Frederik Vilhelm Hvalsøe (23 May 1883,

Holbæk Holbæk () is a town in Denmark and the County seat, seat of Holbæk municipality with a population of 30,903 (1 January 2025).Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

) was a Danish architect.

Biography

Hvalsøe was born at

Holbæk Holbæk () is a town in Denmark and the County seat, seat of Holbæk municipality with a population of 30,903 (1 January 2025).Zealand Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous islands of Denmark, island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 Januar ...

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. He attended the

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from 1905 to 1916. He was most notable for his collaborations with Arthur Wittmaack with whom he started an architectural firm in 1916. The firm principally designed buildings in and around Copenhagen, Denmark. Hvalsøe participated in the

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in the category of architecture. Together with Wittmaack, he exhibited at the Brussels International Exposition (1935).

Gallery

Kopenhagen Mai 2009 PD 227.JPG, Axelborg Hans Egedes Kirke Copenhagen 2.jpg, Hans Egede Church Absalons Kirke Copenhagen.jpg, Absalon Church Helleruplund Kirke 2007.jpg, Helleruplund Church

References

20th-century Danish architects 1883 births 1958 deaths People from Holbæk Municipality Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Art competitors at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-architect-stub