Nationality Danish Died March 9, 1905 Role Architect | Name Ludvig Fenger Occupation Architect | |
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Born July 7, 1833 ( 1833-07-07 ) Slots Bjergby, Denmark Buildings St. Mathew's Cgurch
Copenhagen Central Fire Station
Vestre Prison Structures St Matthew's Church, St Alban's Church - Copenhagen, St James's Church - Copenhagen, Copenhagen Central Fire Station Similar People Arthur Blomfield, Saint Alban, Matthew the Apostle | ||
Ludvig Peter Fenger (7 July 1833 – 9 March 1905) was a Danish architect. He was a proponent of the Historicist style and from 1886 to 1904 he was City Architect in Copenhagen.
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Among his works are several churches, the Central Fire Station and Vestre Prison in Copenhagen. He also directed the renovations of Church of Holmen and Christian IV's Stock Exchange.
Biography
Ludvig Fenger was born on 7 July 1833 in the village of Slots Bjergby outside Slagelse as the son of the local pastor. After graduating from Slagelse Latin School he attended the Royal Danish Academy, in the same time working for architects such as Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, Christian Hansen and Ferdinand Meldahl. He received the Academy's Large Gold Medal in 1866 and went on several journeys abroad from 1867 to 1869. He participated in the Second Schleswig War against Germany, was wounded and became a prisoner of war.
In 1871 Fenger became a member of the Academy and in 1880 he was made a professor. From 1886 he was a corresponding member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
In 1885 he entered local politics when he became a member of the Borgerrerpæsentationen in Copenhagen, a post he left when he was appointed City Architect the following year.