Holger Jacobsen

Holger Jacobsen was a Danish architect. His best known work is Strekassen, an extension to the Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.

Holger Jacobsen was born onOctober 1876 in Odense. He apprenticed as a carpenter and furthered his studies at Odense Technical School before attending the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1898 to 1905 where he was a pupil of Hans Jrgen Holm for whom he also worked as an assistant. After his graduation he worked abroad for a couple of years, and was influenced by the Mannerism and Baroque architecture which he saw in France, Spain and Italy. Another source of inspiration was Vilhelm Wanschers lectures on Michelangelo. He later described himself as the last Italian in Danish architecture.

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