Peter Høier Holtermann Explained

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

Biography

He was born in Austrått, in Ørland municipality, Sør-Trøndelag 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 and a granduncle of major general Hans Reidar Holtermann.[1]

He attended the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry before studying in Berlin 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, Christiania Seildugsfabrik, Tromsø city hall and Christiania Sparebank, all erected during the 1850s and 1860s. His church designs include those in Nes, Aremark, Treungen and Holla. Many of his works have been torn down or destroyed.[2]

From 1862 to his death he was the chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society.[3] He died in 1865 in a working accident.[2]

Selected works

Churches

Other

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: 2007. Holtermann. Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 29 November 2009.
  2. Web site: Peter Høier Holtermann (1820–1865). Steigan. Geir Tandberg. Arc!. Norwegian. 29 November 2009.
  3. Web site: PFs formenn 1852 - 2004. Norwegian Polytechnic Society. 27 November 2009. Norwegian. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301101751/http://old.polyteknisk.no/formenn.html. 1 March 2012.