Holm Hansen Munthe
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Between 1878 and 1885 he cooperated with Henrik Nissen
Henrik Nissen
Johannes Henrik Nissen was a Norwegian architect.-Biography:After his final exams in 1866, Nissen was a student at the Royal Drawing School in Christiania. He studied architecture at the Bauakademie in Berlin 1869–74...
. From 1889 he worked for the Holmenkol-Voxenkol-Selskabet, among others drawing the well-known Frognerseteren
Frognerseteren
Frognerseteren is a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway, located within Nordmarka. It is a popular starting point for recreational hiking and skiing in Oslo. Frognerseteren Station is the terminal station of the Holmenkollen Line of the Oslo Metro....
restaurant in the so-called dragon style
Dragestil
Dragestil was the Norwegian name of a style of design and architecture that was widely used in Scandinavia principally between 1880 and 1910. -History:...
. Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, vacationing in Norway, noticed these buildings and commissioned the erection of similar buildings in Germany; however these buildings were destroyed in 1944.
In 1898 Munthe was appointed city architect in Kristiania
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, but he died before actually assuming office.