Heinrich Meldahl

Heinrich Meldahl (8 September 1776 – 24 February 1840) was a Danish industrial designer, architect and the owner of an iron foundry.

[1] Heinrich Joachim Meldahl was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

[citation needed] From 1804, Meldahl was employed as a designer and operating engineer by Jacob Aall at the Næs jernverk in Aust-Agder, Norway.

In 1811, he returned to Denmark, where he was granted permission to establish an iron foundry at Vesterbro.

[2][3][4] He was married to Benedicte Louise Hansen (1796- 1845) and was the father of Danish architect Ferdinand Meldahl (1827-1908) and army officer General Carl Edvard Meldahl.