Johann Friederich Tutein (9 September 1757 – 6 March 1853) was a Danish merchant,

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and industrialist. He managed the family's trading house under the name Fr. Tutein & Co. from 1799. It mainly traded on the Danish colonies with its own fleet of merchant ships. He owned the Tutein House at Vimmelskaftet in

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, the country house Rosendal in

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and the manor house

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Early life and education

Tutein was born into a wealthy merchant family in Copenhagen, the son of Peter Tutein (1726–99) and Pauline Maria Tutein née Rath (1725–99). His father had established a thriving trading house in 1747 and was also the owner of a textile factory in a partnership with

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. Friederich Tutein was educated in his father's company.

Career

Tutein took on the family's trading house and industrial enterprises under the company name Fr. T. & Co. after his father's death in 1799. He went to both England and Switzerland to study the latest developments in ''kattun'' production and was granted a state loan of 40,000

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in 1800 for expanding his factory, In 1806 he sold the factory in protest against the Customs Act. He mainly traded

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and was a partner in the St. Croix sugar refinery. His trading house made it through the crisis years 1807–14. He was president of Grosserersocietetet from 1832 to 1842. He was appointed to ''Etatsråd'' in 1848.

Personal life and legacy

Tutein married Regina Sophia Wraatz (7 October 1766 – 9 March 1847) on 10 December 1785 in St. Peter's Church in Copenhagen. She was a daughter of Martin Ludwig Wraatz (1732-1806) and Henriette Wilhelmina Becker (1743–92). Tutein's wife bore him six children of which four survived to adulthood. Tutein owned a townhouse at the corner of Vimmelskaftet and Badstuestræde. He purchased the country house Rosendal (Rosenvenge) in

in 1802 and the manor house

north of Copenhagen in 1809. The Tutein family kept a large household and a busy social life. They were fond of music and the composer C. E. F. Weyse often visited their home. Tutein was appointed to

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in 1808 but gave up the office on 19 April 1848. Tutein died on 6 March 1853 and is buried in the chapel of St. Peter's Church in Copenhagen. His eldest son, Friederich Wilhelm Tutein (1791–1867), took over the family company. He also inherited Edelgave. He married the eldest daughter of the wealthy merchant and politician

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. Another son, Peter Adolph Tutein (1797–1885), acquired

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in 1821.

References

External links

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at geni.com

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