Axel Anderberg
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architect
Architect
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active from the 1880s to the early 1930s. During his early career he built several theatres, working mostly in a mix of neo-baroque
Neo-baroque
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and art nouveau
Art Nouveau
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, while his later work largely consisted of buildings for scientific and academic institutions in the purer neo-classicist style of the period.
Anderberg received his education in the architectural school of the Royal Institute of Technology
Royal Institute of Technology
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(1880-1884), and the architecture section of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
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(1884-1887), after which he spent a year traveling to Germany, France and Italy.
His first significant commission was the new Opera House
Royal Swedish Opera
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in Stockholm
Stockholm
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(1889-1898), which replaced the gustavian opera building. After having won the contest for the building he spent additional time abroad for the particular purpose of studying theatre architecture. He later designed the city theatres in Karlstad
Karlstad
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(1893), Linköping
Linköping
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(1902-1903) and Kristianstad
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(1906) and the Oscarsteatern
Oscarsteatern
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in Stockholm (1906).
Anderberg built the large new complex for the Swedish Museum of Natural History
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(completed 1916) at Frescati
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outside Stockholm, and later several other scientific institutions in the same area, including the building for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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. He also built additional wings to the Royal Library
Swedish Royal Library
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building in Humlegården
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in Stockholm. For Uppsala University
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, Anderberg built the Paleontological Museum (1929) and an extension to the Carolina Rediviva
Carolina Rediviva
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. In 1931, the new building for the Stockholm Observatory
Stockholm Observatory
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was completed in Saltsjöbaden
Saltsjöbaden
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outside the city.