Schak Bull [SEP] place of death
a cousin of architect Henrik Bull and composer Edvard Grieg.
In April 1884 he married Ivarna Berle.
Career.
Schak Bull graduated from the "Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich" or "ETH Zürich" (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) in 1879, after which he returned to Bergen, Norway to work as an architect. He was responsible for several important buildings, including Troldhaugen, the residence of his cousin Edvard Grieg, several churches and commercial buildings. He adhered mainly to the architectural style historicism before
The church had gneiss as a building material with exterior cladding of granite.
Sandviken parish was established on 29 July 1874. The competition for a new church was won by architect Ernst Norgrenn. But after his death in 1880 the plans were modified and completed by architect Schak Bull. The church was completed in autumn 1881 and inaugurated in December 1881.
Monuments.
The Madam Felle monument in Sandviken, is in honor of a Norwegian woman of German origin, who in the mid-19th century, managed, as a woman