Thomas Arboe (22 September 1836 – 8 February 1917) was a Danish architect. Aalborg DSB

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Biography

Arboe was born at

Rønne Rønne ( sv, Rönne) is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,807 (1 January 2022). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county (Danish: ''Bornh ...

on the island of

Bornholm Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...

, Denmark. He was the son of Otto Henrik Arboe and Oliva Elisabeth Saxtorph. He attended 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 ...

building school and ornament school from 1855 to 1862 where he was a student of

Gustav Friedrich Hetsch Gustav Friedrich (von) Hetsch (28 September 1788 – 7 September 1864) was a Danish architect. Biography Hetsch was born in Stuttgart, he was the son of Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch (1758–1838). He studied at the University of Tübingen and i ...

(1788–1864) and also trained under

Niels Sigfred Nebelong Niels Sigfred Nebelong (14 October 1806 – 9 October 1871) was a Danish architect who worked in the Historicist style. He was city architect in Copenhagen from 1863 and also designed many lighthouses around Denmark in his capacity as residen ...

(1806–1871). He was an Officer in the

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from 1863 where he rose to the rank of captain and was discharged in 1868. From 1868 he was an architect at the

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'' De jysk-fyenske Jernbaner'' (''the Funen and Jutland Railways''), and from 1880 in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

at the state railway system

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. He designed a number of public buildings, especially railway stations in cities including

Kolding Kolding () is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companies, ...

(1866),

Hjørring Hjørring () is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Hjørring Municipality in the North Jutland Region. The population is 25,644 (accor ...

(1871),

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(1874),

Tommerup Tommerup is a town in central Denmark with a population of 1,545 (1 January 2022),Hobro Hobro () is an old market and railway town in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It has a population of 12,071 (1 January 2022). The town is situated in a hilly terrain at the head of Mariager Fjord, close to the for ...

(1893), Viborg (1896) and

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...

(1902). In addition, he designed the town hall in Nibe (1872), post office and telegraph buildings in Horsens (1880-81), as well as hospitals in Hobro (1880-81), Aarhus (1882) and Rønne (1890-92). In addition, he designed a number of other building including schools and prisons especially in

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

. Asger Christiansen, "1884: Ny hovedbanegård i Århus", Jernbanehistorisk Årbog 2009. Mads Østerby, Danske jernbaners byggeri. Et rids af et forløb (1844-1984), Odense Universitetsforlag 1984.

Personal life

In 1867, he married Charlotte Amalie Petersen (1832-1921). He died at

Charlottenlund Charlottenlund is a suburban area on the coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the administrative seat of Gentofte Municipality. Bordered to the east by the Øresund, to the South by Hellerup and to the north by Klampenborg, it is one of the w ...

and was buried at

Gentofte Gentofte () is a district of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Major landmarks include Gentofte Town Hall, Gentofte Hospital and Gentofte Church. Gentofte Lake with surrounding parkland and nature reserves form ...

References

1836 births 1917 deaths People from Bornholm Danish architects Danish military officers Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog {{Denmark-architect-stub