Thøger Binneballe (1 July 1818 – 9 December 1900) was a Danish architect and master builder active in

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Early life and education

Binneballe was born on 1 July 1818 in

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. He trained as an architect before moving to

in the late 1830s.

Career

Bindeballe moved to

in the late 1830s where he settled as a master builder in Christiania (now Oslo). He constructed several prominent buildings, including

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, the

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and several buildings for

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. Many of the buildings that he constructed were built to his own design. These included

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39 (1844), the first four-storey building in the city. He also designed the building at Kirkegata 6 (1856) and a residence for a bank manager with the city's first private WC. He was active is Association of Craftsmen in Copenhagen and became its first honorary member in 1886. He sat on several boards and commissions.

Personal life

Late in his life Binneballe returned to Denmark, where he settled in

Sorø Sorø () is a town in Sorø municipality on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand in east Denmark with a population of 8,433 (2025).

. He is buried at

Sorø Old Cemetery Sorø Old Cemetery ( Danish: Sorø Gamle Kirkegård), owned by Sorø Academy, is one of the oldest cemeteries still in use in Denmark. History It opened in connection with the establishment of Sorø Abbey Sorø Abbey was the preeminent and w ...

Image gallery

Image:Karl Johans gate 39.jpg, Karl Johans gate 39 Image:Prinsens gate 3b Oslo.jpg, Prinsens gate 3b Image:Wergelandsveien 27.jpg, Wergelandsveien 27 Image:Norske nobelinstiutt 1.jpg, Nobelinstituttet

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Thøger Binneballe
AT lokalhistoriewiki.no 19th-century Norwegian architects Architects from Copenhagen Danish expatriates in Norway 1818 births 1900 deaths {{Norway-architect-stub