Københavns Skipperforening

Københavns Skipperforening (lit.'Copenhagen Skippers' Association'), formerly Københavns Skipperlav (Copenhagen Skippers' Guild), is an organisation for skippers in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its former headquarters at the corner of Bremerholm and Holmens Kanal, a brick building from 1796, was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 23 December 1918 and was sold to Danske Bank in 1930. The association is now based at Australiensgade in Østerbro.

Københavns Skipperforening
Formation1634
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
Leon Møller Jensen
Websiteskipperlaug.dk

History

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The Skippers' Guild Hall in Lille Kongensgade seen on an illustration from Illustreret Tidende from 1881

The Copenhagen Skippers' Guild was founded on 22 December 1634. The guild was to be consulted on all matters related to shipfaring to and from Copenhagen and also acted as a maritime court in connection with disputes.[1]

The guild acquired a building at Lille Kongensgade 33 in 1665. It was a Renaissance-style building from 1605.

 
The now listed former headquarters at the corner of Bremerholm and Holmens Kanal

The guild sold its building on Lille Kongensgade in 1804 and it was later demolished in 1881-82. The new headquarters of the Skippers' Association was located at the corner of Holmens Kanal (No. 18) and Bremerholm (No. 39), at 55°40′39″N 12°35′04″E / 55.67745°N 12.58448°E / 55.67745; 12.58448 (Former headquarters of Københavns Skipperforening). It was built for the merchant Christen Larsen in 1796. The building has six bays towards Bremerholm, a single-bay chamfered corner and seven bays towards Holmens Kanal.

The guild changed its name to Københavns Skipperforening and a new set of statues was adopted in 1863. This happened in response to the new Maritime Trade Act of 1861 (' Sønæringslov af 1861). Danske Bank acquired the building 1930, and the Skippers' Association then moved to Australiensgade in Østerbro.[2]

Aldermen

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No. Year Elderman
1. 1645-1657 Jørgen Ravn
2. 1657-1661 Morten Pedersen
3. 1661-1666 Thord Andersen
4. 1667-1681 Svend Mortensen
5. 1681-1682 Ole Olsen
6. 1681-1682 Kristen Kristensen
7. 1683-1685 Hans Gregersen
8. 1685-1694 Peder Madsen
9. 1694-1697 Peder Andersen Stud
10. 1697-1698 Isaach Boucher
11. 1698-1703 Frants Albertsen
12. 1703-1711 Peder Madsen
13. 1711-1716 Peder Hendriksen
14. 1716-1730 Kristian Kruse
15. 1730-1734 Iver Thomsen Grue
16. 1734-1735 Jørgen Kruse
17. 1735-1736 Ernst Brandt (interim)
18. 1736-1736 Peder Jonsen (interim)
19. 1736-1740 Jørgen Fenger
20. 1741-1754 Ernst Brandt
21. 1754-1769 Kristen Hellesen
22. 1769-1801 Jacob David Kiølsen
23. 1801-1824 Lorentz Peter Wall
24. 1824-1831 Niels Toucher
25. 1831-1844 Henning Rønne
26. 1844-1850 A. Stæger
27. 1850-1856 Christen Jacobsen Leth
28. 1857-1871 Claus Børnsen
29. 1872-1875 H.J. Baagøe
30. 1875-1884 J.L. Barfred
31. 1884-1900 Hans Frederik Munch Harboe
32. 1900-1914 Andreas Valdemar Knudsen
33. 1914-1931 Jacob C. F. Linnemann Møller
34. 1932-1944 Svend Prip
35. 1944-1971 H.L. Rosfeldt
36. 1971-1981 Knud Poulsen
37. 1981-1991 Anker Pdersen
38. 1991-2004 Anton Vognsen
39. 2004-2005 Bent Rasmussen
40. 2005-2008 Eigil Gøbel
41 2008-2016 Gunnar B. Sørensen
42. 2016- Leon Møller Jensen

References

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  1. ^ "Fra fortiden..." (in Danish). Københavns Skipperforening. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Bremerholm 33-39/Holmens Kanal 2-18/Vingårdstræde 1/Laksegade 5-11/Asylgade 7/Laksegade 4-10/Vingårdstræde 3" (in Danish). Københavns Skipperforening. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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55°42′32″N 12°33′57″E / 55.70885°N 12.56585°E / 55.70885; 12.56585