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Christoph Cloëtta, (24 September 1836 - 30 March 1897) was a Swiss-born Danish chocolatier and founder of the Brødrene Cloëtta chocolate factory in Copenhagen. Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888.
On 3 November 1862, Christoph Cloëtta and his two brothers opened a chocolate factory under the name Brødrene Cloëtta (Cloëtta Brothers) in which he soon came to play a dominant role. The factory was initially based in a building at Sortedam Mill outside the city but was after a few years moved to a building at
Cloëtta married Ida Friis (16 March 1848 - 21 February 1901), a daughter of war secretary Nis Fritz Friis (1809–84) and Axeline Louise Adelaide Tuxen (1816–98), on 14 May 1869 in Købelev.
Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888. He is one of the businessmen depicted on Peder Severin Krøyer's monumental 1895 group portrait painting ''
Early life and education
Cloëtta was born on 24 September 1836 at Bergün in Graubünden, Switzerland, the son of local farmer Nuttin Cloëtta (1803–83) and Jacobea Janett (1810–99). Christoph and his brothers Bernhard and Nuttin moved to Copenhagen. They started out by operating various smaller Swiss-style '' conditoreis''.Career
On 3 November 1862, Christoph Cloëtta and his two brothers opened a chocolate factory under the name Brødrene Cloëtta (Cloëtta Brothers) in which he soon came to play a dominant role. The factory was initially based in a building at Sortedam Mill outside the city but was after a few years moved to a building at Niels Hemmingsens Gade 32
Niels Hemmingsens Gade 32 is a historic building in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in the first half of the 1740s. A brewery was for more than one hundred years operated in a rear wing. Christoph Cloëtta, Brødrene Cloëtta, one ...
. This led to a period with rapid growth. Brødrene Cloëtta was in 1983 granted a royal warrant.
In 1873 they also opened a chocolate factory in Malmö. It was headed by Nuttin Cloëtta. It was followed by a chocolate factory in Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1896.
Personal life and legacy
Cloëtta married Ida Friis (16 March 1848 - 21 February 1901), a daughter of war secretary Nis Fritz Friis (1809–84) and Axeline Louise Adelaide Tuxen (1816–98), on 14 May 1869 in Købelev.
Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888. He is one of the businessmen depicted on Peder Severin Krøyer's monumental 1895 group portrait painting ''From Copenhagen Stock Exchange
''From Copenhagen Stock Exchange'' () is a monumental 1895 oil on canvas group portrait painting by Peder Severin Krøyer, featuring 50 representatives of the Danish commercial and financial industries gathered in the Great Hall of Børsen (the Ex ...
'' in Børsen
Børsen (Danish for "the Exchange"), also known as Børsbygningen ("The (Stock) Exchange building" in English), is a 17th-century stock exchange in the center of Copenhagen. The historic building is situated next to Christiansborg Palace, the seat ...
. He died on 30 May 1897 and is buried at Assistens Cemetery
Assistens Cemetery ( da, Assistens Kirkegård) is the name of a number of cemeteries in Denmark. The common nominator is, as the first part of the name implies (Latin: ''assistens'' meaning assisting), an assisting cemetery for a town's churches. ...
. His gravestone features a bronze portrait relief.
The company was continued by his widow and his son Fritz Bernhard Cloëtta (12 February 1876 - 15 May 1950). Fritz Bernhard Cloëtta was from 1901 the sole owner of the company. The operations were that same year moved to a new building at Hørsholmsgade 20 in Nørrebro
Nørrebro (, ) is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate (''Nørreport''), which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current Nørreport station ...
. The company moved to Glostrup
Glostrup is a Danish town in Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated population of 22,357 .
During the 20th century Glostrup developed from ...
in the first half of the 1950s and is now headquartered in Ljungsbro, Sweden.
See also
*Grandjean House
The Grandjean House () is a Neoclassical architecture, Late Neoclassical property consisting of two separate buildings, one at Bredgade 4 and one at Store Strandstræde 3, on opposite sides of a central courtyard, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Th ...
* Christian F. Kehlet
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cloetta, Christoph 19th-century Danish businesspeople Danish chocolatiers Swiss chocolatiers Swiss emigrants to Denmark 1836 births 1897 deaths