Axel Anderberg

Axel Anderberg ( born November 27, 1860 in Kristianstad, † March 27, 1937 in Rotebro ) was a Swedish architect.

In his early years he built mostly theater, which were held in the Neo-Baroque or Art Nouveau. Later buildings were mostly academic institutions, which he carried in neoclassicism.

Anderberg received his education 1880-1884 at the architectural faculty of the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm and in the next three years at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. In 1888 he visited Germany, France and Italy. During this time he harbored a special interest in the theater architecture.

His most important work was the new Royal Swedish National Opera in Stockholm, which replaced the Opera House from Gustavian period. The inauguration was held by King Oscar II on September 19, 1898. Anderberg also designed the theater building from Karlstad (1893 ), Linköping ( 1902-1903 ), Kristianstad (1906 ) and Norrköping (1908 ) and the Oscar Theatre, the Operetta Theatre in Stockholm ( 1906).

Anderberg built the large complex of the Natural History Museum Reich ( completed in 1916 ) on the Frescatigelände in Stockholm and later several scientific institutions in the same area, for example, the main building of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was also responsible for the cultivation of side wings to the Royal Library in the Östermalm district. For the university in Uppsala Anderberg built the Paleontological Institute (1929) and an extension for the Carolina Rediviva. 1931 its new building was completed for the Stockholm Observatory in the seaside resort Saltsjöbaden.

Among his buildings there is also the St. John's Church in Malmö.

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