Jacob Stilling-Andersen (24 June 1858 - 18 February 1933) was a
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dairy manager and businessman. He played a central role in the foundation of a number of co-operative dairy companies in the 1870s and 1880s before founding The Danish Butter Export Union Ltd. in 1902. He served on the board of the
Port of Copenhagen
The Port of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Havn) is the largest Denmark, Danish seaport and one of the largest ports in the Baltic Sea basin. It extends from Svanemølle Beach in the north to Hvidovre in the south. Along with Malmö harbour, Copenh ...
from 1913 and was its vice chairman from 1926.
Early life and education
Stilling-Andersen was born on 24 June 1858 in
Ølgod
Ølgod is a railway town with a population of 3,705 (1 January 2022),Grundtvigian. He was initially trained as a farmer but was from 1877 also educated in the dairy industry. He attended Tune Landboskole in 1880–81.
Career
Stilling-Andersen played a central role in the foundation Hjedding Co-Operative Dairy and was its first manager. In 1884, he also founded the first co-operative dairy in
Sønderjylland
Southern Jutland ( da, Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called da, Nørr ...
. In 1885–89, he was manager of Nørre Nebel Co-Operative Dairy.
He was in 1889 engaged as a consultant in P. A. Alberti's Danske Landmænds Smøreksportforening. He left the enterprise in 1892 to set up his own butter export business, et A/S The Danish Butter Export Union Ltd., with himself both as managing director and chairman. Stilling-Andersen was a co-founder of the Danish Dairy Board (Dansk Mejeristforening) in 1887 and served on the board from 1887 to 1901. He served on the board of the
Port of Copenhagen
The Port of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Havn) is the largest Denmark, Danish seaport and one of the largest ports in the Baltic Sea basin. It extends from Svanemølle Beach in the north to Hvidovre in the south. Along with Malmö harbour, Copenh ...
from 1913, from 1926 as chairman.
Personal life
Stilling-Andersen married Mette Marie Christensen Tranberg (10 November 1860 - 17 May 1936), a daughter of farmer Christen Knudsen T. (1820–1903) and Kirsten Mikkelsen (1836–1916), on 11 November 1884 in Agersnap. He purchased
Ny Vestergade 9
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in Copenhagen in 1922. He died on 18 February 1933 and is buried at
Vestre Cemetery
Vestre Cemetery ( da, Vestre Kirkegård, meaning "Western Cemetery") is located in a large park setting in the Kongens Enghave district of Copenhagen, Denmark. With its 54 hectares it is the largest cemetery in Denmark.
The cemetery is landscape ...