Carl Andersen (9 March 1879 in Odense – 12 September 1967 in Nykøbing Falster) was a Danish

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and

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Gymnast

Andersen competed in the

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and in the

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. During the 1906 Games in

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, he was a member of the Danish gymnastics team, which won the silver medal in the team, Swedish system event. Two years later, he was part of the Danish team, which finished fourth in the team competition.

Architect

Carl Andersen was the son of carpenter Andreas Ferdinand Andersen and Ane Marie Hansen. He became a mason apprentice in 1896 and graduated from Odense Tekniske Skole in 1900. He was employed as a construction overseer by master builder Thaaning in

Kerteminde Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,128 (1 January 2025).

in 1900-01 and as a draftsman for architect Emanuel Momberg in

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in 1901–02. In 1904-06, he was employed by several different architects in

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, including Anders Berthelsen, and in 1906-09 as drawer and overseer by H.C. Glahn,

Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Falster (; originally named Nykøbing) is a city on the island of Falster in southern Denmark. It has a population of 16,682 (1 January 2025). Including the satellite town Sundby (Lolland), Sundby on the Lolland side, with a populatio ...

in 1906–1909. From 1909 until his death, Carl Andersen operated his own architectural business in

; from 1940, with his son Jørgen Friis Andersen. The business later became Arkitektfirmaet Friis Andersen A/S, which still operated in the 2010s. Carl Andersen worked extensively on

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in the early 1900s and had many different assignments. Stylistically he worked mainly with neo-baroque but later adopted elements from Functionalism.

Selected works

* Nykøbing Falster Post House and post masters house, Jernbanegade 50,

* Remodeling of Nykøbing Falster School (1912) * Public butchery, Markedsgade, Nykøbing Falster (1912) *

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(1914–15, with

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) * Nykøbing Falster Hospital, Bispegade (1915) *

Sakskøbing Sakskøbing (), previously spelled Sakskjøbing, is a town on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. It has a population of 4,514 (1 January 2025).1879 births 1967 deaths Danish male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Denmark Gymnasts at the 1906 Intercalated Games Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Danish architects Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Sportspeople from Nykøbing Falster People from Odense