Education
After an apprenticeship as a carpenter, Amberg studied at the Royal Danish Academy"s architecture school (1856–1865) while receiving instruction from Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, Christian Hansen and Ferdinand Meldahl.
After an apprenticeship as a carpenter, Amberg studied at the Royal Danish Academy"s architecture school (1856–1865) while receiving instruction from Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, Christian Hansen and Ferdinand Meldahl.
Amberg exhibited at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition (1863-1884), in Exposition Universelle (1878) in Paris, the Nordic Industrial, Agricultural and Art Exhibition (1888) in Copenhagen, and Copenhagen"s City Hall exhibition (1901). He was a Knight of the Dannebrog. Amberg"s design was used in the replacement building in Højbro Plads after Street Nicholas Church was destroyed in the fire of 1795.
Amberg"s approach, like that of his contemporaries, was influenced by the Historicist requirement to adopt one or more historical styles in every assignment.
He designed buildings in the Faroe Islands, including a residence in Thorshavn and Eidi Church on the island of Suðuroy (1880–1881). Both with characteristic pyramid spires.
His Tinghus in the centre of Esbjerg (1891) and the manor at Vindeholme near Nakskov (1913) are also notable. He also restored Street Nicolas Church and, under the sponsorship of Carl Jacobsen, redesigned its spire (1908–1910).
In collaboration with Carl Brummer, he designed a spire for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
The latter project was, however, not completed as Jacobsen died in 1914.