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Nationality
  
Danish

Occupation
  
Architect


Name
  
Ludvig Knudsen

Role
  
Architect

Ludvig Knudsen

Born
  
August 18, 1843 (
1843-08-18
)
Copenhagen, Denmark

Buildings
  
St. Stephen's Church, Copenhagen

Died
  
March 16, 1924, Copenhagen, Denmark

Education
  
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Structures
  
St. Clement's Church, Bornholm

Ludvig Harald Knudsen (18 August 1843 – 16 March 1924) was a Historicist Danish architect. He mainly designed churches, including St. Stephen's Church in Copenhagen's Nørrebro district.

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Biography

Ludvig Knudsen was born on 18 August 1843 in Copenhagen. He apprenticed as a carpenter and was then admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1860 where he studied under Gustav Friedrich Hetsch. After his graduation in 1869, he worked for both Christian Hansen and Ferdinand Meldahl. In 1871 he assumed a position as Building Inspector in Copenhagen.

He designed a number of churches as well as various other sacral buildings. He was also responsible for the restoration of the Reformed Church and the Garrison Church in Copenhagen.

Selected buildings

  • St. Andrew's Church, Ordrup, Denmark (1871–72)
  • St. Stephen's Church, Nørrebro, Copenhagen (1873–74)
  • Royal Orphanage, Copenhagen (1879–80)
  • Bethesda Mission House, Israels Plads, Copenhagen (1881–82)
  • St. Clement's Church, Bornholm, Denmark (1881–82)
  • Shooting Range Wall, Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society, Copenhagen (1887)
  • Church of Peace, Nørrebro, Copenhagen (1899)
  • Rungsted Church, Rungsted, Denmark (1905–07)

    • References

    Ludvig Knudsen Wikipedia
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