He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where he graduated with a degree in architecture.

The tower on St. Nicolai Church and Missionshuset in Vejle have a Neo-Gothic appearance with red brick and pointy-arched windows.

The tower has stepped buttresses in the corners and a wide cornice-frieze while Missionshuset has frieze and windows framed by yellow brick.

The Neo-Gothic style is a common element in many of Ludvig Petersen's school buildings while Vejle Theater is an example of Baroque Revival architecture.

[1][2] Ludvig's parents were Zacharias Petersen, a ship's builder at Holmen in Copenhagen and teacher at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and Emilie Sophie Thortsen.