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Peter Høier Holtermann (16 November 1820 – 24 August 1865) was a Norwegian architect.

Biography

He was born in

Austrått Austrått or Austrått Manor () is a manor in Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. Since the 10th century, Austrått has been the residence for many noblemen, noblewomen, and officials who played a significant role in Norwegian hist ...

, in what is now

Ørland Municipality Ørland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

County, Norway. He was a son of assessor Ove Bjelke Holtermann (1782–1857), and a second cousin of major general Eiler Christian Holtermann, uncle of architect

Ove Bjelke Holtermann Ove Bjelke Holtermann (29 December 1852 – 5 February 1936) was a Norwegian architect. He was a son of vicar Eiler Hagerup Holtermann (1811–1872), and a nephew of architect Peter Høier Holtermann and an uncle of major general Hans Reidar Hol ...

and a granduncle of major general Hans Reidar Holtermann. He attended the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design () was established in 1818. In 1996, the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO), along with the Norwegian National Academy of ...

before studying in

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from 1842 to 1846. In 1846 he returned to Norway and established an architect's office in Christiania. His designs include the

Norwegian College of Agriculture The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (, NMBU) is a public university located in Ås, Norway. It is located in Akershus county and has around 7,700 students. History The institution was established in 1859 as the Higher Agricultural Coll ...

, Christiania Seildugsfabrik, Tromsø city hall and Christiania Sparebank, all erected during the 1850s and 1860s. His church designs include those in Nes Church, Aremark Church, Treungen Church and

Holla Church Holla Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nome Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ulefoss. It is one of the churches for the ''Holla og Helgen'' parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark ...

. Many of his works have been torn down or destroyed. From 1862 to his death he was the chairman of the

Norwegian Polytechnic Society The Polytechnic Society () is a Norwegian member network that inspires a science-based and sustainable development, through technology and interdisciplinary partnerships. It was founded in 1852 in Christiania (now: Oslo). The organisation was origin ...

. He died in 1865 in a working accident.

Selected works

Churches

Haslum Church Haslum is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population (2007) is 6,041.Bærum Municipality Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). The administr ...

Akershus Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...

(rebuilt 1853) * Nes Church,

Nes Municipality Nes is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the o ...

(1860) * Aremark Church,

Aremark Municipality Aremark is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby. Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymark ...

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

(1861) *

Bryn Church Bryn Church () is a long church () located in Rykkinn in the municipality of Bærum in Akershus county, Norway. The church functions both as a road church and is the parish church for Bryn. History The church was built in 1861 based on plans by ...

Bærum Municipality Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). The administr ...

(1861) * Treungen Church in

Nissedal Municipality Nissedal is a rural Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Telemark region of Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centr ...

Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...

(1863) *

Nome Municipality Nome is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midt-Telemark and historically part of the Grenland region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss. Other villages ...

(1865–67)

Other

* Agricultural University in

Ås Municipality Ås is the Scandinavian language word for an esker, a ridge of sand and gravel. Ås may also refer to: People *Ås (surname) *Berit Ås (born 1928), a Norwegian politician and Professor Emerita of social psychology at the University of Oslo *O ...

(1854–1959) * Christiania Seildugsfabrik in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

(1856) * Akerselvens Klædefabrik (1865) * City Hall and the Latin School in

Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...

(1862–1965)

References

1820 births 1865 deaths People from Ørland Norwegian expatriates in Germany Accidental deaths in Norway 19th-century Norwegian architects {{Norway-architect-stub