Hans Peter L'Orange (academic)

Hans Peter L'Orange (2 March 1903 – 5 December 1983) was a Norwegian art historian and classical archaeologist.

He was a son of Major General Hans Wilhelm L'Orange (1868–1950) and Ginni Gulbranson (1879–1949).

degree at the University of Oslo in 1933 with his thesis Studien zur Geschichte des spätantiken Porträts.

[3] In 1959 he and professor Hjalmar Torp established the Norwegian Institute in Rome (Det norske institutt i Roma) as an affiliate of the University of Oslo.

The institute established a permanent Norwegian base for research and studies of the Mediterranean countries.