Nyhavn 11

Nyhavn 11 is a listed property overlooking the Nyhavn canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

History
 
A two-storey building was built at the site in about 1700. One of its first owners was Jacob Severin. He had married rich and was in 1733 granted a full monopoly on trade with Greenland where he founded the town Jacobshavn (literally "Port Jacob").

Ludvig Ferdinand Römer established a sugar refinery in the building in 1754. He had been governor of the Danish Gold Coast. His wife was Anna Cathrine Widderkamp and the couple had 14 children. The property was expanded with two extra storeys in 1835-1836 for a grocer named Harboe.

The actor Christian Niemann Rosenkildelived in the building with his family from 1842 to 1749. His daughter, Julie, later known by her married name Julie Sødring, who became one of the leading Danish actresses of her time, had her debut at the Royal Danish Theatre in the play Den Sorte Dronning (The Black Queen) in 1843. Many artist frequented the home, including the Swedish singer Jenny Lind. Another well-known actor, Poul Reumert, have also lived in the building. He grew up at Nyhavn 63.

The building was listed by the Danish Heritage Agency in the Danish national registry of protected buildings in 1932.

Building

 
The building is  four storeys tall and five bays wide. It has a red tile roof with four dormers. Above the gate is a figure of a sugar-baker holding a sugarloaf in one hand and a sugar tin in the other. The figure dates from Römer's sugar refinery. It served as a means of identifications at a time when house numbers had not yet been introduced. Many other houses along the Nyhavn quay feature similar signs.

An appendix with staircase on the rear side of the building dates from 1875. The courtyard was refurbished in  1963 to design by the landscape architect Knud Lund-Sørensen.

Today
The leading Danish lamp manufacturer Louis Poulsen has been headquartered in the building since 1908.

References

External links

 Photographs of the courtyard

Category:Houses in Copenhagen
Category:Listed residential buildings in Copenhagen
Category:Houses completed in 1836
Category:Sugar refineries in Copenhagen