The Collin House (

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: ) is a listed Neoclassical property at

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No. 9 in the

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district of central

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. It takes its name after Jonas Collin, a prominent civil servant and leading

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of the arts during the

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, who owned the building from 1838 to 1861. He was a close friend and loyal supporter of

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who often visited the house.

History

Early history

The house was built for chair maker Peder Svendsen in 1752. In the new

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of 1756, it was listed as No. 71 V. It was owned at that time by a brewer named Lauritz Jørgensen. On

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's map of St. Ann's East Quarter from 1757, it was marked as No. 311. In the new

of 1806, the property was listed as No. 155 in St. Ann's East Quarter. It had been acquired by the physician and surgeon by that time. He has been described as the "father of surgery" in Denmark. The property had been acquired by 1787 by the surgeon Henrich Callesen in the

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. He lived there with his wife Maria Amalia née Walker, their four children (aged four to nine), a daughter from his first marriage (aged 14), his first wife's sister Juliane Marie Braun, two maids, a female cook, a coachman and two lodgers.

Collin family

In 1838, it was acquired by

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. He had resided until then in an old and somewhat ramshackle house on

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. Allegedly, Jonas Collin decided to move when it rained through the ceiling and onto the table in the presence of

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. On 3 October, Collin arranged a housewarming which was attended by some of the leading Danish artists of the time, including Bertel Thorvaldsen and

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, Johan Ludvig,

and

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. Jonas Collin and his wife lived on the two lower floors. Their son Theodor Collin was also part of the household at the time of the 1845 census. Their daughter Ingeborg and her husband

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resided on the second floor. The building was later home to the company M.J. Grønbech & Sønner whose old headquarters at Bag Børsen 76 was demolished in connection with an expansion of

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. The company relocated to Kristianiagade 9 in 1947.

Architecture

The house consists of three floors and is seven bays wide. It is pulled back from the street and thus breaks fundamentally with

Nicolai Eigtved Nicolai Eigtved, also known as Niels Eigtved (4 June 1701 – 7 June 1754) was a Danish architect. He introduced and was the leading proponent of the French rococo or late baroque style in Danish architecture during the 1730s–1740s. He designe ...

's strict guidelines for the architecture of

and

. The authorities long hoped to see a new building at the site that filled out the hole in the row of houses and therefore rejected an application from the owner to build a fence on the street in 1768. The fence seen today was built in connection with a renovation of the house where the three-bay wall dormer seen today replaced a triangular pediment dating from when the house was built. An arched gateway opens to a narrow, cobbled yard. A small building at the far end of the courtyard is also listed.

Today

The building fronting the street contains an apartment on each floor. NoriDane Foods, a

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-owned meat trading company, is based in the rear wing (No. 9B).

References

External links

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