Harald Bødtker
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 1880-83. 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 -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 1917-1922. He died in Oslo.