Vilhelm Hvalsøe

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{{Short description|Danish architect (1883–1958)}}

Frederik Vilhelm Hvalsøe (23 May 1883, Holbæk - 3 March 1958, Copenhagen) was a Danish architect.{{cite web|url= http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/vilhelm-hvalsoee-1883-1958|title= Vilhelm Hvalsøe (1883-1958)|publisher= indenforvoldene.dk

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Biography

Hvalsøe was born at Holbæk on the island of Zealand, Denmark. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1905 to 1916.

He was most notable for his collaborations with Arthur Wittmaack with whom he started an architectural firm in 1916. The firm principally designed buildings in and around Copenhagen, Denmark. Hvalsøe participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam in the category of architecture.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/920221 |title=Frederik Hvalsøe |work=Olympedia |accessdate=25 July 2020}} Together with Wittmaack, he exhibited at the Brussels International Exposition (1935).{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=7393&wsektion=biografi |title= Vilhelm Hvalsøe |publisher= Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon|accessdate=1 January 2019}}

{{cite web|url= https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=11412&wsektion=biografi|title= Arthur Wittmaack|publisher= Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon|accessdate=1 January 2019}}

Gallery

Kopenhagen Mai 2009 PD 227.JPG|Axelborg

Hans Egedes Kirke Copenhagen 2.jpg|Hans Egede Church

Absalons Kirke Copenhagen.jpg|Absalon Church

Helleruplund Kirke 2007.jpg|Helleruplund Church

References