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Frisch House
The Frisch House (Danish language, Danish: Frischs Hus) is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical property overlooking the square Nytorv (No. 5) in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was designed by the artist Nicolai Abildgaard although it has later been expanded with an extra floor. A room on the first floor features four Abildgaard paintings with scenes from Voltaire's ''Le Triumvirat''. History 18th century The property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 151 in Snaren's Quarter, owned by Hans Levesen. It was later owned by the physician Hieronimus Laub (1689–1753) until his death. Hos former property was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 133 in Snaren's Quarter. The property was home to three households at the 1787 census. Wielhelm August Hansen (1743–1685), a high-ranking civil servant in Rentekammeret, resided in the building with his wife Inger Charlotte Graah, a servant, a coachman, a caretaker, a female cook and a maid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoclassical Architecture
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing styles of architecture in most of Europe for the previous two centuries, Renaissance architecture and Baroque architecture, already represented partial revivals of the Classical architecture of ancient Rome and (much less) ancient Greek architecture, but the Neoclassical movement aimed to strip away the excesses of Late Baroque and return to a purer and more authentic classical style, adapted to modern purposes. The development of archaeology and published accurate records of surviving classical buildings was crucial in the emergence of Neoclassical architecture. In many countries, there was an initial wave essentially drawing on Roman architecture, followed, from about the start of the 19th century, by a second wave of Greek Revival architec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Of Denmark
Danmarks Nationalbank (in Danish often simply ''Nationalbanken'') is the central bank of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is a non-eurozone member of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). Since its establishment in 1818, the objective of the Nationalbank as an independent and credible institution is to issue the Danish currency, the krone, and ensure its stability. The Board of Governors holds full responsibility for the monetary policy. The building which houses the bank's headquarters was designed by the renowned architect Arne Jacobsen, in collaboration with Hans Dissing and Otto Weitling. After Jacobsen's death, his office, renamed Dissing+Weitling, has brought the construction to completion. Danmarks Nationalbank undertakes all functions related to the management of the Danish central-government debt. The division of responsibility is set out in an agreement between the Ministry of Finance of Denmark and Danmarks Nationalbank. Danish and Faroese banknotes were previou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordea
Nordea Bank Abp, commonly referred to as Nordea, is a European financial services group operating in northern Europe and based in Helsinki, Finland. The name is a blend of the words "Nordic" and "idea". The bank is the result of the successive mergers and acquisitions of the Finnish, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian banks of Merita Bank, Nordbanken, Unidanmark, and Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse that took place between 1997 and 2001. The Nordic countries are considered Nordea's home market, having finalised the sales of their Baltic operations in 2019. Nordea is listed on Nasdaq Nordic exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, and Stockholm and Nordea ADR is listed in the US. Nordea serves 9.3 million private and 530,000 active corporate customers, including 2,650 large corporates and institutions. Nordea's credit portfolio is distributed across Finland (21%), Denmark (26%), Norway (21%), and Sweden (30%). There are four Business Areas (BAs) at Nordea, Personal Banking, Business Banking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danske Bank
Danske Bank A/S is a Danish multinational banking and financial services corporation. Headquartered in Copenhagen, it is the largest bank in Denmark and a major retail bank in the northern European region with over 5 million retail customers. Danske Bank was number 454 on the ''Fortune'' Global 500 list for 2011. The largest shareholder is A.P. Moller Holding connected to the Maersk family. It was founded 5 October 1871 as ''Den Danske Landmandsbank, Hypothek- og Vexelbank i Kjøbenhavn'' ("The Danish Farmers' Bank, Mortgage and Exchange Bank of Copenhagen"), and was commonly known as ''Landmandsbanken'' ("the Farmers' Bank"). In 1976, the bank changed name to ''Den Danske Bank'' ("The Danish Bank"), and the current name was adopted in 2000. Operations The Danske Bank group operates a number of local banks around the Nordic region (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland) as well as across Ireland. In Denmark, the major expansion occurred in 1990 after the merger with Kjøbenh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinsbanken
Provinsbanken was Denmark's fifth-largest bank in 1990 when it merged with Danske Bank and Handelsbanken (not affiliated with the Swedish Handelsbanken). Provinsbanken dates back to 1846, when Fyens Disconto Kasse was established by a group of Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ... merchants under the leadership of Lorentz Bierfreund. It was the country's first private bank. Retrieved 24 June 2016. References External links {{Portal, Companies, Banks Ban ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen
Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen (25 February 1843 – 20 June 1916) was a Danish pharmacist and industrialist. He founded Christian Hansen's Technical-Chemical Laboratory (Chr. Hansen), which revolutionized the production of wholesome dairy products in the 1870s. He also had a key role in the establishment of the Danish Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen in 1892, financing its first building in Stockholmsgade out of his own pocket. He owned Mullerup on Funen and Bøstrup at Slagelse. Early life Hansen was born on 25 February 1843 at Kragsbjerg, near Odense the son of Christian Henrik Hansen (1797-1868) and Bertha Marie Ammentorp (1805-1848). He attended Slagelse Realskole in Slagelse and then Ålborg Latinskole in Aalborg. Pharmacist Hansen apprenticed as a pharmacist at the pharmacy of Frederick's Hospital in Copenhagen, 1859. He passed his exams as an assistant pharmacist in 1862 and then worked at the pharmacy in Højer from 1862 to 1864 before passing his pharmace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesterbrogade
Vesterbrogade () is the main shopping street of the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The 1.5 km long street runs from the City Hall Square in the east to Pile Allé in Frederiksberg in the west where it turns into Roskildevej. On its way, it passes Copenhagen Central Station as well as the small triangular square Vesterbros Torv. It is one of four such ''-bro streets'', the other being Nørrebrogade, Østerbrogade and Amagerbrogade. History Early history Vesterbroghade originates in the 12th-century country road that led in and out of Copenhagen's Western City Gate. The road passed Sankt Jørgens Bæk (St. George's Stream) on its way to Valby and often changed course. On 20 August 1624, Christian IV ordered that the road be cobbled, first to Vernedamsvej and later all the way to Valby. The road was at this point called Alvejen "The Public Road"= or Adelvejen ("The Nobility Road") but in 1650 the name was changed to Roskildegaden ("The Roskilde Street"). Only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studiestræde
Studiestræde is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, running from Bispetorv on Nørregade in the northeast to Axeltorv in the southwest. The oldest section of the street, between Nørregade and Vester Voldgade, is part of Copenhagen's Latin Quarter and is home to many small shops, galleries and cafés. Most of the buildings date from the years after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. The rest of the street dates from an extension in the second half of the 19th century. It is bisected by H. C. Andersens Boulevard and is home to the music venue Pumpehuset. History Copenhagen 's second Town Hall was located at the beginning of the street which was then called Rådhusstræde ("Town Hall Alley"). In 1479, a new city hall was completed on nearby Gammeltorv and the old building was taken over by the University of Copenhagen which was founded the same year by King Christian I with the approval of Pope Sixtus IV. The name of the street was then changed to Gammel Rådhusstræde ("Old To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nytorv 5 - Juliuss Tafdrup
Nytorv ( English: New Square or New Market) is a public square in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with the adjoining Gammeltorv it forms a common space, today part of the Strøget pedestrian zone. The square is dominated by the imposing Neoclassical façade of the Copenhagen Court House, which from 1815-1905 also served as the City Hall. History The new market Nytorv was created by Christian IV in 1610 when he cleared an area behind the City Hall in connection with his adaptation of the building in a Renaissance style. Nytorv thrived as a marketplace, as did Gammeltorv, which was located on the other side of the city hall. It was at Nytorv that the butchers carried out their work, while most of the sales took place at Gammeltorv. The city's scaffold Nytorv also became the location of the city's scaffold and a pillory. Pillories were also found at a number of other sites around the city. A permanent scaffold was not constructed until 1627, and in 1728, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Trier
Herman Trier (May 10, 1845 – September 1, 1925) was a Jewish Danish educator and politician. Life Trier was born on May 10, 1845 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of wholesaler Adolph Meyer Trier and Sophie Bing. Trier received his early education at the Von Westenske Institut. He then went to the University of Copenhagen, studying jurisprudence there for a few years. He began studying pedagogics in 1864, ultimately winning international fame in that field. in 1876, he began publishing a series of biographies and character studies of various authors called ''Kultur-Historiske Personligheder''. In that same year, he also wrote his first pedagogic work, ''Pædagogikken som Videnskab'', which endeavored to established pedagogics as an abstract science. In 1879, he began publishing ''Vor Ungdom'', a pedagogic periodical, with School-Inspector P. Voss of Christiania. He also published ''Pædagogiske Tids- og Stridsspörgsmaal'' from 1892 to 1893, and in 1901 he wrote on the medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Johansen Neergaard
Peter Johansen (de) Neergaard (24 July 1769 – 9 January 1835) was a Danish landowner. He was one of the largest landowners of his time in Denmark. His father was ennobled under the name de Neergaard in 1788. Early life Neergaard was born at Tølløsegård, the eldest son of ''kancelliråd'' Johan Thomas Neergaard and Anna Joachimine Qvistgaard (1750–1829). His father was ennobled by letters patent in 1780. Neergaard graduated in law from the University of Copenhagen in 1790 . Property Peter Johansen Neergaard was the owner of the estates Ringsted Abbey, Kærup (1793–1804), Merløsegaard (1795–1796), Gyldenholm (1810–1812), Førslev (1803–1830), Gunderslevholm (1803–1835), Kastrup, Fuglebjerg and Fodbygård (1803), Det Plessenske fideikommis (1803), Gerdrup (1814–1831), Lyngbygård (1814–1831), Fuglsang (1819–1835), Priorskov (1819–1835), Nørlund, Torstedlund (1820–1826) and Albæk (1812). He was a co-founder of the Store Larsbjørnsstræde Sugar Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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