Axel Anderberg
type: Item
description: Swedish architect
Wikidata source: Q721287
Type of information: Person
occupation: architect
date of birth: 1860-11-27T00:00:00Z
EUTA person identifier: 2670
Date of death: 1937-03-27T00:00:00Z
Has worked in: Sweden
context: Axel Johan Anderberg was a Swedish architect who built a lot of beutiful theaters.He was born 27 november 1860 in Kristianstad in Skåne county. Anderberg received his education in the architectural school of the Royal Institute of Technology (1880-1884), and the architecture section of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1884-1887). During his early career he built several theatres around sweden working in a mix of neo-baroque and art nouveau.
context: His first Theatre was the new opera house in stockholm, wich replaced the Gustavian operahouse. Later in his career hi built the city Theatres in Karlstad, Linköping, Kristianstad and the Oscarsteatern in stockholm.His later work largely consisted of buildings for scientific and academic institutions, like the building for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Importance: Not rated
country of citizenship: Sweden
Field: architecture