Born at Hadsel, Norway around 1894, he received architectural training at Trondheim. He and his family came to Canada in 1926 and he worked as an architect for Winnipeg Hydro. Through the late 1930s and early 1940s, he was self-employed in the home-building industry then he was the architect for the City of Winnipeg from 1944 to retirement in 1964.
He and wife Hansine Matilde Breivik (1895-1986) had six children: Anna Breivik (wife of Lorne Moore), Paul Breivik, Bjarne Breivik (?-?), Brita Breivik (1921-1990, wife of Lawrence Carlyle Tufts), Ole Kristoffer Breivik (1923-2002), and Anton Martin Breivik (c1930-2014). He died at his Winnipeg home, 617 Minto Street, on 7 June 1968.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
600 Minto Street, Winnipeg
1939
“What have they brought us?,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 April 1942, page 33.
“Nazarene’s spirit,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 March 1940, page 12.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 June 1968, page 33.
Obituary [Hansine Matilde Breivik], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 October 1986, page 44.
Obituary [Brita Tufts], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 March 1990, page 36.
Death registration [Ole Kristoffer Breivik], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Anton Martin Breivik], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 April 2014.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 April 2024
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