Mathias Bidstrup

[1] He was born in Rønne, Bornholm, the son of cobbler Jorgen Bernhard Bidstrup and Marie Hansine Sonne.

Mathias Bidstrup attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for a single quarter in 1876.

In 1876, he worked as a teacher at an art college with the architect Johan Daniel Herholdt.

[2] As an architect, he had built a huge number of buildings on Bornholm, schools, churches (including Gudhjem Church), urban and rural stations, the post office in Rønne and many private houses.

Bidstrup was superintendent of Rønne Technical School for 46 years (1876–1915) and co-founder of Bornholm Museum in 1893.