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

Biography

Kavli was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

, Norway. He received a degree in architecture from the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology ( Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was ...

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 9 April to 5 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

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and later joined the

Norwegian High Command The Norwegian High Command () was Norway's top military leadership from 1970 to 2003. It was established in Northern Norway in 1940 by General Otto Ruge. It was then re-established by the Norwegian Government-in-exile in London in 1942, lasting unt ...

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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

Monuments Men The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section Unit (MFAA) was a program established by the Allies in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II. The group of about 400 service members and civilians worked ...

(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

National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design The National Museum (, officially the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design) is a museum in Oslo, Norway which holds the Norwegian state's public collection of art, architecture, and design objects. The collection totals over 400,000 w ...

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

Royal Palace, Oslo The Royal Palace ( or ''Det kongelige slott'') in Oslo was built in the first half of the 19th century as the Norwegian residence of the Kingdom of France, French-born Charles XIV John, who reigned as king of Union between Sweden and Norway, Nor ...

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