Axel Johan Anderberg (November 27, 1860 – March 27, 1937) was a Swedish

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. He was active from the 1880s to the early 1930s.

Biography

Anderberg was born in

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, Sweden. Anderberg received his education in the architectural school of the

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(1880-1884), and the architecture section of the

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(1884–1887), after which he spent a year traveling to

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and

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. His first significant commission was the new

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in Stockholm (1889–1898), which replaced the Gustavian Opera House which had dated to 1782. After having won the contest for the building he spent additional time abroad for the particular purpose of studying theatre architecture. He later designed the city theatres in Karlstad (1893),

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(1902–1903) and

(1906) and the ''

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'' in Stockholm (1906). During his early career he built several theatres, working mostly in a mix of neo-baroque and

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, while his later work largely consisted of buildings for scientific and academic institutions in the purer

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style of the period. Anderberg built the large new complex for the Swedish Museum of Natural History (completed 1916) at Frescati outside Stockholm, and later several other scientific institutions in the same area, including the building for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He also built additional wings to the Royal Library building in

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in Stockholm. For

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, Anderberg built the Paleontological Museum (1929) and an extension to the

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. In 1931, the new building for the

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was completed in

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outside the city. He died during 1937 at

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, Sweden.

References

External links

Linköping City TheatreKristianstad City TheatreKarlstad TheatreUppsala University Paleontological Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderberg, Axel 1860 births 1937 deaths People from Skåne County Swedish architects KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts Art Nouveau architects