Christian Frühstück Nielsen was a Danish architect born in

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on 7 August 1878. Frühstück Nielsen primarily worked in and around Aarhus and on

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where he left numerous lasting works. Frühstück Nielsen's parents were the master mason Christian Julius Nielsen and Jakobine Bach. In 1898 he graduated from Technical School and between 1900 and 1907 he attended the architecture school at the

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from where he graduated with a degree in architecture. He found employment at

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. From 1908 he had his own architect's practice in Aarhus. He was chairman of the Association of Byggeinteresserede in 1921–46, member of ''Tilsynsrådet for Jydske Hypotekforeninger'', ''Bygningskommisionen i Aarhus'' and the board of

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in two different periods. Christian Frühstück Nielsen was married to Karen Elisabeth Hansen on 17 May 1919 in Copenhagen and died on 3 January 1956 in Aarhus.

Works

Villas in the Aarhus area: * Marselisvej 19 (1909) * Strandvænget 2 (1915) * Silkeborgvej 30 (1923) * Paludan Müllersvej 10 (1931) * Johan Langesvej 7 (1938) Residential buildings in Aarhus:: * Pontoppidansgade 16 (1909) * Skolegade 30 (1911) * Skolebakken 5 (1913) * Nørregade 53–55 (1913) * Borgporten (1915) * Borggade 10-12- 14 (1933) Factory buildings: * Chocolate factory

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, Klostergade 32–34, Aarhus (1912) * United Ironworks, Knudrisgade 7,

(1916) * Administration- and factory building for N.A. Christensen & Co.,

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(1913) Other buildings: * Apotek i Vils,

(1904) * School in

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(1915) * Rectory in

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(1922) * Rectory in Lading (1925) * Cemetery chapel,

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(1925) * Expansion of ''Morsø Bank'' (1925) *

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and Queen Alexandrine's Stiftelse,

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1, Aarhus (1926) * Pharmacy,

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(1925) *

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Retirement home (1939) * Nursery, Charlottehøj,

(1948) * Memorial park in Aarhus for Danes abroad (1923)

References

External references

* Christian Frühstück Nielsen on Wikimedia commons {{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Christian Fruhstuck 20th-century Danish architects Artists from Aarhus 1878 births 1956 deaths Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni