Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff (30 December 1855 – 17 February 1928) was a Norwegian architect. He took his education at the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

, and opened an architect's office in

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in 1881. He was assigned to design several important city buildings; the first was

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, erected in 1883. He later designed the Stavanger Gymnastics Association (1891),

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(1893) and

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(1897). All these buildings are characterized by

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architectural revival style, the latter with a different expression, performed mostly in raw red brick. Eckhoff designed several villas in western Norway, and distinguished himself as a church architect. His designs included Haukedalen church in

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(1885), Bore in

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(1891),

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( 1900), and

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(1908). Besides his architect work, he was a teacher at

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for thirty-three years.

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1855 births 1928 deaths Norwegian architects Technical University of Munich alumni Norwegian expatriates in Germany People from Stavanger {{norway-architect-stub