Johan Bernhardt Schottmann

Johan Bernhardt Schottmann (2 November 1734 – 1786) was a German-Danish master builder who worked in Copenhagen, where he was an early proponent of the Neoclassical style.

[1] He moved to Copenhagen where he was licensed as a mason on 11 May 1763 and served as alderman of the Masons' Guild from 1778 to 1785[2] As a master builder, Schottmann was an early proponent of the Neoclassical style in Copenhagen.

With projects such as Søkvæsthuset's Bådmandsstræde Wing and Danish Asiatic Company's warehouse at Strandgade 25, Schottmann adapted new buildings to the style of older architecture.

[3] He married Anna Cathrine Biergaard (c. 1744 – 1815) in Copenhagen.

He died in 1786 and was interred at St. Peter's Church, Copenhagen.