Jens Ingwersen (17 August 1871 – 10 October 1956) was a Danish architect during the transition from neo-classicism to functionalism. He was the architect of the telephone company KTAS and is the man behind most of this company's buildings. Krengerup Herrenhaus

Biography

He was born at Aggersbøl in

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, Denmark. He started his education at the

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from which he left in 1895. In the same year, he was admitted to the

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. He worked for various architectural and design firms including for

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in 1893–94, Gotfred Tvede in 1894-96 and

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in 1896-1905 and at times at Caspar Leuning Borch. He had an independent architectural firm in Copenhagen in 1905, from 1919 with Jørgen V. Jepsen as a partner. He often appeared at the

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. Ingwersen graduated from the Danish Art Academy in 1906. In 1917 he assisted Jens Christian Rantzau in a renovation of Krengerup manor on

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. He was later made a Knight of the Dannebrog for his services to Danish architecture.

References

Danish architects 1871 births 1956 deaths Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni People from Vejle Municipality {{Denmark-architect-stub