Helweg-Møller was born on 8 June 1773 in Odense, the son of later savings bank manager Hans Jakob Møller and Anna Sophie née Helweg. He matriculated from Odense Technical School and completed a mason's apprenticeship in 1903. He studied attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1904 to 1908 and worked at Anton Rosen architectural firm from 1906 to 1909.
Career
Helweg-Møller established his own architectural firm in 1910. Some of his earliest works were large villas and renovations of historical buildings. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, he turned to the new Functionalist but often combined it with Art Deco elements and an unusual attention to detail.
He served as architect for Berlingske Media, expanding the company's head office in Pilestræde (1928–30, later altered). He received a number of high-profile commissions from companies such as Berlingske, Magasin du Nord and A. C. Bang. In 1933, he won the first prize in the competition for an extension of Odense City Hall.[1]
He was a member of Akademirådet in 1933–43 and again in 1946.[2]
Porcelain and furniture
In 1910–14, Helweg-Møller worked for the Royal Porcelain Factory. His designs for the company included a series of memorial plates with architectural motifs.[3]
Exhibition architect
Danmarks pavillon på verdensudstillingen i Rio de Janeiro (1922, præmie i konkurrence 1922)
Den kongelige Porcelainsfabriks pavillon på Verdensudstillingen i Paris (1925)
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