Balthazar Conrad Lange (25 March 1854 - 13 September 1937) was a Norwegian architect.

Personal life

He was born in Asker

Asker

Asker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Viken traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Asker. The municipality is a suburb of Oslo, the national capital...

 as a son of customs treasurer and lieutenant colonel Christopher Andreas Lange (1808–1888) and Anne Birgithe Falsen. He was a maternal grandson of founding father Christian Magnus Falsen

Christian Magnus Falsen

Christian Magnus Falsen was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws....

, grandnephew of Alexander Lange, first cousin of naval officer Christian Magnus Falsen and Conrad Falsen and first cousin once removed of Christian Christoph Andreas Lange and Jacob Otto Lange

Jacob Otto Lange

Jacob Lange was the Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1891-1892, and Minister of Auditing 1892-1893....

.

In 1881 in Arendal

Arendal

is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...

 he married Elise Kløcker (1857–1934). The couple had one daughter and five sons, although not all survived past infancy. His sister Elisabeth Lange married Alfred Sinding-Larsen

Alfred Sinding-Larsen

Nils Ulrik Alfred Sinding-Larsen was a Norwegian civil servant, teacher at the Military Academy, journalist and writer.-Personal life:...

 and had the children Christian Magnus Falsen Sinding-Larsen

Christian Magnus Sinding-Larsen

Christian Magnus Falsen Sinding-Larsen was a Norwegian physician and hospital director.-Personal life:He was born in Kristiania as a son of jurist and writer Alfred Sinding-Larsen and Elisabeth Lange...

, Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen

Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen

Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen was a Norwegian military officer.-Personal life:He was born in Kristiania as a son of jurist and writer Alfred Sinding-Larsen and Elisabeth Lange...

, Holger Sinding-Larsen

Holger Sinding-Larsen

Petter Andreas Holger Sinding-Larsen was a Norwegian architect.He was born in Oslo.In 1920 he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games. He created a "Building plan of a physical culture school".Sinding-Larsen is the only Norwegian medalist in art competition.-External links:*...

 and Kristofer Sinding-Larsen

Kristofer Sinding-Larsen

Kristofer Andreas Lange Sinding-Larsen was a Norwegian painter.-Personal life:He was born in Kristiania as a son of jurist and writer Alfred Sinding-Larsen and Elisabeth Lange...

.

Career

He first made his mark while working for the Norwegian State Railways from 1878 to 1881. He mainly designed station buildings in Østfold

Østfold

is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...

 and Vestfold

Vestfold

is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs...

, including Skoppum

Skoppum Station

Skoppum Station is a railway station on Vestfoldbanen in the village of Skoppum, in Horten, Norway. The station is served with InterCity Express trains operated by Norges Statsbaner. The station was built as part of Vestfoldbanen in 1881. There is a connecting bus service to Horten .-External...

, Stokke

Stokke Station

Stokke Station is a railway station on the Vestfold Line in Stokke, Norway. The station is served with InterCity Express trains operated by the Norwegian State Railways. The station was built as part of the Vestfold Line in 1881.-External links:*...

, Sandefjord

Sandefjord Station

Sandefjord Station is a railway station on the Vestfold Line in Sandefjord, Norway. The station is served with InterCity Express trains operated by the Norwegian State Railways. The station opened as part of the Vestfold Line in 1881....

, and Porsgrunn

Porsgrunn Station

Porsgrunn Station is a railway station serving Porsgrunn, Norway. It serves regional trains on Vestfoldbanen and local trains on Bratsbergbanen, all operated by Norges Statsbaner. The station was built as part of Vestfoldbanen, then known as Jarlsbergbanen and opened on November 24, 1882. In 1917...

. He then returned to Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, having already drawn Uranienborg

Uranienborg, Norway

Uranienborg is a neighborhood in the borough of Frogner in Oslo, Norway.-History:Originally a rural area in the former municipality Aker, it was incorporated into Christiania city in 1859. The property used to have a wonderful view, and it was therefore named after the famous observatory...

 church in 1880. In 1894, he gained fame for the dragon style

Dragestil

Dragestil was the Norwegian name of a style of design and architecture that was widely used in Scandinavia principally between 1880 and 1910. -History:...

sanatorium at Holmenkollen sanatorium (today known as Holmenkollen Park Hotel). As city architect from 1898 to 1920, he also drew several schools.