Hans Ditlev Franciscus Linstow

Hans Ditlev Franciscus (Frants) von Linstow (4 May 1787 – 10 June 1851) was a Danish-born, Norwegian architect, who is by many considered one of the most significant architects in the history of Norway.He is well-known to have designed the Royal Palace in Oslo and much of the surrounding park and the street Karl Johans gate.

Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow was born in Nord-Sjælland, Denmark. His parents were Hartvig Christoph von Linstow (1740–1823) and Charlotta Benedicta Eleonora von der Lühe (1753–1837). Linstow belonged to a noble family from Mecklenburg who were naturalized in Denmark. He grew up in Hirschholm Castle (Hirschholm Slot) in North Zealand. He matriculated in 1805 and earned a law degree at Copenhagen University in 1812. He first studied painting and drawings at the Art Academy in Copenhagen, Denmark, while he at the same time studied law.

After finalizing these studies in 1812, he went to Kongsberg, Norway (which then was a part of Denmark) and studied in 1812–1814 at the so-called Bergakademiet, which educated military engineers. He did not, however, complete this military education, but studied architecture at the same time. He worked at the Danish Royal Court in 1814, but at the split between Denmark and Norway the same year, he went to Norway and worked in 1815–1820 as a military lawyer at the cavalry. In 1818, he was one of the initiators of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Christiania. He taught, first plaster, and later building construction until he took his leave in 1840.

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