Hans Linstow

Hans Ditlev Franciscus (Frants) von Linstow (4 May 1787 – 10 June 1851) was a Danish/Norwegian architect who designed the Royal Palace in Oslo and much of the surrounding park and the street Karl Johans gate.

[1] Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow was born in Hørsholm, Denmark.

In 1818, he was one of the initiators of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Christiania.

[2] In 1823, he was commissioned to design the new Royal Palace (Det Kongelige Slott) in Christiania and create the surrounding park, where he also drew the guards' house.

He also helped his friend, the writer Henrik Wergeland in constructing his new house Grotten in the outskirts of the park.

Portrait of Linstow by Carl Peter Lehmann , 1842
Norwegian Royal Palace (front)
Linstow's 1838 plan to connect the Royal Palace and Christiania, with a monumental square to be surrounded by the University, Parliament and other public buildings