Brøchner Hotels is a hotel group based in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

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. It operates four boutique hotels in Copenhagen.

History

Brøchner Hotels was founded in 1982 when Einer Honoré bought 50-room Hotel Kong Arthur for his daughter and son-in-law Søster and Hans Brøchner-Mortensen who then gave up their jobs as nurse and carpenter to run the hotel. Hotel Kong Arthur was expanded to 107 rooms in 1989 and with new conference facilities in 1992. Brøchner-Mortensen bought Ibsens Hotel at the corner of

Frederiksborggade Frederiksborggade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Kultorvet square in the southeast to Søtorvet where Queen Louise's Bridge connects it to Nørrebrogade in Nørrebro on the other side of The Lakes. The street is effec ...

and Nansensgade in 1997 and expanded it the following year. In 2009, Hans and Søster Brøchner-Mortensen passed the company on to their children Søren and Kirsten Brøchner-Mortensen. In 2013, Søren and his wife Mette Brøchner-Mortensen acquired full ownership of the existing company while Hotel Kong Arthur and Ibsens Hotel were transferred to the new company Arthur Hotels owned by Kirsten Brøchner-Mortensen. Karim Nielsen served as group CEO from 2010 to 2019. In 2018, Brøchner Hotels opened Hotel Herman K in a former distribution substation at

Bremerholm Gammelholm () 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 centuries, the area ...

6 in downtown Copenhagen. It was Brøchner Hotels' first 5 star hotel. Hotel Ottilia opened in 2019 in two historic buildings in

Carlsberg Carlsberg may refer to: Places * Carlsberg (district), a district in Copenhagen, Denmark ** Carlsberg station, its train station * Carlsberg, Germany, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Carlsberg Fjord, Greenland Other uses * Carlsbe ...

's former brewery site in Vesterbro. It was followed by BOOK, a hostel located inside the former main library in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

. In 2020, Brøchner Hotels was hit hard by the

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. In May 2020, Brøchner Hotels gave up the management of Hotel Herman K. In January 2021, Brøchner Hotels also had to give up the management of Hotel Astoria.

Hotels and hostels

;Copenhagen * Hotel Danmark * Hotel SP34 * Hotel Hans *

Hotel Ottilia Hotel Ottilia is a 155-room boutique hotel operated by Brøchner Hotels in two former brewery buildings in the Carlsberg (district), Carlsberg area of Copenhagen, Denmark. The older building, known as the Malt Chamber, is from 1881 and was desig ...

Former hotels

* Hotel Astoria * Hotel Herman K * BOOK1 Design Hostel (opened 2020 in Aarhus / closed in 2024).

References

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External links

Official website
Hotel and leisure companies based in Copenhagen Hotel chains in Denmark Danish companies established in 1928 Companies based in Copenhagen Municipality