Købmagergade 7

Købmagergade 7 is a listed commercial property on the pedestrianized shopping street Købmagergade in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Købmagergade 7
General information
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′46.08″N 12°34′45.25″E
Completed1729
Renovated1790s (heightened)
Design and construction
ArchitectPhilip de Lange

History

Early years

The building was constructed over three floors by Philip de Lange for hardware store-owner Oluf Hegelund in 1729. It was built by master mason Simon Sørensen and master timber J. Pedersen. It was heightened with one floor in the 1790s.[1]

Blankensteiner & Søn, 1801–1844

J.G. Blankensteiner, a shop founded at the corner of Købmagergade and Østergade in 1791, relocated to the building in 1801. It specialized in artistic images, galantry items (gifts) and toys. From 1803 the sortiment also comprised nautical charts and devices. By 1806 J.G. Blankensteiner was listed as the owner of the building.[2]

In Mit Livs Eventyr, Hans Christian Andersen mentions buying a puppet theatre in the period 1819-22. He used it for entertaining the Dahlén family in their home at Badstuestræde 18 (then No. 124).

Carl August Blankensteiner, the founder's son, joined the company in the early 1830s. It therefore changed its name to Blankensteiner & Søn. He continued it alone following his father's death in 1835.

On 18 March 1844, the shop relocated to the corner of Amaliegade and Toldbodvej and from then on focused exclusively on nautical charts, books and devices.

N. F. Larsen, 1845–1875
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Niels Frederik Larsen

The shop at Købmagergade was taken over by the glovemaker N.F. Larsen in 1845. The company had been founded on 1 April 1843 by Niels Frederik Larsen. Larsen lived in the building from 1871 until his death in 1881. The shop was continued by his family after his death. The company was then continued by his sons, Carl L. Larsen (born 1847) and Fr. J. Larsen (born 1854).

The company was converted into an aktieselskab and moved to Nørre Voldgade 38 in 1778. Two branches in Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne opened in 1890. N. F. Larsen later returned to Købmagergade 7.

Later history

The Amdrup family, owner of Skindhuset, acquired N. F. Larsen in 1975. They closed the store but kept the building. The retail space was then taken over by royal florist Erik Berings.[1] In 2017, the Amdrup family, sold the building to American property investor Hines.[3]

Today

In August 2018, it was announced that Jimmy Choo and Golden Goose Deluxe Brand wil open two stores in the building. [4]

See also

References
  1. "Købmagergade 7". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. "C.A. Blankensteiners Eftf". boghandlereidanmark.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. [Fjerde generation af læder- og handskefamilie sælger fredet strøgejendom "Fjerde generation af læder- og handskefamilie sælger fredet strøgejendom"] Check |url= value (help). EjendomsQatch (in Danish). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. "Hines har fundet to luksusbrands til strøgbutikker". Estate Media (in Danish). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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