Hans Jørgen Holm

Hans Jørgen Holm studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt. Training under Johan Daniel Herholdt is recorded. Carl Rasmussen is recorded as having studied under Hans Jørgen Holm. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog, commander of the Order of the Dannebrog and Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog.

• Name — Hans Jørgen Holm • Born — 9 May 1835 • Birthplace — Copenhagen, Danish Unitary State • Died — 22 July 1916 • Place of death — Ordrup, Denmark • Resting Place — Vestre Cemetery • Spouse — Anna Dorothea Johanne Severine Nielsen • Mother — Johanne Henriette Kierulf • Father — Carl Jacob Holm • Significant Buildings — Royal Library

Holm was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Carl Jacob Holm and Johanne Henriette f. Kierulf. He studied at the city's College of Advanced Technology before being admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1855. In the same time he worked for Gustav Friederich Hetsch and Johan Daniel Herholdt. From 1866 to 1879, he was an assistant teaching architectural art at the architectural school and at the model school 1867–70. From 1883 to 1908, he was professor at the architectural school. In 1872–73, he was a building inspector in the City of Copenhagen. From 1883 to 1908, he was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy. He served as the architect of Roskilde Cathedral from 1898 to 1915. He died during 1916 in Ordrup and was buried at Vestre Kirkegård in Copenhagen.

• Diakonissestiftelsen, the first three wings (1873–76) • Rysensteen Gymnasium, then Tietgensgades School, Copenhagen (1885–86) • Cattle Market (1885–86) with slaughterhouses (1887), Brown Meatpacking District, Copenhagen • Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen (1883-) • Northern Chapel, Vestre Cemetery (1892) • Southern Chapel, now the focal point of the Crossroads Project, Vestre Cemetery (1905) • Museum of Geology, Copenhagen (1888–93) • Skive Church, Skive (1896–98) • Royal Danish Library, Slotsholmen, Copenhagen (1898–1906)

• Illustration — Diakonissestiftelsen, Copenhagen • Illustration — Rysensteen Gymnasium • Illustration — Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen • Illustration — Museum of Geology, Copenhagen • Illustration — Royal Danish Library on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen

Hans Jørgen Holm is recorded as having studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt.