Johan Peter Digre (1844–1886) was a Norwegian

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 ...

and builder. He was the son of

Jacob Digre Jacob Digre (1811–1891) was a Norwegian architect and builder. Digre's firm was one of the largest construction companies in Northern Norway. He built and designed several monumental buildings in Trondheim including Hjorten, Frimurerloge ...

who ran a large construction company in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...

. Together with his brother Ludwig, he led his father's carpentry and lumber company in

. Johan Digre was the architect for the prefabricated houses from the company, in addition to having a private architectural office. Digre was also employed as a teacher at the architecture school in Trondheim in 1867 and he was a teacher at Trondhjem's Technical College from 1878 to 1879. Digre and the construction company designed and/or built several churches in Norway including

Singsås Church Singsås Church ( no, Singsås kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Midtre Gauldal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Singsås. It is the church for the Singsås parish which is part of the G ...

, Haltdalen Church,

Sykkylven Church Sykkylven Church ( no, Sykkylven kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aure. It is the church for the Sykkylven parish which is part of the ...

Heggstad Church Heggstad Church ( no, Heggstad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Inderøy municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at Sandvollan, just south of the village of Gangstadhaugen. It is the main church for the Sandv ...

, Rødøy Church,

Edøy Church Edøy Church ( no, Edøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Edøy on the southern coast of the island of Smøla. It is the main church for ...

, and

Mosvik Church Mosvik Church ( no, Mosvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Inderøy municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mosvik. It is one of the churches for the Mosvik parish which is part of the ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Digre, Johan 1844 births 1886 deaths Architects from Trondheim