Harald Lønborg-Jensen

Harald Lønborg-Jensen
Born (1871-10-10)10 October 1871
Tureby, Denmark
Died 1 November 1948(1948-11-01) (aged 77)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Alma mater Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Occupation Architect

Harald Magnus Lønborg-Jensen (10 October 1871 – 1 November 1941) was a Danish architect known as a productive church and restoration-architect. Harald Lønborg-Jensen was trained as a carpenter by his father Fritz Julius Jensen who worked as a building constructor. Lønborg-Jensen later attended technical school, and further attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from where he graduated with a degree in architecture in 1900. He subsequently found employment at various architect practices and worked for among others Vilhelm Dahlerup, Anton Rosen, Hans J. Holm, Ferdinand Meldahl and Martin Borch before he started his own architectural practice. Harald Lønborg-Jensens expertise became church buildings. Through four decades he was one of the most used architects for designs of new churches and for restoration. His style was inspired by historical-romantic themes.[1]

He exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1905–07 and 1909, was a member of the Royal Nordic Society of Antiquaries, on the board of Selskabet for kirkelig Kunst and a member of Akademiraadet 1931–34. He was architect at Ribe Cathedral from 1915 and at Roskilde Cathedral from 1927. In 1926 Lønborg-Jensen was made a Knight af Dannebrog. Lønborg-Jensen was married in Ebeltoft 1 October 1895 to Eline Inga Benedicte Jensen and is buried on Frederiksberg Older Cemetery.[2]

Works

Frederik's Church
Åbyhøj Church
  • Grundtvigs Højskole, Kongens Lyngby (1897, now Frilandsmuseet)
  • Chapel, Sorgenfri Cemetery (1905)
  • Stenderup Church (1908–09)
  • Skovlund Church (1910)
  • Bramminge Church (1912–15)
  • Vendsyssel Bank (1913)
  • North wing of Aunsbjerg Manor (1917–19)
  • Haunstrup Church (1918–20)
  • Studsgård Church (1918–20)
  • Bjerringbro Church (1918–20)
  • Lundtofte Church (1919–21)
  • Skjoldbjerg Church (1919–21)
  • Memorial on Vestre Cemetery, (1920)
  • Grindsted Church (1921–23)
  • Rinkenæs Church (1929–32)
  • Nørre Kollund Church (1935)
  • St. John's Church (1940–41)
  • Frederik's Church, Højbjerg (1942–44)
  • Åbyhøj Church (1942–45)

References

  1. ↑ "Artist: Harald Lønborg-Jensen" (in Danish). Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Harald Lønborg-Jensen - Gyldendal". Den Store Danske (in Danish). May 30, 2016. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
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