Snaregade 10

Snaregade 10 is a Neoclassical property located close to Gammel Strand in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The book printing business J. D. Qvist & Co was from some time during the 19th century and until at least the 1950s based in the building. The football club KB was on 26 April 1876 founded in the apartment of one of the owners. The property was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Its most characteristic feature is the inwardly curved facade of a former warehouse in the courtyard on its rear.

Snaregade 10
General information
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′37.7″N 12°34′35.33″E
Completed1797
Renovated1971

History

The property was in 1689 owned by renteskriver Jacob Sørensen. In 1756, it was owned by Kancelliråd Jens Rah's widow. In 1806 the property was owned by Isaac Bergeschow.[1]

The current building was constructed in 1797 by master mason Johan Martin Quist and the warehouse on its rear was built in 1808.[2] Other sources state that No. 10 was not built until 1806–08[3] and yet others that the building was constructed by master mason P. Eegeroed[1] or that Qvist and Eegeroed may have built it together.[4]

Lorentz Fjelderup Lassen (1756-1837), who had retired from the navy with rank of counter admiral in 1815, resided in the building from 1825 to 1829. His next home was at Højbro Plads 9.[3] Chief librarian at the Royal Danish Library Erich Christian Werlauff was among the residents in 1851.[3]

The printing business J. D. Qvist & Co. was for many years based in the building. The firm was founded in 1792 by court bookprinter Niels Christensen and later continued by his son E. Christensen. It was later taken over by Jørgen Didrik Qvist (c. 1789 - 10 November 1866), He was a member of the Royal Danish Shooting Society.[5] He partnered with Herman Levison (1811-1875). The printing business was after Levison's death continued by his widow Nielsine (née Nielsen) with their son Vilhelm Frederik Levison (1854-1888) as manager. Kjøbenhavns Boldklub was on 26 April 1876 founded in Vilhelm Frederik Levison's home at Snaregade 10 with himself as its first president.[6] The three other founders present at the meeting were August Nielsen, Georg Møller and E. Semler. On 8 May 1983, Levison also founded a publishing business under the name V. F. Levison. He died on 8 May 1999.[7] His mother owned the company until her death in 1892. It was then continued first by Vilhelm Frederik Levison's widow Hertha Vilhelmine Theodora Petrea née Christensen (1854-) and then after her second marriage on 28 June 1893 by her second husband August Gotlieb Larsen (1843-1906). Levison's son Einar Levison (born 1880) was made a partner in 1905 and became the sole owner when Larsen died the following year. The weekly magazine Danskeren until 1912 published by the firm. J. D. Qvist & Co. was in 1927 converted into a limited company (aktieselskab) with Edit Bloch as managing director. The firm was based at Snaregade until after 1950.[8]

The ballet dancer Ellen Price resided in the apartment on the first floor from 1909 to 1911The building was in the 1970s owned by Sparekassen for København og Omegn restaureret.[3]

Architecture

The building consists of three storeys over a raised cellar and is just five bays wide. The facade is finished by a dentilized cornice. A gateway is located in the right-hand side of the building and a cellar entrance is located furthest to the left. A perpendicular side wing extends from the rear side of the building along the west side of a small courtyard. The side wing is attached to a former warehouse with an inwardly curved facade at the bottom of the courtyard.

The entire three-winged complex was listed on the #S|Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Hvist & Mølgaard undertook a comprehensive renovation of the complex in 1971 which received an award from the City of Copenhagen the following year.[3]

Today

The building has been converted into condominiums. The property is jointly owned by E/F Snaregade 10.[1]

References
  1. "Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008". Selskabet for Københavns Historie (in Danish). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "Sag: Snaregade 10" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. "Snaregade 10a-b". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. "Ejendommen" (in Danish). E/F Snaregade. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. "DetKongligeKjøbenhavnskeSkydeselskab". DetKongligeKjøbenhavnskeSkydeselskab (in Danish). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. "KBs historie" (in Danish). KB. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. "Danmarks boghandlere 1817 - 1782: Levison, Vilhelm Frederik" (PDF) (in Danish). Den Danske Boghandlerforening. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  8. "J. D. QVIST & Co". coneliand.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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