Just Michael Aagaard (17 July 1757 – 7 October 1819) was a

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merchant and '' konditori''-owner in

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. He served as chair of the Council of 32 Men (later to become the

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) and was director of Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring (Copenhagen Fire Insurance). He was the father of Holger Halling Aagaard and owned

Iselingen Iselingen is a manor house and estate located close to Vordingborg on the southern part of Zealand in southeastern Denmark. It takes its name after the Swiss-born merchant Reinhard Iselin who established it in the 1770s. The current main building w ...

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from 1806.

Early life

Aagaard was born at the rectory in

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, the son of provost Peder Andreas Aagaard and Sophie Margrethe Heerfordt.

Career

Aagaard moved to Copenhagen where he became a baker and also opened a grocery store. He was based at Klædeboderne 144. He later became a member of the Council of 32 Men. He also served as director of Copenhagen Fire Insurance.

Property

In 1804, together with Mayor of Copenhagen , Peder Bech, and Hans Wassard, Aagaard established a consortium which acquired the manors of

and Marienlyst at

. Aagaard became the sole owner of Iselingen in 1806 while Wassard acquired full ownership of Marienlyst in 1810.

Personal life

He married Maren Halling ( 24 July 1758 – 12 March 1817). They had a son, Holger Halling Aagaard, and a daughter, Christiane Aagaard (15 January 1785 – 11 June 1866).

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Just Michael Aagaard
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