The Lehn House ( Danish : Lehns Gård) is a historic townhouse on Strandgade in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of central Copenhagen , Denmark . It is also known as the Tordenskjold House ( Danish : Tordenskjolds Gård) after Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold commonly referred to as Tordenskjold, who for a while lived in the building. The Danish Authors' Society is now based in the property whose meeting facilities are also rented out for events. The rooms are notable for their lavish stucco ceilings and murals.
31-480: The first house at the site was probably built shortly after Christianshavn was established on reclaimed land in 1617-22. Abraham Lehn, a wealthy merchant, shipowner and director of the Danish East India Company , constructed a new building on the site in 1703. Abraham Lehn's son Abraham Lehn Jr. was still a child when his father died in 1709 and the house was therefore rented out, Peter Tordenskjold ,
62-410: A friend of his, had his first home on land since his childhood on the first floor up until his early death in 1720. It has previously been believed that he resided in the small pavilion in the courtyard but this was not the case. Lehn Jr. made the house his family home in 1721. He later spent most of his time on Lolland where he became a major landowner after acquiring four estates. In 1732, Lehn sold
93-633: A move into shipping , acquiring a schooner built in Svaneke on Bornholm. By 1858, his company, Heering Line, operated a fleet of ten merchant ships which sailed to South America and the Mediterranean Sea . After Peter Heering's death in 1875, the property remained in the Heering family for another four generations. In 1977 the property was purchased by the Private Bank ( Privatbanken ) in 1977. Parts of
124-418: A new soap manufacturer ( grosserer ), resided on the ground floor with his wife Elise Pedersen, their three children (aged one to six), his mother-in-law Oline Pedersen, his sister-in-law Laura Pedersen, soap master Frederik Pedersen, one maile servant and two maids. Caroline Hasberg, a widow employed with needlework, resided on the ground floor with her three children (aged four to seven). Maren Kirstine Meinert,
155-495: A single-storey side wing with her two youngest daughters (aged 11 and 13), her son Georg Christian Freund , one lodger and one maid. I. Strünck, a customs official, resided on the first floor of another side wing with his wife Christine Strünck, their five children (aged two to 14) and one maid. Caroline Marie Hasberg, a widow employed with needlework, resided on the ground floor of the same side wing with her three children (aged 13 to 16). Helene Fick, another widow, resided in one of
186-399: A soap manufactury in the yard. His widow Else Fenger kept the property after his death just four years later. The property was home to 15 residents in the household at the time of the 1787 census. Else Fenger resided in the building with her eight children (aged 11 to 26), a housekeeper, a caretaker associated the adjacent Frederick's German Church, a coachman and three maids. The property
217-666: A treaty was concluded with the Kingdom of Kandy and the foundation laid of a settlement at Trincomalee on the island's east coast. They occupied the colossal Koneswaram temple in May 1620 to begin fortification of the peninsula before being expelled by the Portuguese . After landing on the Indian mainland, a treaty was concluded with the ruler of the Tanjore Kingdom , Raghunatha Nayak , who gave
248-486: A warehouse at Bådsmandsstræde 4. He kept the property until his death. He is buried in the crypt of Christian's Church (Chapel 2). In 1785 it was acquired by Hans Peder Kofoed (1743– 1812), a sea captain from Bornholm . He constructed a large new building fronting the street, probably to designs by the architect Georg Erdman Rosenberg . Kofoed lived in the building with his wife, Marie Kofoed (1760–1838), and an adopted son from Saint Croix . When Marie Kofoed became
279-473: A watchman, resided in the basement of the side wing with his wife Caroline Schou and their three children (aged 12 to 18). In about 1850, the house was purchased by Peter F Heering, who already owned the Heering House close by and had acquired the quay in front of the building from Lehn in 1725. In 1853, No. 55 was divided into No. 55 A (Strandgade 6), 55 B og 55 C The property was home to 17 residents at
310-457: A widow in 1812, she involved herself in philanthropic work in the local community, supporting unmarried women and widows of seamen financially, and continued to live in the house until her own death in 1838. The house was then purchased by Peter Frederik Suhm Heering who needed more space for his expanding business enterprises. He had begun a production of Cherry Heering liqueur in 1818 which had gained world-wide success. In 1833 he had also made
341-444: A widow, resided on the first floor with her son Andreas Meinert (merchant, grosserer ) and two maids. Helene Sich, another widow, was also resident on the first flor. Andreas Schusen, a master joiner, resided on the first floor with his wife Petrea Hegelund, their three children (aged two to six), three joiners and one maid. Marie Hammershaimp, a widow, resided with two sons on the first floor. Johan Enners, an instrumentmaker, resided on
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#1732909279108372-575: The Behagen House . Johannes Fenger's brother Rasmus Fenger (1761-1825) spent his last years as pastor of the Chirch of Our Saviour. No. 55 was home to 49 residents in eight households at the 1840 census. Martha Helene Fenger (1775-1856), Rasmus Fenger's widow, resided in the building with three of their sons (aged 24 to 31), a housekeeper and a maid. One of the sons was the medical doctor and later politician C.E. Fenger [ da ] .Georg Pedersen,
403-571: The Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen , Denmark . It takes its name from Peter Frederik Suhm Heering (1792-1875) who owned it from 1838 until his death in 1875 and it continued to serve as headquarters for his company, Peter Heering , until 1977. The building is now home to the Nordea Foundation and a museum dedicated to banks and saving banks, as well as six residences available to foreign researchers and specialists. The property
434-702: The Maratha Empire . During their heyday, the Danish East India Company and Swedish East India Company imported more tea than the British East India Company , smuggling 90% of it into England , where it could be sold at a huge profit. Between 1624-36, Danish trade extended to Surat , Bengal , Java , and Borneo , with factories in Masulipatam , Surat, Balasore and at Java, but subsequent European wars in which Denmark participated ruined
465-428: The keystone above the gateway dates from the first owner of the house, Hans Peder Kofoed , and is a reference to his family name, Kofoed, which translates as "cow's foot" and is a name commonly associated with his native island of Bornholm. A lateral wing on the rear of the building was added in 1926–1927 to a design by Bent Helweg-Møller (1883-1956). It received an award from the city in 1929. The site also comprises
496-405: The 100-year anniversary of the bank's foundation. The displays include the former office of Carl Frederik Tietgen (1829–1901), the bank's founder and director over four decades, who has also been labelled as the most significant Danish entrepreneur of all time. After his death in 1901, the office was transferred to the bank's new headquarters at C.F. Tietgens Hus on Børsgade and left untouched until
527-526: The Company, and trade in India ceased entirely between 1643–69, during which time all previous acquisitions were lost except Tranquebar, which held out until aid from Denmark arrived in 1669. In 1670, a second Danish East India Company was established, before it too was dissolved in 1729. Heering House The Heering House ( Danish : Heerings Gård) is a Neoclassical house overlooking Christianshavn Canal in
558-509: The Danes possession of the town of Tranquebar , and permission to trade in the kingdom by treaty of 19 November 1620. In Tranquebar they established Dansborg and installed Captain Roland Crappé as the first governor ( opperhoved ) of Danish India . The treaty was renewed on 30 July 1621, and afterwards renewed and confirmed on the 10 May 1676, by Shivaji the founder of
589-607: The building were then rented out to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs . In 1999 the property changed hands once again when it was acquired by the Nordea Foundation. From 2008 to 2011 it underwent a DKK 100 mio. renovation. The main wing towards the street is built in the Neoclassical style. It is 16 bays long and consists of three storeys and a six-bay attica topped by a baluster-balustrade . A sculpted cow's claw on
620-502: The first floor with his wife Marie Enners. The property was home to 53 residents in 10 households at the 1855 census. N. C. Dyrlund, a wine merchant, resided on the first floor with his wife Emilie Dyrlund, their three children (aged five to nine), a lodger, a housekeeper and two maids. Dorthea Schleisner, an "institute manager" ( institutbestyrerinde ), resided on the ground floor with her three children (aged nine to 12) and one maid. Amalie Freund, widow of Hermann Ernst Freund , resided in
651-709: The ground floor are decorated with murals from 1705 by Hendrik Krock featuring subjects from the Old Testament and mythology. The stucco ceilings also date from this time. In the courtyard to the rear of the building is a small pavilion known as Tordenskjold's Pavilion. It dates from 1763. https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/931172.pdf Tordenskiold og Lehn] Danish East India Company The Danish East India Company ( Danish : Ostindisk Kompagni ) refers to two separate Danish-Norwegian chartered companies . The first company operated between 1616 and 1650. The second company existed between 1670 and 1729, however, in 1730 it
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#1732909279108682-469: The ground floor of the main wing. In 1993, they acquired their premises as well as part of the basement. The original Baroque -style house was only two storeys high but it was extended to three storeys and adapted in the Late Neoclassical style in 1857-58. The half-timbered side wing was originally only one storey high but later extended with an extra floor. The Danish Authors' Society's premises in
713-594: The house in Strandgade to Christian Ditlev Reventlow , whose son, Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow , a key figure in the Danish agricultural reforms of the 1770s, was born in there in 1748, From 1755, the building served as headquarters for the Danish West India Company . Reventlow's property was listed as No. 27 in the new cadastre of 1756. In 1762, Peter Fenger purchased the property. In 1770, he established
744-472: The likes), resided in the building with his wife Martha Elisabeth Schou and two unmarried daughters (aged 33 and 40). The property was acquired by master mason Johan Jacob Bruun in 1893. Bruun was born ii Viborg in 1851. Gis wife Ella (1859-) was from Korsør . They had the four daughters Gudrun, Britha, Ella and Alice. Bruun resided in the building until 1917. In 1983, the Danish Authors' Society rented
775-466: The original brewery building which dates from 1759. The Nordea Foundation ( Nordea-fonden ) now has its secretariat in the building. The renovation also installed six residences which are available on grant to foreign researchers and specialists under the foundation's residence program. The Bank and Saving Museum ( Bank- og Sparekassemuseet ) was founded by the Private Bank at Børsen in 1857 to mark
806-452: The side wings with the portrait painter Carl Ferdinand Pedersen (1803-1875) and the needleworker Cathrine Mørk. Karen Bressendorff, widow of a haulier, resided in the side wing with her 33-year-old son Peter Hansen Bressendorff (haulier and widower) and his four-year-old son. Carl Wilhelm Höyer, a machinist ( maskinmester ), resided in the side wing with his wife Juliane Marie Höyer and their four children (aged two to 11). Jens Anders Schou,
837-465: The time of the 1860 census. Søren Jensen, a master cooper, resided on the ground floor with his wife Ane Madsine Jensen, their two children (aged eight and nine), one maid and three cooper's apprentices. Julius Henrick Schulz, a master blacksmith, resided in the building with his wife Amalie Josephine Schulz, their two-year-old son Alfred Johan Fdr. Schulz and two blacksmiths. Anders Frederik Schou, an "institute manager ( institutbestyrer , schoolmaster or
868-450: Was elected as councilman. In 1749, he was one of the members of the Herman congregation who applied for royal permission to build Frederick's German Church . He was also elected as one of the "directors" of the construction process. In 1753 he constructed a new brewery building on the rear of his property. The property was listed as No. 163 in the new cadastre of 1756. Casse was also the owner of
899-423: Was home to 10 residents at the 1801 census. Else Fenger resided in the building with her sons Jørgen Fenger and Johannes Fenger, a housekeeper and two soap manufacturers. The staff consisted of a caretaker and three maids. Else Fenger's property was listed as No. 55 in the new cadastre of 1806. The soap manufactury was continued by Johannes Fenger (1878-1920). He was married to a daughter of Andreas Ewald Meinert in
930-581: Was listed as No. 60 in Christianshavn Quarter in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689. It was at that time owned by Kirsten Nielsen, widow of brewer Espen Nielsen. The property was acquired by brewer and timber merchant Peter Casse (1697-1782). He was originally from Flensbiurg . Gasse was also active in the slave trade. He was responsible for sending around 20 ships to the West Indies with slaves. He
961-461: Was re-founded as the Asiatic Company ( Danish : Asiatisk Kompagni ). The first Danish East India Company was chartered in 1616 under King Christian IV and focused on trade with India . The first expedition , under Admiral Gjedde , took two years to reach Ceylon, losing more than half their crew. The island had been claimed by Portugal by the time they arrived but on 10 May 1620,