Harald Bødtker

Harald Waldemar Bødtker
Born	(1855-05-10)May 10, 1855 Namdalen, Norway
Died	March 12, 1925(1925-03-12) (aged 69) Oslo, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Architect

Bekkelaget Church

Ullern Church

Harald Waldemar Bødtker (May 10, 1855 – March 12, 1925) was a Norwegian architect.

Biography

Bødtker was born at Overhalla in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. He was raised in the valley of Namdalen. He started his career as an assistant for architects Henrik Nissen and Holm Munthe in Kristiania (now Oslo). He attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna where he studied under Danish born architect Theophilus Hansen from 1880 to 1883. He then worked as assistant to Theophilus Hansen in Vienna until around 1889. Bødtker worked at German based architectural offices in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro from 1890 to 1892. He then spent time as construction manager in Petrópolis which was the summer residence of the Brazilian Emperors and aristocrats in the 19th century.

In 1896, he opened his own architectural practice at Kristiania. Bødtker was the municipal architect of Aker from 1899 to 1923 and was involved in designing a number of churches and especially schools in what is now Oslo. Among his extensive work were additions to Aker University Hospital completed between 1917 and 1922. He died in Oslo.

Selected works

• Grorud Church (1900–1902)
• Grefsen Chapel at Grefsen Church (1901–1904)
• Ullern Church (1904)
• University Hall at the University of Oslo (1909–1911, together with Holger Sinding-Larsen)
• Bekkelaget Church (1920–1923)
• Gjerpen Church (rebuilt 1921)