Holm Hansen Munthe

Norwegian architect (1848–1898)

Vestby Church, cooperation with Henrik Nissen

Holm Hansen Munthe (1 January 1848 – 23 May 1898) was a Norwegian architect. He was a leading representative of dragon style architecture (Dragestil) which originated in Norway and was widely used principally between 1880 and 1910. ^[1]^[2]

Biography

Holm Hansen Munthe was born at Stange in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of Adolph Frederik Munthe (1817–1884) and Karen Emilie Hansen (1820–1884). His father was a military officer and government official. In the early 1870s, he was an apprentice in Christiania (now Oslo) and a student at the drawing school of Wilhelm von Hanno. He graduated from Hannover Polytechnikum in 1877.^[3] ^[4]

He was assistant of architect Conrad Wilhelm Hase before returning to Norway in 1878. Between 1878 and 1885 he cooperated with Henrik Nissen. From 1889 he worked for the Holmenkol-Voxenkol, a joint-stock company with major investors including resort operator Dr. Ingebrigt Christian Holm (1844-1918), brewery owner Ellef Ringnes (1842-1929) and wholesaler Alfred Larsen (1863-1950). The company was principally involved in developments in the neighborhood of Holmenkollena in Vestre Aker. Munthe designed a number of structures in dragestil architectural style as part of this development including the well-known Frognerseteren Restaurant from 1890 and the Holmenkollen Turisthotell, which was built in 1889, but burned in 1895. ^[4]^[5]

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, vacationing in Norway, noticed these buildings and commissioned the erection of his Rominten Hunting Lodge in East Prussia; however these buildings were largely destroyed after World War II, remnants of the Lodge are used as the seat of the administration at the Kaliningrad Central Park. ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

In 1898 Munthe was appointed city architect in Oslo, but he died before actually assuming office. He was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo. ^[6]

Selected works

Vestby Church (1885)
Brattvær Church (1885)
Holmenkollen Turisthotell (1889-90, burned 1895)
Frognerseteren restaurant (1891, re-built 1909)
Bolteløkka School (1898)
Lilleborg School (1898)

References

^ "Holm Hansen Munthe". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
^ "Drakestilen som nasjonalsymbol". nrk.no. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
^ Knut Dørum. "Adolph Fredrik Munthe". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Ole Petter Bjerkek. "Holm Munthe". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
^ Axel Mykleby. "Holm Hansen Munthe". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Geir Tandberg Steigan Holm Hansen Munthe (1848–1898) Artemisia.no
^ Neumärker, Uwe; Knopf, Volker (2007). Görings Revier – Jagd und Politik in der Rominter Heide (in German). Ch. Links. p. 181. ISBN 978-3-86153-457-0.
^ Förderverein kongsnaes.de (in German)