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Carl Julius Bergstrøm
Carl Julius Bergstrøm (born April/May 1828 in Copenhagen, died 4 February 1898 in Trondheim) was a Norwegian architect who worked in the city of Trondheim from 1872 until his death in 1898. Biography Bergstrøm probably came to Norway with his father J. W. Bergstrøm and his brother William in 1837 when he was only 9 years old. Shortly thereafter, the family settled in Horten, where the father worked as a builder at Karljohansvern. He married Henriette Jacobsen. Buildings Bergstrøm designed several church buildings made of wood or natural stone with a mixture of Swiss chalet style and Neo-gothic architecture. He also worked all over Northern Norway in what is now Trøndelag, Nordland, and Troms counties. His most famous buildings are Vågan Church (1898), also known as the ''Lofoten Cathedral'', as well as Melhus Church (1892), Orkdal Church (1892) and Sortland Church (1901). Other churches include: Gildeskål Church, Horg Church, Nordbotn Church, Nordli Church, Saura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Vikings, Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. During the 16th century, the city served as the ''de facto'' capital of the Kalmar Union and the seat of the Union's monarchy, which governed most of the modern-day Nordic countries, Nordic region as part of a Danish confederation with Sweden and Norway. The city flourished as the cultural and economic centre of Scandinavia during the Renaissance. By the 17th century, it had become a regional centre of power, serving as the heart of the Danish government and Military history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troms
Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland (Finland), Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean). The county had a population of 169,610 in 2024. The entire county, which was established in 1866, is located north of the Arctic Circle. The Troms County Municipality is the governing body for the county, elected by the people of Troms, while the Troms County governor (Norway), county governor is a representative of the King of Norway, King and Government of Norway. From 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 Troms was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger was reversed by the government resulting from the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election. General information Name Until 1919, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Norwegian Architects
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems and confirm cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, , is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper , accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. February * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing 266 men. The event precipitates the United States' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1828 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France. * January 8 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized. * January 22 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * February 10 – " Black War": In the Cape Grim massacre – About 30 Aboriginal Tasmanians gathering food at a beach are probably ambushed, shot with muskets and killed by four indentured "servants" (or convicts) employed as shepherds for the Van Diemen's Land Company as part of a series of reprisal attacks, with the bodies of some of the men thrown from a 60 metre (200 ft) cliff. * February 19 – The Boston Society for Medical Improvement is established in the United States. * February 21 – The first American-Indian newspaper in the United States, the '' Cherokee Phoenix'', is published. * February 22 – Treaty of Turkmenchay: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sørli Church
Sørli Church (; local pronunciation: ''Søli-kjærsja'') is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lierne Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mebygda. It is the church for the Sørli parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The red, wooden, Neo-Gothic church was built in a long church style in 1873 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl Julius Bergstrøm. The church seats 250 about people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1548, but the church was not new that year. The first church here was a stave church that was built about west of the present church site on the Devika farm (historically the church was sometimes called Devik Church). Not much is known about the old medieval church. In 1613, the Swedish Army burned the church down during the Kalmar War. In 1616, a new church was built on the site of the old church. The new church was pretty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saura Church
Saura Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Saura. It is one of the churches for the Gildeskål parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1884 using plans drawn up by the architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ... Carl J. Bergstrøm. The church seats about 250 people. See also * List of churches in Sør-Hålogaland References {{use dmy dates, date=April 2021 Gildeskål Churches in Nordland Wooden churches in Norway 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1884 1884 establishments in Norway Long churches in Norwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordli Church
Nordli Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lierne Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sandvika. It is the main church for the Nordli parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1873 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl J. Bergstrøm. The church seats about 250 people. History The first church in Sandvika was built in 1636. In 1790, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new building. In 1873, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed building. The church was designed as a long church in a Neo-gothic style with a nave and choir. It also has a sacristy on the north side of the choir and an entry porch on the west end of the nave. See also *List of churches in Nidaros This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros in Norway. It inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordbotn Church
Nordbotn Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nordbotn on the island of Fjellværsøya. It is one of the churches for the ''Hitra og Fillan'' parish which is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1900 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl Julius Bergstrøm. The church seats about 280 people. History In the late 1890s, approval to build a chapel at Nordbotn was given and Carl Julius Bergstrøm was hired to design the new chapel. The new church was built in 1900 and consecrated on 4 December 1900. The new building was a long church with a sacristy on both sides of the chancel. See also *List of churches in Nidaros This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Trøndelag county. The diocese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horg Church
Horg Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located just south of the village of Lundamo, on the east side of the European route E06 highway and the river Gaula. It is the church for the Horg parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1893 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl J. Bergstrøm. The church seats about 700 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1533, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Horg was located at Grinni, about to the southwest of the present church site. That church was a stave church that was likely built during the second half of the 12th century. A crucifix from the second half of the 12th century was in the church which leads historians to believe that this could be the time of the church's founding. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gildeskål Church
Gildeskål Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Inndyr. It is the main church for the Gildeskål parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The orange-colored, wooden, neo-Gothic church was built in a Churches in Norway#Floor plan, long church style in 1881 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl J. Bergstrøm. The church seats about 750 people. History In 1851, a new law was passed that said that all rural churches had to be able to fit at least 30% of the parish members in the church building. Since the Old Gildeskål Church was too small, a new church had to be built for the parish. It was decided that the new church would be built about west of the old church. The new church was completed in 1881 and it seated about 750 people. See also *List of churches in Sør-Hålogaland References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sortland Church
Sortland Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sortland Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Sortland. It is one of the three churches for the Sortland parish which is part of the Vesterålen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden, neo-Gothic church was built in a cruciform style in 1901 using plans drawn up by the architects Carl Julius Bergstrøm and Karl Norum. The church seats about 696 people. History The earliest existing historical records of this church date back to 1381, but the church was not new at that time. There have been several churches in Sortland over the centuries. The first churches in Sortland were located about southeast of the present-day church, closer to the fjord. Not much is known about the medieval churches in Sortland, but records show a new church was built in 1676. It was a log building in a cruciform design. In 1803, the church was heavily renovated. In 1814, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
