

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1947–1950. Narvik had been devastated in battle during 1940 as part of the Norwegian Campaign of the

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. In 1950 he moved to

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and founded his own office. In 1956 Hovig entered into a partnership with

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. From 1972 Hovig entered into a partnership with Helge B. Kvernes in

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. Hovig represented Norway at the Architecture Exhibition during the

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. Hovig's most notable work is the

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(''Tromsøysund kirke''), which was drafted in 1960 and completed in 1965. The church is part of the

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parish in the

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. It is now probably the city's most famous building. Jan Inge Hovig married

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and author

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in June 1977. Just one week after the wedding ceremony, he died of

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. He was buried at

Vestre gravlund Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen metro station. At , it is the largest cemetery in Norway. It was inaugurated in September 1902 and also contains a crematorium (''Vestre kre ...

in Oslo.

Notable works

* 1957 - Peace Chapel (''

Fredskapellet Fredskapellet ( no, Fredskapellet) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Narvik. It is an annex chapel in the Narvik parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) ...

'') - Narvik * 1958 - Harstad Church (''Harstad kyrkje''). * 1961 - Tromsø Police Department (''Troms politihus'') * 1965 -

(''Tromsøysund kirke'') in Tromsø. * 1965 - Alfheim Swimming Pool (''Alfheim svømmehall'') in Tromsø. * 1968 - Athletic Centre (''Idrettens hus'') in Narvik.Architecture Guide for Northern Norwa
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References

1920 births 1977 deaths People from Verran Modernist architects from Norway Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni 20th-century Norwegian architects Burials at Vestre gravlund {{Norway-architect-stub