# Louis Hygom

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{{short description|Danish architect}}
{{Infobox architect
|name                 = Louis Hygom
|image                = Louis Hygom by Juncker-Jensen.jpg
|image_size           = 200
|caption              = 
|birth_date           = {{birth date|df=yes|1879|10|04}}
|birth_place          = [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), [Denmark](/source/Denmark)
|death_date           =  {{death date and age|df=yes|1950|01|14|1879|10|04}}
|death_place          = [Rungsted](/source/Rungsted), Denmark
|significant_buildings=
| signature             =Louis Hygom 1912.jpg
}}
'''Louis Hygom''' (4 October 1879 {{ndash}} 14 January 1950) was a [Danish](/source/Denmark) architect active in the first half of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title=Louis Hygom |url=https://lex.dk/Louis_Hygom |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Lex |language=da}}</ref> He designed the [Svanemølle Power Station](/source/Svanem%C3%B8lle_Power_Station) in Copenhagen as well as two extensions to [H. C. Ørsted Power Station](/source/H._C._%C3%98rsted_Power_Station).

==Early life and education==
Hygom was born on 4 October 1879 in Copenhagen, the son of physician Frantz Carl Claus H. and Christine Mathea Nielsen. He attended Copenhagen Technical School and completed a mason's apprenticeship in 1899. He briefly attended the [Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts](/source/Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Fine_Arts) in 1903–1905 but discontinued his studies to pursue practical training in the studios of city architect [Ludvig Fenger](/source/Ludvig_Fenger) and [P.V. Jensen-Klint](/source/P.V._Jensen-Klint).<ref name="KD">{{cite web|url=https://trap.lex.dk/Louis_Hygom|title=Læios Hygom|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
thumb|Hylling-Bjær. Liseleje.

Hygom started his career by working as an executing architect for a number of other architects, including [Axel Preisler](/source/Axel_Preisler) (Dansk Folkeforsikringsanstalt) and [Ulrik Plesner](/source/Ulrik_Plesner) (Hafnia Building). In 1899, he was a co-founder of Den Frie Arkitektforening. In this early part of his career, he was strongly influenced by trends in British architecture, such as [Hamstead Garden Suburb](/source/Hamstead_Garden_Suburb) (1907) and [Baillie Scott](/source/Baillie_Scott)'s ''Houses and Gardens'' (1912). In the 1920s, he increasingly relied on [Neoclassicism](/source/Neoclassical_architecture) for inspiration. Later in his career, he mostly designed larger housing estates in a restrained [functionalist](/source/Functionalism_(architecture)) style.<ref name="KD"/>

==Personal life==
On 2 November 1915, Hygom married Helene Magda Jahn (1885–1967).<ref name="KD"/>

==Selected works==
===Villas and country houses===
thumb|Bjærg.jpg, Liseleje.
thumb|Strandvejen 16.
[[File:Svanemølleværket.1.jpg|thumb|[Svanemølleværket](/source/Svanem%C3%B8llev%C3%A6rket).]]
* Hyllingebjærg (summer house for W. Bendix), [Liseleje](/source/Liseleje) (1913)
* House for [Edvard Brandes](/source/Edvard_Brandes), Nærumvej 266 (1915)
* Summer house for Ove Ringberg, [Blokhus](/source/Blokhus) (1916
* House for GeorgHolm, [Skotterup](/source/Skotterup) (1916–17)
* Dalsborg, Rørtangsvej 1, [Snekkersten](/source/Snekkersten) (1917)
* [Hegnsholt](/source/Hegnsholt), [Grønholt](/source/Gr%C3%B8nholt) (1920)
* Doctor's House, [Farum](/source/Farum) (1923)
* House for Wengel, [Øster Allé](/source/%C3%98ster_All%C3%A9) 29, Copenhagen (1923)
* Tjørnekrogen (masterplan and five southernmost houses), [Gentofte](/source/Gentofte) (1923, awarded by [Gentofte Kommune](/source/Gentofte_Kommune))
* Manager's House, [Kunstindustrimuseum](/source/Kunstindustrimuseum) (1925)
* House for [P. Munch](/source/P._Munch), Øster Allé 5 (1926)
* Sanskevej 15 C, [Rungsted Kyst](/source/Rungsted_Kyst) (1927)
* Sølystparken 1, [Klampenborg](/source/Klampenborg) (1937)

=== Housing estates and apartment buildings===
* Municipal housing estate, [Borups Allé](/source/Borups_All%C3%A9) (1918), ved [Refsnæsgade](/source/Refsn%C3%A6sgade) and [Sjællandsgade](/source/Sj%C3%A6llandsgade) (1922)
* Block for [Landmandsbanken](/source/Landmandsbanken), [Genforeningspladsen](/source/Genforeningspladsen) (1923)
* Rødegård, ved Genforeningspladsen 17-29, Hvidkildevej 18A-34 (1933)
* Isafjord for [Arbejdernes Andels Boligforening](/source/Arbejdernes_Andels_Boligforening), Isafjordsgade/Egilsgade/[Njalsgade](/source/Njalsgade) (1926)
* Housing estate for KAB, [Gentofte Lake](/source/Gentofte_Lake) (1922)
* Block for Københavns Kommune, [Jagtvej](/source/Jagtvej) 157 A-G/[Skrivergangen](/source/Skrivergangen)/[Lersø Parkallé](/source/Lers%C3%B8_Parkall%C3%A9)/[Rådmandsgade](/source/R%C3%A5dmandsgade) 84 (1928)
* Row houses, Svanevænget 6-34 (1928)
* Østerled/[Strandvejen](/source/Strandvejen) 16 B-C (1928)
* Sygeplejerskernes Hus, [Tagensvej](/source/Tagensvej) 96 (1930)
* Vibevej 49-65, Tornskadestien 1-17 and 2-18, Mejsevænget 1-17 og 2-16, Rørsangervej 2-4, Nattergalevej 1-11 og Hillerødgade 68-72 (1931–32, with [Emanuel Monberg](/source/Emanuel_Monberg))
* AABs bebyggelse ved [Frederikssundsvej](/source/Frederikssundsvej) og Hovedvangen (1936)
* [Kvindehjemmet](/source/Kvindehjemmet), Jagtvej 153 B (1943, totalt ombygget 2006-08)
* Aldersrenteboliger for Københavns Kommune på [Tuborgvej](/source/Tuborgvej) (1944)

=== Other===
* Extensions of [H. C. Ørsted Power Station](/source/H._C._%C3%98rsted_Power_Station), [Sydhavnen](/source/Sydhavnen) (1924 and 1930–32, with [Valdemar Schmidt](/source/Valdemar_Schmidt_(architect)))
* Akkumulatorbygning, [Østre Elektricitetsværk](/source/%C3%98stre_Elektricitetsv%C3%A6rk), [Øster Allé](/source/%C3%98ster_All%C3%A9) 1 (1939–40)
* Extension of [Gothersgade Power Station](/source/Gothersgade_Power_Station), [Gothersgade](/source/Gothersgade)(1943, demolished)
* [Svanemølle Power Station](/source/Svanem%C3%B8lle_Power_Station), [Nordhavnen](/source/Nordhavnen) (1947–53)<ref>{{cite web |title=Svanemølle Power Station |url=http://www.dongenergy.com/en/business%20activities/generation/electricity%20generation/primary%20power%20stations/pages/svanemolle%20power%20station.aspx |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-09-12 |publisher=DONG Energy}}</ref>
* Transformatorstation, Sydhavns Plads 6 (1949)
* Transformatorstation, [Valby Langgade](/source/Valby_Langgade) 2

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Louis Hygom}}

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Category:1879 births
Category:1950 deaths

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