Johan Georg Røebye Grüner (26 October 1817 – 16 November 1890) was a

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landowner, politician and co-founder of Landmandsbanken.

Early life and education

Grüner was born on 26 October 1817 at Førslevgaard, the son of Gustav Grüner (1791–1869) and Mariane Birgitte Røebye (1795–1859). His father leased the estate from the owner Peter Johansen Neergaard. In 1827, his father bought the estate Kærup. Grüner matriculated from Sirø Academy in 1836 and acquired the

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degree from the

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in 1842.

Holdings

In 1843, Grüner's father bought Ravnstrup for him. In 1851, he also acquired Lille Svendstrup. After his father's death, he also took over Kærup.

Politics and organisations

Together with Counts C. E. Frijs of

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, J. Frijs of

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and baron

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, he bought the Tersløsegård main building and garden in 1861, where the four Soranians established the Holberg Downer House (Holbergs Enkesæde). Grüner was a gifted, somewhat troubled man with many public interests. From 1844 he was a member of the Herlufmagle Parish Council and for almost a lifetime its chairman, In 1854–56, he also sat on the Præstø county council. Politically, he was distinctly conservative and as a friend of Count C. Frijs in the early and mid-1860s came to play a certain role in the nascent conservative organization. In 1861 he ran for a seat in for the

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in Køge and in 1864 took part in the foundation of the August Association. In 1866 he ran for the Folketing in

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and in October was one of the founders of the October Association of whose board he became a member. In 1849 he established a local savings bank, In 1871 he was one of the founders of the Landmandsbanken (chairman of the bank council 1871–72 and again in -84) and in 1872 took the initiative to establish the United Municipalities' Old Age Pension Fund (''De forenede kommuners alderdomsforsørgelseskasse''), whose president he was until his death.

Personal life

On 15 August 1867, in Copenhagen's Garrison Church, he married Clara Gudrun Simonsen (1850–1881). She was the daughter of civil servant in the Ministry for the Interior Carl Gisle Gunnar Simonsen (1813–84) and Ida Sofie Adamine Clara Rosalie Krogh-Kierulff (1824–1909). He died on 16 November 1890 and is buried at Herlufmagle Cemetery.

Awards

In 1846, he was awarded the title of ''jægermester''. In 1971, he was awarded the title of ''hofjægermester'' ("Member of the Royal Hunt"). In 1882, he was appointed as chamberlain (''hammerherre''). He was created a Knight of the Order of the Fannebrog in 1865 and was awarded its Cross of Honour in 1874.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Georg Gruner (landowner) 19th-century Danish landowners 19th-century Danish politicians People from Næstved Municipality Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog 1817 births 1890 deaths