Københavns Skipperforening (), formerly Københavns Skipperlav (Copenhagen Skippers' Guild), is an organisation for skippers in

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. Its former headquarters at the corner of

Bremerholm Gammelholm ( lit. "Old Islet") is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in the city centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is bounded by the Nyhavn canal, Kongens Nytorv, Holmens Kanal, Niels Juels Gade and the waterfront along Havnegade. For centu ...

and

Holmens Kanal Holmens Kanal is a short street in central Copenhagen. Part of the main thoroughfare of the city centre, it extends from Kongens Nytorv for one block to a junction with a statue of Niels Juel where it turns right towards Holmens Bro while the thro ...

, a brick building from 1796, was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the

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on 23 December 1918 and was sold to

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in 1930. The association is now based at Australiensgade in

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History

The Copenhagen Skippers' Guild was founded on 22 December 1634. The guild was to be consulted on all matters related to shipfaring to and from Copenhagen and also acted as a maritime court in connection with disputes. The guild acquired a building at Lille Kongensgade 33 in 1665. It was a

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-style building from 1605. Skipperforeningen 01

The guild sold its building on Lille Kongensgade in 1804 and it was later demolished in 1881-82. The new headquarters of the Skippers' Association was located at the corner of

(No. 18) and

(No. 39), at . It was built for the merchant Christen Larsen in 1796. The building has six bays towards Bremerholm, a single-bay

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ed corner and seven bays towards Holmens Kanal. The guild changed its name to Københavns Skipperforening and a new set of statues was adopted in 1863. This happened in response to the new Maritime Trade Act of 1861 (' Sønæringslov af 1861'').

acquired the building 1930, and the Skippers' Association then moved to Australiensgade in

Aldermen

References

External links

Official website
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