Olaf Jarl Alstad (1854–1947) 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 ...

. He 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 ...

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on 26 April 1854. He parents were Mathias Olaus Alstad and Louise Amalie Steen. He never married or had children. He died in

on 12 January 1947. Olaf Jarl Alstad was a student at Trondhjem's technical college, graduating in 1874. He did some further studies at the

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. He became an

and later was a teacher of architecture. He studied freehand drawing, shadow theory, and perspective. From 1900 to 1915 he was a member of the board of the

Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments () is an organization focused on conservation preservation in Norway. The Society was founded in 1844. The founders were painters, historians, art historians and archeologists, including ...

Works

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

Selbustrand Church Selbustrand Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Selbu Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Selbustrand. It is one of the churches for the Selbu parish which is part of the Stjørdal prost ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alstad, Olaf Jarl 1854 births 1947 deaths Architects from Trondheim