Helge Bojsen-Møller
Helge Bojsen-Møller (born April 19, 1874 in Sejling , Silkeborg Kommune as Helge Bojsen Møller ; † September 4, 1946 in Gentofte ) was a Danish architect . He is the most influential figure in Greenlandic architectural history.
family
Helge Bojsen-Møller was born in Midtjylland in 1874 as the seventh of eight children of pastor Frederik Otto Ditlev Møller (1815-1892) and his wife Jutta Kunigunde Bojsen (1837-1927). His mother is known as a suffragette. She was the daughter of the politician Frederik Engelhardt Boisen (1808–1882), who in turn was the son of Bishop Peter Outzen Boisen (1762–1831), and of the Norwegian writer Eline Boisen, née. Heramb (1813-1871). The Boisen family produced numerous important pastors and Helge's great uncle Peter Outzen Boisen (1815–1862) was the son-in-law of Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig . Helge's uncles and aunts on her mother's side include the Højskole teacher Nanna Jensen, nee. Bojsen (1835–1894), the politician Peter Bojsen (1838–1922), the politician Frede Bojsen (1841–1926) and the journalist Emil Bojsen (1854–1898). His sister was the gynecologist Eli Møller (1863-1941), who was the first Danish woman to earn a doctorate.
On May 15, 1903, he married in Søllerød Ella Jacobsen (1880-1942), daughter of the art publisher Alfred Jacobsen and his wife Agnes Andkjær. On August 25, 1937, he put his middle name in front of his last name with a hyphen.
Life
After school, Helge Bojsen Møller began an apprenticeship as a carpenter, which he completed in 1894. He then attended the architecture school of the Royal Danish Academy of Art . During this time he worked for Ludvig Fenger , Martin Borch and Axel Berg . In 1903 he graduated.
In 1904 he set up his own architectural office and in the same year was commissioned with the restoration of the 16th century manor house Hesselagergård . In 1910 he became a teacher at the architecture school, which he remained until 1918. In 1909 he designed the church in Paamiut . In 1912 he made a trip to Greenland. A little later he began to design other public buildings in Greenland. Dozens of churches, schools, commercial buildings and residential buildings for government employees come from his hand. In Denmark he also designed train stations, hospitals and power stations.
His work was initially characterized by brick -based neo-baroque , but later moved to neoclassicism , functionalism and modernism . In 1925 he became director of fire insurance in Copenhagen . During his life, Helge Bojsen-Møller designed around 200 buildings. He died in 1946 at the age of 72.
Works (selection)
- 1904: Hesselagergård (restoration)
- 1907: Skovshoved power station
- 1907: Tuberculosis hospital in Holstebro
- 1908: Official hospital in Ringkøbing
- 1908–1909: Official hospital in Herning
- 1908: Assembly building of the parish in Hjørring
- 1909: Church in Paamiut
- 1911: Langelandsbanen station building in Rudkøbing , Krongsbjerg , Skrøbeløv , Spodsbjerg and Bagenkop
- 1911–1913: Avedørelejren (barracks) in Copenhagen
- 1912–1913: Church in Højerup
- 1913: Administration building of Vest- og Sønderjysk Kreditforening in Ringkøbing
- 1913: North gate of Kongens Have in Copenhagen
- 1913: Official hospital in Lemvig
- 1913: Church in Qeqertarsuaq
- 1914: Gate of the church in Store Heddinge
- 1914: School in Aasiaat
- 1914–1915: Sparkasse in Viborg
- 1915: Higher general school in Ny Holte
- 1915: Doctor's apartment in Upernavik
- 1916: Knud Rasmussens Hus in Hundested
- 1917–1918: Sortebrødre Kirke in Viborg (restoration)
- 1918: Ting- og Arresthus in Ringkøbing
- 1919: Judges' office in Lemvig
- 1919: Eskimoslottet (school building) in Nuuk
- 1919: Fish warehouse in Paamiut
- 1920: Kalundborg power station
- 1920: Salt works in Paamiut
- 1920: Shepherd assistant apartment in Qaqortoq
- 1920: Fish warehouse in Nanortalik
- 1921: Children's home in Maribo
- 1922: Pastor's apartment in Paamiut
- 1922–1923: Teacher's / principal's apartment in Nuuk
- 1922–1927: Official hospital in Gentofte (together with Emil Jørgensen )
- 1923: Commercial chief's apartment in Ilulissat
- 1923: Commercial chief's apartment in Qeqertarsuaq
- 1925: Church in Upernavik
- 1925: Henning Meyers Hus / Tændstikæske in Nuuk
- 1925: Telegraphist apartment in Tasiilaq
- 1925: Radio administrator's apartment in Qaqortoq
- 1926: Church and chapel in Sisimiut
- 1926: Vatikanet (commercial assistant apartment ) in Qaqortoq
- 1927: Radio assistant apartment in Qaqortoq
- 1928: Økonomien (housekeeping building) in Nuuk
- 1928: Inspector's apartment in Tasiilaq
- 1928: Shepherd administrator's apartment in Qaqortoq
- 1929: Butchery in Qaqortoq
- 1930: Nuuk Hospital
- 1931: Danish pavilion at the Paris colonial exhibition
- 1931: Miki (school home) in Nuuk
- 1931: Fish warehouse in Nanortalik
- 1932: Kvinderegensen (Girls' College ) in Copenhagen
- 1932: Girls' school in Aasiaat
- 1933: Títo (school home) in Nuuk
- 1934: Nordsjællands Elektricitets og Sporvejs Aktieselskab (NESA) administration building in Hellerup
- 1934: Church in Uummannaq
- 1934: Warehouse in Ilulissat
- 1936: Coal depot (now the National Museum ) in Nuuk
- 1937: NVE administration building in Svinninge
- 1937: Provincial Council Chamber in Nuuk
- 1938: School workshop in Nuuk
- 1939: Commercial assistant apartment in Paamiut
- 1940: Isefjordsværket in Kyndby
- 1940: warehouse / bakery in Tasiilaq
- 1945: Editor's apartment in Nuuk
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Church records Sejling Sogn 1872-1891 (p. 4)
- ↑ Church records Gentofte Sogn deceased 1945–1948 (p. 51)
- ↑ Pedigree at blumensaadt-ingemand.dk
- ↑ Jutta Bojsen-Møller in Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon
- ↑ a b Helge Bojsen-Møller in Weilbach's artist lexicon
- ↑ Helge Bojsen-Møller at gravsted.dk
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bojsen-Møller, Helge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Møller, Helge Bojsen (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sejling , Silkeborg Municipality |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 1946 |
| Place of death | Gentofte |