Ove Bjelke Holtermann was a Norwegian architect.

He was a son of vicar Eiler Hagerup Holtermann (1811–1872), and a nephew of architect Peter Høier Holtermann

Peter Høier Holtermann

Peter Høier Holtermann was a Norwegian architect.-Biography:He was born in Austrått, in Ørland municipality, Sør-Trøndelag County, Norway...

 and an uncle of major general Hans Reidar Holtermann

Hans Reidar Holtermann

Hans Reidar Holtermann was a Norwegian military officer. Holtermann is best known as the commander of Hegra Fortress during the Battle of Hegra Fortress in the Norwegian Campaign of 1940....

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He studied in Trondhjem

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

 from 1871 to 1874 and at the Polytechnical School of Hanover from 1880 to 1881 under Conrad Wilhelm Hase

Conrad Wilhelm Hase

Conrad Wilhelm Hase was a German architect.He was a professor at the Polytechnical School of Hanover from 1849 to 1895.-References:...

. In between he worked in Christiania

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...

. From 1881 he worked in Kragerø

Kragerø

is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø....

, where he mainly designed villas, and in 1890 he became an assistant of Georg Andreas Bull

Georg Andreas Bull

Georg Andreas Bull was a Norwegian architect and chief building inspector in Christiania for forty years. He was among the leading architects in the country, and left his mark on Norwegian building history both as a creative architect, and through his measurement studies and archeological...

in Christiania. From 1900 to 1920 he was a building inspector in the Norwegian capital.