Niels Peder Christian Holsøe

Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (27 November 1826 – 1 January 1895) was a Danish architect, known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.

[1] Holsøe was born at Øster Egesborg near Vordingborg on the island of Zealand, Denmark.

He was the son of pastor Lauritz Christian Holsøe (1789-1862) and Vilhelmine Euphrosyne Margrethe, née Feddersen (1797-1871).

[1] He designed a number of public buildings, especially railway stations in cities including Nyborg (1865), Silkeborg (1871), Varde (1874), Ringkøbing (1875), Ribe (1883), Svendborg (1876), Aarhus East (1877), Thisted (1881), Faaborg (1882), Assens (1883–84) and Helsingør (with Heinrich Wenck; 1889–91).

In addition, he designed the Hotel Marienlyst in Helsingør (1860–61), and Ugerløse Church (1875-76), and was responsible for the renovation of Aarhus Hospital (1878–89).