- Axel Anderberg
Axel Johan Anderberg (
27 November 1860 –1937) was a Swedisharchitect active from the 1880s to the early 1930s. During his early career he built several theatres, working mostly in a mix ofneo-baroque andart nouveau , while his later work largely consisted of buildings for scientific and academic institutions in the purerneo-classicist style of the period.Anderberg received his education in the architectural school of the
Royal Institute of Technology (1880-1884), and the architecture section of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Arts (1884-1887), after which he spent a year traveling to Germany, France and Italy.His first significant commission was the new Opera House in
Stockholm (1889-1898), which replaced thegustavian opera building. After having won the contest for the building he spent additional time abroad for the particular purpose of studying theatre architecture. He later designed the city theatres inKarlstad (1893),Linköping (1902-1903) andKristianstad (1906) and the "Oscarsteatern " in Stockholm (1906).Anderberg built the large new complex for the
Swedish Museum of Natural History (completed 1916) at Frescati outside Stockholm, and later several other scientific institutions in the same area, including the building for theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences . He also built additional wings to the Royal Library building inHumlegården in Stockholm. ForUppsala University , Anderberg built the Paleontological Museum (1929) and an extension to theCarolina Rediviva . In 1931, the new building for theStockholm Observatory was completed inSaltsjöbaden outside the city.External links
* [http://home.swipnet.se/win/linkoping/52vas.htm Linköping City Theatre]
* [http://www.kristianstad.se/templates_custom/Page____3405.aspx Kristianstad City Theatre]
* [http://www.varmland.org/karlstad/index.asp?typ=detail&id=3198&lang=eng Karlstad Theatre]
* [http://www.c.lst.se/templates/Page.aspx?id=782 Uppsala University Paleontological Museum]
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