Københavns Mælkeforsyning was a
Danish dairy products company based in
Copenhagen
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,
Denmark
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History
Kjøbenhavns Mælkeforsyning was founded as a milk processing and distribution company in 1878 by
Gunni Busck and
Erhard Frederiksen. Busck was already the owner of the Scandinavian Preserved Butter Company as well as Slagelse Dairy. Frederiksen was the first managing director of the company but was after approximately one year succeeded by Busck. Supreme court attorney Herman Barclay Halkier was a board member of the new company and
Peter Ludvig Panum
Peter Ludvig Panum (19 December 1820 – 2 May 1885) was a Danish physiologist and pathologist born on the island of Bornholm in Rønne. He founded studies in exercise physiology at the University of Copenhagen. The Panum Institute in Copenh ...
was responsible for quality control of the milk. The enterprise was initially based in small premises in
Besterbro but grew rapidly and a new factory was after five years inaugurated at a site next to the railway on Mælkevej (Milk Road, now
Nyelandsvej) in
Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the region of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of less tha ...
. The milk arrived by rail from farms in the surrounding countryside and was then cooled and bottled before being distributed. The company had around 100 employees and 40 wagons for distributing the milk.
The company had several subsidiaries, including Mælkeriet i
Tivoli, Hørsholm Mælkekompagni and Solbjerg Fløde-Is.
1920s acquisition by Danske Mælke-Compagni
The company was acquired by Det Danske Mælke-Compagni in 1916. The company's old buildings were replaced by new ones in the 1920s and it developed into one of the largest employers in Frederiksberg. The company was for a while headed by Henrik Tholstrup.
The milk trains continued operating until the 1950s but was then replaced by road transportation. Københavns Mælkeforsyning closed in the mid-1970s.
See also
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References
External links
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Dairy products companies of Denmark
Food and drink companies based in Copenhagen
Food and drink companies established in 1878
Danish companies established in 1878