Bredo Greve

Adolf Bredo Stabell Greve (28 June 1871 – 30 March 1931) was a Norwegian architect.

Not to be confused with Adolf Bredo Stabell (diplomat), Adolf Bredo Stabell, or Bredo Greve (film director).
Bredo Greve

Biography

Greve was born at Hamar in Hedmark, Norway. He was a son of Mathias Sigwardt Greve (1832–1912) and Blanca Olivia Juell (1836–1918). He was a brother of Ulrikke Greve (1868–1951) and cousin of architect, Georg Greve.[1][2]

Greve was educated at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin which he attended from 1893 to 1895. He was trained a both an architect and engineer. After that he worked as an assistant to professor and architect Bruno Schmitz in Berlin until 1897, went he started his own practice in Oslo.[3]

In 1901, Greve won third prize in the competition for the main building of the newly established Norwegian Technical College at Trondheim which was completed in 1910. In 1921, he won the competition for building at the Norwegian School of Business at Bergen. He also designed the Norwegian Veterinary College in Oslo (1912-1925) and the main building of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (1930).[4]

In 1902, he married Esther Hougberg (1878–1939), daughter of the Finnish Senator Sven Wilhelm Hougberg. Their daughter Anita Greve was a painter. Greve was appointed Knight of the 1st Class in the Order of St. Olav in 1910. He was also chairman of Norwegian Architects National Association (NAL) in the period 1916 to 1920.[5]

Selected works
  • Hovedbygningen, main building at NTNU Gløshaugen, Trondheim (1910–1915)
  • Norwegian Veterinary College (1912-1925)
  • Hydropower Laboratory at NTNU Gløshaugen, Trondheim (1917)
  • Old Physics Building at NTNU Gløshaugen, Trondheim (1924)

References
  1. Mykleby, Axel Chr. "Bredo Greve". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. Thorud, Svein. "Anita Greve". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  3. "Adolf Bredo Stabell Greve". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  4. "Bredo Greve (1871–1931)". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  5. Svein Thorud. "Anita Greve, maler". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2016.



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