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Christoph Cloëtta, (24 September 1836 – 30 March 1897) was a Swiss-born Danish
On 3 November 1862, Christoph Cloëtta and his two brothers opened a chocolate factory under the name Brødrene Cloëtta (Cloëtta Brothers) in which he soon came to play a dominant role. The factory was initially based in a building at Sortedam Mill outside the city but was after a few years moved to a building at Niels Hemmingsens Gade 32. This led to a period with rapid growth. Brødrene Cloëtta was in 1983 granted a royal warrant.
In 1873 they also opened a chocolate factory in
chocolatier
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and founder of the Brødrene Cloëtta chocolate factory in Copenhagen
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. Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888.
Early life and education
Cloëtta was born on 24 September 1836 at Bergün in Graubünden, Switzerland, the son of local farmer Nuttin Cloëtta (1803–83) and Jacobea Janett (1810–99). Christoph and his brothers Bernhard and Nuttin moved to Copenhagen. They started out by operating various smaller Swiss-style '' conditoreis''.Career
On 3 November 1862, Christoph Cloëtta and his two brothers opened a chocolate factory under the name Brødrene Cloëtta (Cloëtta Brothers) in which he soon came to play a dominant role. The factory was initially based in a building at Sortedam Mill outside the city but was after a few years moved to a building at Niels Hemmingsens Gade 32. This led to a period with rapid growth. Brødrene Cloëtta was in 1983 granted a royal warrant.
In 1873 they also opened a chocolate factory in Malmö
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with Nuttin Cloëtta in charge of the operations. It was followed by a chocolate factory in Kristiania
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(now Oslo) in 1896.
Personal life and legacy
On 14 May 1869 in Købelev, Cloëtta married Ida Friis (1848-1901). She was the daughter of war secretary Nis Fritz Friis (1809–84) and Axeline Louise Adelaide Tuxen (1816–98). Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888. He is one of the businessmen depicted onPeder Severin Krøyer
Peder Severin Krøyer (; 23 July 1851 – 21 November 1909), also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Danish painter.
Life
Growing up and early training
Krøyer was born in Stavanger, Norway, on 23 July 1851 to a single mother, Ellen Cecilie Gjes ...
's monumental 1895 group portrait painting ''From Copenhagen Stock Exchange
''From Copenhagen Stock Exchange'' () is a monumental 1895 oil on canvas group portrait painting by Peder Severin Krøyer, featuring 50 representatives of the Danish commercial and financial industries gathered in the Great Hall of Børsen (the Ex ...
''. He died on 30 May 1897 and is buried at Assistens Cemetery
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
. His gravestone features a bronze portrait relief.
The company was continued by his widow and his son Fritz Bernhard Cloëtta (12 February 1876 – 15 May 1950). As of 1901, Fritz Bernhard Cloëtta was the sole owner of the company. The operations were that same year moved to a new building at Hørsholmsgade 20 in Nørrebro
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. The company moved to Glostrup
Glostrup is a Denmark, Danish town in Capital Region of Denmark, Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the Western suburbs (Copenhagen), western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated populati ...
in the first half of the 1950s and is now headquartered in Ljungsbro, Sweden.
See also
* Grandjean House * Christian F. KehletReferences
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cloetta, Christoph 19th-century Danish businesspeople Danish chocolatiers Swiss chocolatiers Swiss emigrants to Denmark 1836 births 1897 deaths Consuls for Switzerland Consuls in Denmark