Gustav Adolph Lammers

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Gustav Adolph Lammers (26 May 1802 – 2 May 1878) was a Norwegian priest, architect, artist and member of parliament.^[1]

Biography[]

Lammers was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Ernst Anton Henrik Lammers (1770–1847) and Seriane Magdalena Hagen (1773–1843). His father was a Generalmajor. From 1818, he was a student of Hans Linstow at the State Craft and Art Industry School (Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He took his exam artium in 1821 and earned his cand. theol. at the University of Christiania in 1825.^[2]

He was a priest at the Hospital Church in Trondheim from 1827 to 1835, after which he was appointed parish priest in Bamble. From 1839 to 1844, he was the parliamentary representative at the Storting for the county of Bratsberg (now Telemark). He served as the architect of the newly constructed Bamble Church which was built in 1845. He also designed Hisøy Church in Arendal (1846–1849) and Tanum Church in Larvik (1848–1850). Additionally he designed altarpieces for a number of church including Bakke Church in Trondheim (1833), Bamble Church (1845), Fiskum Church in Øvre Eiker (1866) and Bø Church in Telemark (1866).^{[3] [4]}

In 1853, he started Den frie apostolisk-christelige Menighed at Skien. This was a dissident congregation which broke with the Church of Norway. He returned to Church of Norway in 1860 and the congregation was dissolved in 1874. ^[5]

Personal life[]

In 1829, he married Henriette Nicoline Rode (1810–1898).^[6]

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