The Matthias Hansen House, formerly also known as the Schoustrup House is a Renaissance-style townhouse on Amagertorv in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Built in 1616, it is one of few buildings of its kind which has survived the Copenhagen Fires of 1728 and 1795. The building is now home to a flagship store for the Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory.
The Waagepetersen House is a listed Neoclassical town mansion located at Store Strandstræde 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The house takes its name after royal wine merchant Christian Waagepetersen who owned it from 1811 to 1840. His home was a meetingplace for many of the leading figures of the Danish Golden Age.
Christian Waagepetersen was a Danish wine merchant and patron of the arts. The Waagepetersen House, his home on Store Strandstræde in Copenhagen, was a meeting place during the 1820s and 1830s for many leading figures of the Danish Golden Age. The neoclassical building is now listed.
Nyhavn 35 is a historic townhouse overlooking the Nyhavn Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Notable former residents include the businessman Jørgen Thomsen Bech and the composer Andreas Peter Berggreen.
Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring, founded in 1731, was the first Danish provider of fire insurance in Denmark. It existed as an independent enterprise until 1976 and is now part of Tryg. The company's last headquarters was the Gustmeyer House at Ved Stranden 14 in central Copenhagen.
Amaliegade 43 is a Neoclassical property in the Frederiksstaden district of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
Store Kannikestræde 8 is a historic building in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. It has been in use as the parish house of Trinitatis Parish since 1890. Notable former residents include the historian Rasmus Nyerupm illustrator Peter Christian Klæstrup and the architect and urban planner Conrad Seidelin.
Lorentz Petersen was a leading wine retailer founded in 1788 by Lorentz Petersen (1763–1829) and based at Store Kongensgade 66 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was granted status of Purveyor to the Court of Denmark in 1865 and existed until the early 1970s.
August Willads Bech was a Danish landowner. He owned Valbygård at Slagelse and Borupgård at Borup. Valbygård is still owned by his descendants.
Ludvig Lorentz Mozart Waagepetersen was a Danish wine merchant. He is now mainly remembered for founding the Rosenvænget quarter of Østerbro in Copenhagen.
Reventlowsgade is a street in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, which follows the "Vesterbro side" of Copenhagen Central Station, between Vesterbrogade to the northwest and Tietgensgade to the southeast. One of the entrances to the Copenhagen Central Station City Circle Line metro station is located in the street. The street was refurbished in conjunction with the opening of the metro station, with new trees, seating and facilities for bicycle parking.
Albrecht Ludwig Schmidt was a Danish merchant and ship-owner. A co-founder of Schmidt & Andresen, he made a fortune on trade in the Far East and Danish West Indies. Two monumental portrait paintings painted from 1818 by C. W. Eckersberg of Schmidt and his wife are now owned by the Hirschsprung Collection.
Peter Christian Knudtzon was a Danish businessman and ship-owner. He was one of the largest traders in Iceland in the middle of the 19th century. He owned Amaliegade 14 in Copenhagen. He was the father of Governor of the Bank of Denmark Søren Christian Knudtzon.
Nybrogade 24 is an early 19th-century property overlooking the Slotsholmen Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It comprises a four-storey, seven-bays-wide residential building towards the canal and a warehouse at Magstræde 11 on the other side of the block as well as a small courtyard between the two buildings. The entire complex was built in 1815-17 for the wealthy merchant and ship-owner Jørgen Peter Bech, grandfather of the writer Wilhelm Bergsøe who provides an affectionate account of his many visits as a child in his 1898 memoirs De forbistrede drenge. The entire complex was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
Skindergade 21 is a Neoclassical property situated on Skindergade, opposite Lille Kannikestræde, in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1964. Former residents include architect Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, poet Henrik Hertz, painter Heinrich Hansen and politician Carl Theodor Zahle.
Brorupgaard is a manor house and estate situated close to Slagelse in Denmark. It was owned by Ludvig Holberg from 1840 until 1754. The current main building was constructed by August Willads Bech in 1856 and the estate has remained in the hands of the Bech family since then.
Nytorv 15/Rådhusstræde 2 is a Neoclassical property situated at the corner of Nytorv and Rådhusstræde in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of two separate buildings, the corner building from 1797 and an eight-bay building from 1798, now connected by a narrow modern infill. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Notable former residents include jurist, writer and publisher Jacob Just Gudenrath (1657–1825), actors Stephan and Eline Heger, theatrical painter Edvard Lehmann and portrait painter hristian Frederik Christensen (1805-1883).
Admiralgade 25/Laksegade 32 is a Neoclassical property situated at the corner of Admiralgade and Laksegade in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was constructed for goldsmith Christian Nielsen Lindbach after his previous building on the site had been destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1939.
Nyhavn 53, also known as Madame Tofte's House, is a residential building overlooking the Nyhavn canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was constructed with three storeys in the 1750s but owes its current appearance to a renovation in the 1870s. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1932. Notable former residents include the composer Peter Arnold Heise and the ballet dancer Augusta Nielsen. The Adventurers' Club of Denmark is based in a half-timbered warehouse in the courtyard.
Jørgen Thomsen Bech was a [[Denmark|Danish businessman.
