Rogert Møller (6 December 1844 – 26 August 1918) was a

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architect and credit union manager. He was as an architect mainly active in the Vesterbro district of

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, designing many residential buildings during the population boom of the late 19th century. He worked for from 1876 and served as chief technical officer from 1904.

Early life and career

Møller was born on 6 December 1844 in

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, the son of merchant and later innkeeper Jacob Møller (1803–1857) and Mariane Cathrine Schaltz (c. 1808–1849). His mother died when he was five years old and his father was subsequently married a second time to Ernestine Wilhelmine Wegner in 1852. Møller enrolled at the Artillery School at the age of 14 and continued his education at Elekskolen at

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. He then joined the Topographic General Staff's Department as an aspirant and was appointed as a guide in 1864. He resigned from the position in 1870 to assume a position as an assistant in the

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Architecture

In his spare time, while working for the Copenhagen Fire Department, Møller started to work as a draughtsman. He was later also charged with building design and established his own architectural practice in 1991. Despite his lack of formal education at the

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, he was responsible for the design of an extensive number of residential buildings, particularly in Vesterbro but also in other emerging districts.

Work for Østifternes Kreditforening

Østifternes Kreditforening, 2nd HQ, front

Møller's work as an architect brought him into contact with land owners and through them the ('Islands' Credit Union') with whom he soon started a more formalized collaboration. He started out as an assessor in 1875, became a member of the board of representatives in 1877, became an auditor () in 1879. and finally chief technical officer () in 1904. He took an active part in the planning and realisation of the union's new headquarters at

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in 1913–1914.

Politics and public offices

Møller was a member of the

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from 1892 to 1898, where he belonged to the Conservative group. He was chairman of the Vesterbro Landowners' Association from 1885 to 1904.

Personal life

Møller married twice. His first wife was Emilie Christine Marie Witt (22 June 1846 – 9 October 1894), daughter of steward Hans Thomas Frederik Witt (1818–1910) and Sophie Louise Andersen (1818–1853). They were married on 8 December 1869 in the

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in Copenhagen. His second wife was Sophie Cathinka Wilhelmine Knuppert (23 July 1854 – 6 December 1938), daughter of credit union managing director Frederik Louis Carl K. (1827–1884) and Marie Elisabeth Jørgensen (1827–1884). They were married on 18 September 1895. Møller was awarded the title of in 1901 and in 1908. He was made a Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1898 and was awarded the Cross of Honour in 1914. He died on 26 August 1918 and is buried at

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Selected works

Værnedamsvej Værnedamsvej is a lively shopping street, linking Vesterbrogade and the beginning of Frederiksberg Allé with Gammel Kongevej on the border between Frederiksberg and Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Vesterbro in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The street was ...

4A, Frederiksberg (1876) * Courtyard church building,

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40, Nørrebro (1878–1879) *

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33B, Frederiksberg (1876) *

33A, Frederiksberg (1878–1881) *

Viktoriagade Viktoriagade is a street in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Vesterbrogade in the northwest to Halmtorvet in the southeast and is intersected by Istedgade. The three buildings at No. 8-12 have been listed on the Danish ...

12, Vesterbro (1881) *

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42, Vesterbro (1881) *

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12, Vesterbro (1882–1883) * Bagerstræde 1/

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50, Vesterbro (1884–1885) * Eriksgade 12–14, Vesterbro (1886–1887) *

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8–10 (1886–1887) *

12 (1886–1887) *

14–16/Istedgade (1886–1887) *

26/Eriksgade 1, Vesterbro (1887–1888) * Eriksgade 3–5, Vesterbro (1887–1888) *

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21, Frederiksberg (1888) *

30/Stenosgade 1, Vesterbro (1894–1895) * Cityhus,

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14, City Centre (1897–1898) *

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25, Vesterbro (1898) *

119, Vesterbro (1898–1899) *

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63–65, City Centre (1898–1899) * Upsalahus, Upsalagade/Lundsgade, Østerbro (1899) * Volmerhus,

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1/Østergade 32/Antonigade, City Centre (1902) *

20, Vesterbro (1901–1903) *

69–71, Vesterbro (1906–1907) *

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23, Frederiksberg (1905) *Jacobys Allé 6–8, Frederiksberg (1908)

In collaboration with Erik Schiødt

* Aladdin Complex (three blocks), Overgaden oven Vandet/Andreas Bjørns Gade/Burmeistergade/Brobergsgade/Prinsessegade,

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(1899–1901)

In collaboration with Valdemar Dan

* Kronborg, Gåsegade 2/Farvergade 15/Vandkunsten 12/Løngangsstræde 16, Copenhagen (1894–1895 and 1908–1910) * Vesterbrogade 35, Copenhagen (1903–1905, facade altered in 1954) * Farvergade 6–8, Copenhagen (1907) * Husligt Arbejder Forbund, Farvergade 10–12/Rådhuspladsen 77, Copenhagen (1908, renovated 1983)

References

External links

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