Thorvald Andersen (8 April 1883 - 3 May 1935 ) was a Danish

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. He contributed to

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in the 1920s.

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Carl Christian Thorvald Andersen was born in the parish of Årup on the island of

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in Assens Municipality, Denmark. He is the son of Hans Ditlev Andersen and Petra Vilhelmine Johanne Louise Andersen. He attended Odense Technical School, with a graduation in 1903; He was admitted to the

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in 1904 and left in 1910. He worked from 1907 to 1912 with

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(1852-1937) at

which, starting in 1910, was relocated to its present location consisting of buildings surrounding a central garden. He worked for a number of years from 1912 with Kristoffer Varming (1865-1936). He was the supervisory architect and consultant for the

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buildings. He died in 1975 in the

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district of Copenhagen and was interred at Søndermark Cemetery.

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1883 births 1935 deaths People from Assens Municipality Danish architects Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni {{Denmark-architect-stub

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