Torgeir Alvsaker (1875—1971) was a Norwegian

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. Alvsaker was born 9 February 1875 on the Alvsaker farm in

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. He attended the Bergen Technical School and graduated in 1898. He then became an assistant to architect Adolph Fischer in Bergen and then for the architect

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. From 1905 until 1916 he also worked as an architect in the

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. In 1916, he returned to Bergen where he set up his own architecture company. From 1948 to 1969, Alvsaker worked in partnership with architect

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, also based in Bergen. He died on 27 November 1971 in

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. In addition to designing houses in residential areas mostly in and around Bergen, he also designed several farm buildings, hospitals, old people's homes, schools, hotels, museums, and churches, working mainly in

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Works

* Strusshamn Church (1969) * Brandasund Chapel (1960) * Værlandet Chapel (1960) * Tveit Church (1957) * Bleikvassli Church (1955) * Elsfjord Church (1955) * Solfonn Hotell, Odda (1953) * Haukås School, Bergen (1940) * Sagvåg School, Stord (1940) * Ullensvang Hotel, Hardanger (1938) * Førde Church (1938) *

Reksteren Church Reksteren Church ( no, Reksteren kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Bruntveit on the island of Reksteren. It is one of the two churches for th ...

(1937) * Vikebygd Church (1937) * Vikinghallen, Bergen (1935) * Berjaflot Chapel (1934) * Ingebrigt Vik Museum, Kvam (1934) * Solhov

Folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule ...

, Lyngen (1924) * Tyssedal School (1919)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvsaker, Torgeir 1875 births 1971 deaths Architects from Bergen