Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker ("Christian Augustinus Industries") is a former Danish tobacco company which now serves as the investment company of the
Augustinus Foundation.
History
The company was founded by Ole Augustinus on 11 May 1750 when he established a tobacco factory on
Frederiksborggade
Frederiksborggade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Kultorvet square in the southeast to Søtorvet where Queen Louise's Bridge connects it to Nørrebrogade in Nørrebro on the other side of The Lakes. The street is effecti ...
. A new building at
Vestergade 8 was inaugurated in the 1770s. Augustinus three sons were all active in the venture. The eldest of them, Christian Augustinus, from whom it later took its name, took over the operations after their father's death in 1779. The building in Vestergade was destroyed in the
Copenhagen Fire of 1795 but the current building at the site was completed a few years later.
A new tobacco factory on
Gammel Kongevej in
Frederiksberg was inaugurated in 1870.
The company established a tobacco factory at Gullandsgade on
Amager
Amager ( or, especially among older speakers, ) in the Øresund is Denmark's most densely populated island, with more than 212,000 inhabitants (January 2021) a small appendage to Zealand. The protected natural area of ''Naturpark Amager'' (includi ...
in 1914. The company later changed its name to Chr. Augustinus after it had been taken over by Ole Augustinus' son Christian Augustinus.
In 1919, Christian Augustinus established De Danske Cigar- & Tobaksfabrikker ("The Danish Cigar and Tobacco Factories") in a partnership with E. Nobel and A/S Horwitz & Kattentid but the company was changed to Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker after A/S Horwitz & Kattentid was bought out in 1933 and E. Nobel was bought out in 1938 although A/S De Danske Cigar- & Tobaksfabrikker was kept as a secondary name. The company acquired A/S Horwitz & Kattentid in 1949.
The
Augustinus Foundation was established in 1942 at the initiative of Ludvig Augustinus. In 1861 Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker merged its tobacco-related activities with those of
C.W. Obel
C.W. Obel is a former Danish tobacco manufacturing company which now serves as an investment company fully owned by the foundation Det Obelske Familiefond. Its activities comprise real estate and private equity investments as well as partial owner ...
and R. Færchs Fabrikker under the name
Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni
Scandinavian Tobacco Group is a manufacturer of cigars and traditional pipe tobacco. The city company is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is a publicly listed Company on NASDAQ Copenhagen.
History
The company can trace its origin back ...
.
Headquarters
The company is headquartered at
Sankt Annæ Plads
Sankt Annæ Plads (English: St. Ann's Square) is a public square which marks the border between the Nyhavn area and Frederiksstaden neighborhoods of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a long narrow rectangle which extends inland from the waterfron ...
13 in central Copenhagen.
See also
*
E. Nobel
Portfolio
Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker is a stakeholder in a number of prominent Danish companies:
* Abacus Medicine A/S (33 %)
* Blazar Capital ApS (>20 %)
* Corti ApS (<10 %)
* Dawn Health A/S (>10 %)
*
Fritz Hansen A/S (100 %)
* GUBI A/S (24 %)
*
Gyldendal A/S (31 %)
* itm8 A/S (19%)
*
Jeudan A/S (41 %)
*
Kurhotel Skodsborg A/S (100 %)
* Lunar A/S (<5 %)
* Podimo ApS (>10 %)
*
oyal Unibrew A/S (c. 15 %)
*
Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (+25 %)
*
Tivoli A/S (57 %)
* Veo Technologies ApS (>10 %)
*
Zenegy ApS (19%)
References
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External links
Official website
Investment companies of Denmark
Tobacco companies of Denmark
Manufacturing companies based in Copenhagen
Danish companies established in 1750