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L.P. Aakjær (1883-1959) Employed by architect H.W. Schmidt in Hamburg, he became an independent architect and master builder in Rødding from 1909, where the majority of his works are, including Rødding School (1912). In the period 1920-1933 he designed 26 villas which were built in Rødding and Gram and 2 in Haderslev.
Charles Abrahams (1838-1893) He worked within the framework of historicism. He studied under Nebelong, and began designing manor houses with French Renaissance influences. He exhibited at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1864 and 1870. Amongst his works are Næstved Station (1870) (since rebuilt at least three times), Tureby Station, and numerous other railway stations and buildings.
Eggert Achen (1853-1913) Chairman of the Danish Architects' Association between 1910 and 1914, he was a Freemason and member of the Danish Masonic Order. He designed several lodges for the Freemasons including one in Randers in 1881, together with Frits Uldall, and in Aarhus in 1908. He collaborated frequently with the Aarhus architect Thorkel Møller, mainly in Central and South Jutland in the restorations of manors and hotel conversions. Varna Palæet, a restaurant, and the Technical School in Hobro can also be counted amongst his works.
Vilhelm Ahlmann (1852-1928)

Father of Marie Ahlmann, amongst his works are restorations of Stubbekøbing Church, St. Peter's Church in Næstved, Kolding Church (1875), Holstebro Church (1907) and Næstved Technical College. Many of his designs were for buildings in Aarhus such as the Port Warehouse and Aarhus Katedralskole (1894) and many others. He exhibited at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1879 and the Nordic Industrial, Agricultural and Art Exhibition in Copenhagen in 1888. He contributed his architectural expertise to books such as Danske Tufstens-Kirker (1894), Grenaa Egnens Kridtstenskirker (1896), Jydske Granitkirker (1903) and Ældre nordisk Architektur.

Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup (1963-) An architect, university professor and writer about architecture, she is an associate professor of Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole. She has authored numerous articles, papers and books. She is a member of the Danish Royal Academy and the Danish Centre for Design Research.
Svend Albinus 1901-1995 From 1930-1939 he worked at Kaj Gottlob design studio. Albinus received the Neuhausen Prize in 1927 and the Prize of the City of Frederiksberg in 1943. He was the leader of KABS architect department from 1939-1954, head of the SBI building research committee from 1954–56 and was then chief architect of the Ministry of Housing from 1956 - 71.
Gregers Algreen-Ussing (1938-) An architect and professor emeritus at the Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole he became a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1994 and in 2006 he received the NL Høyen medal. He has been married to psycho-analylist Judy Gammelgaard since 1982.
Cornelis Altenau (died 1558) Danish-German builder. He was employed by Christian III of Denmark as a bricklayer and carpenter, and was responsible for building the King's fortress in Holstein. He was also known as the king's architect and helped design Copenhagen Castle shortly before his death.
Hans Christian Amberg (1837-1919) Amberg exhibited at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition (1863-1884), in Exposition Universelle (1878) in Paris, the Nordic Industrial, Agricultural and Art Exhibition (1888) in Copenhagen, and Copenhagen's City Hall exhibition (1901). Amberg won a competition to design Christiansborg Palace in 1887. He worked on Ribe Cathedral at from 1882–1904. Amberg's design was used in the replacement building in Højbro Plads after St Nicholas Church was destroyed in the fire of 1795. H
Einar Ambt (1877-1928) He won the New residential property Year of award in 1915.
C.T. Andersen (1835-1916)
Carl Andersen (1879-1967)
Einar Andersen (1881-1957)
H.C. Andersen (1871-1941)
Ib Andersen (1954-)
John Andersen (1943-)
Ludvig Andersen (1861-1927) Works include the City and Environs Savings Bank, Løgstør (1891) and Pilegården, Pilestræde, Copenhagen (1897–98).
Marinus Andersen (1895-1985)
Rigmor Andersen (1903-1995) A versatile Danish designer, educator and author, above all she is remembered for maintaining the traditions of Kaare Klint's furniture school at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Thorvald Andersen (1883-1935) He was supervisory architect and consultant of the Ministry of Justice buildings.
Stig L. Andersson (1957-)

A landscape architect, founder and Creative Director of Copenhagen-based SLA, Anderson is also an adjunct professor at University of Copenhagen and was visiting professor at Aarhus School of Architecture in 2009. He is a frequent collaborator with leading Danish architectural firms such as Henning Larsen Architects, C. F. Møller Architects and Lundgaard & Tranberg. Buildings include Glostrup Rådhuspark (1997-2000), Hillerød Bibliotek og Videnscenter (1999-2001), Valby Idrætspark (2005–06) and Elephant House (with Foster and partners) of Copenhagen Zoo.

Hans von Andorf (1570-1600) Supervised reconstruction works at Kronborg.
Georg David Anthon (1714–1781)
Ernst Antoft (1901-1985) Works include Tjæreby Parish School.
Fredrik Appel (1884-1962)
Thomas Arboe (1837-1917) He designed train stations in cities such as Aarhus, Odense, and Kolding.
Philip Arctander (1916-1994) He exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1942. Later, he served as director of the Danish Building Research Institute.
Jens Thomas Arnfred (1947-) He has been external examiner at the School of Architecture since 1981 and Professor of at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, since 1986.
Christian Arntzen (1852-1911) He designed villas and commercial buildings, such as the customs house in Copenhagen Freeport.
Niels Arp-Nielsen (1887-1970) Buildings include the Nordisk Film Company's office and factory in Copenhagen Freeport (1915) and the Trade and Agriculture Bank in Slagelse (1922).
Erik Asmussen (1913-1998) Buildings include Kulturhuset i Ytterjärna, Kristofferskolan i Bromma, Stockholm, and Örjanskolan i Järna
Feodor Asmussen (1887-1961) His works ranged from villas, to bank buildings and factories. He designed the City Hall in Hjorring in 1919 winning 3rd prize in a competition.
Svend Axelsson (1937-) A modernist architect, for many years he was a partner in KHR Architects along with Knud Holscher. Axelsson has won numerous projects and architectural competitions in Copenhagen and the Danish Pavilion for the World Exhibition Expo 92 ' in Seville in 1992, for which he won the Nykredit Architecture Prize. He also won a prize in 1989 for his design of Terminal B in Copenhagen Airport. He is a member of the Federation of Danish Architects.

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