Vilhelm Heinrich Friederichsen (6 May 1841 – 5 March 1913) was a Danish architect.

Early life and education

Friederichsen was born in

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, the son of carpenter Peter Wilhelm Friederichsen (1817-74) and Helene Theresia Seerup (1821-75). He apprenticed as a carpenter and attended the Technical Institute in Læderstræde in the winter time for three years before enrolling at the

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in 1856 where he studied under

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and Christian Hansen. He won the small silver medal in 1864 and graduated in 1865.

Career

Friederichsen and

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won third prize in the competition for the new

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in 1871 and specialized in the design of hospitals. He designed the first phase of the Øresund Hospital in 1875-76 and the Blegdam Hospital in 1878-80. In 1883-85, he designed the Sankt Johannes Stiftelse complexes on both sides of Ruesgade for which he received the C. F. Hansen Medal in 1886. He also designed Præstø County's hospital in Stege in 1892 and extensions of Næstved Hospital in 1893-94. In the late 1880s and early 1890s, he was involved in the preparation of the relocation of

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and

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but his 1892

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proposal was not selected. Friederichsen was also the designer of a large number of public and private buildings in the new neighbourhoods that developed on the outskirts of Copenhagen towards the end of the century. He served as Building Inspector in Copenhagen's 1st District (Vesterbro) in 1875-89. He designed some of the first slaughterhouses in the first phase of the new

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in 1881-83.

Personal life

He married Anna Kirstine Katharine Madsen (1842-1927)m a daughter of later fire department director Niels Madsen (1813-68) and Mariane Sarine Johansen (1817–tidligst 96), on 26 July 1867 in Frederiksberg.

List of works

* Dannebrogsgade 24, Copenhagen (1862) *

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5-9 (1868-69),

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(1866) *

Viktoriagade Viktoriagade is a street in the Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 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 ...

16, Copenhagen (1867) *

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55, Copenhagen (1868) *

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22, Copenhagen (1869) *

73 B/Saxogade 2, Copenhagen (1869) *

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2, Frederiksberg (1871) * Hauchsvej 13, Frederiksberg (1871) * Five buildings on

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, Copenhagen (1872, with Frederik Bøttger) * Øresund Hospital, Carl Nielsens Allé, Copenhagen (1875-76) * Blegdam Hospital,

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, Copenhagen (1876-79, demolished 1974) * Sankt Johannes Stiftelse,

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and Sortedams Dossering (1883-85,

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, South Wing demolished) * 1st phase

and Vestre Gasværk (1881, opened 1883) * Trommesalen 1-3 (1883, No.1 demolished) * Mynstersvej 3, Frederiksberg (1884) *

66, Copenhagen (1884) * Viktoriagade 14, Copenhagen (1885) * Tullinsgade 23, Copenhagen (1890) * Sporvejsselskabets remises,

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101 and

132, Copenhagen (1900-02, with engineer Johansen, altered in 1980'erne) * Extension of remise, Bragesgade 5, Nørrebro (1900-02, bow

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) * Frederikssund Hospital,

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(1891) *

39-41, Copenhagen (1891) * Rosenkranskirken and School, Boyesgade 8, Copenhagen (1891-92, church closed 1942 and blown up on 27 March 1945 og) * Præstø County Hospital, Peblingerende, Stege (1892) * Mariahjemmet and St- Knud's Chapel (later closed),

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115, Copenhagen (1902) * Epidemihus, Præstø County Hospital, Ringstedgade,

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(1892 and 1904) * Egestræde School,

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, Copenhagenj

References

External links

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