Jacob Digre (1811–1891) was a Norwegian

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and builder. Digre's firm was one of the largest construction companies in Northern Norway. He built and designed several monumental buildings in

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including Hjorten, Frimurerlogen, Britannia Hotel, and Mathesongården as well as a number of churches in central and northern Norway. Digre was the son of Lars Larsen Digre and Brynhild Paulsøn Stavlund. He was married on 1 December 1843 to Anne Kristine Dahl at the

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. They had five children including Johan Digre, their first born child. Digre started as a carpenter at the

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. In 1838, he established his own building company. In 1862, he bought Einar Gram's plant in Ila. Later, the plant was expanded with its own

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, carpentry factory, and architectural drawing office. After a fire in 1876, the plant was rebuilt and modernized. His son Johan Digre was an architect for the company, but after his death Karl Norum became the company's architect. After Jacob Digre's death in 1891, the sons Ludvig Bernhard Digre and Johannes Digre continued running the company. In 1904, the company was transformed into a

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. In 1927 the company was closed down. Digre designed several wooden churches in Norway including

Ålen Church Ålen Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Holtålen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Renbygda. It is the church for the Ålen parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in ...

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, Edøy Church, and Mosvik Church.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Digre, Jacob 1811 births 1891 deaths Architects from Trondheim