Elna Møller Moltke (12 December 1913 – 22 May 1994) was a Danish architect and author.

Biography

Moltke was born at Tange Skovgård in

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parish, Denmark. She was the daughter of Niels Rasmussen Møller (1880-1950) and Johanne Due Thomsen (1880-1959). She attended from Viborg Katedralskole, taking her mathematical graduate degree in 1933. From 1936-38, she worked at the office of architect Johannes Magdahl Nielsen (1862-1941). She was admitted to the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Dani ...

, School of Architecture in

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, from which she graduated in 1941 as an architect. From 1939, she began to work for the

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where from 1944 she began to contribute to the monumental work ''Danmarks Kirker'' which set out be provide detailed descriptions of all the churches in Denmark. In 1970, she became the principal editor when she replaced her husband

Erik Moltke Erik Moltke (4 April 1901 – 19 October 1984) was a Danish runologist, writer, and editor. Through his leadership, the Runologist Section of the National Museum of Denmark became a world centre for the scientific study of runology.Moltke, Erik (19 ...

. She received an award for her restoration work on two properties in

in the 1940s.

Personal life

In 1949, she married Erik Moltke (1901–1984). Møller died during 1994 in

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Awards

Møller received the Worsaae Medal in 1983. She received the

N. L. Høyen Medal The Høyen Medal is one of several medals awarded by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is named after Niels Laurits Høyen, known as the first Danish art historian. The N. L. Høyen Medal is awarded to art historians and other theorists, ar ...

in 1984.

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