Kongelig Hof Apotek

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Kongelig Hof Apotek
Company typePrivate
IndustryPharmaceutical products
Founded1669
Founder Johan Gottfried Becker
Headquarters,
Key people
Susanne Trøck-Nielsen
Website

Kongelig Hof Apotek (lit.'Royal Court Pharmacy') is a pharmacy located at Store Kongensgade 45 in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

Contents

History

Købmagergade

Johan Gotfried Becker: Founder of the pharmacy in 1669 Johann Gottfried Becker (1639-1711).jpg
Johan Gotfried Becker: Founder of the pharmacy in 1669

The pharmacy was established by Johan Gottfried Becker on 15 May 1669. It opened on Købmagergade (now Købmagergade 9) on 21 March 1780 and was originally called the Elefant Pharmacy (Elephant Apotek). Becker had returned to Denmark the previous year to serve as court pharmacist for Frederick III.

Baroque-style interior from Elefant Apotek Elefantapoteket painting.png
Baroque-style interior from Elefant Apotek

In 1708 Becker passed the pharmacy on to his son, Gottfried Becker, who succeeded his father as court pharmacist in 1712. The pharmacy was completely destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. It was temporarily moved to Amagertorv [1] until an extravagant new building at the old site could be inaugurated on 15 April 1737.

Gottfried Becker's widow Johanne Henrice, née Nørck continued the operations after her husband's death in 1750. In 1756, she ceded it to their son Johan Gottfried Becker. His son, Gottfried Becker, was the owner from 1802. [2] Gotfried Becker was succeeded by his son Johan Gotfried Burman Becker.

Store Kongensgade 25

In December 1845, Burman Becker sold the pharmacy to Lauritz Ørnstrup. In 1850 he moved it to a new building at Store Kongensgade 25. His widow Emilie Marie Chritine Ørnstrup née Muus was the owner from his death in 1863 to 1881.

Store Kongensgade 45

The interior of the pharmacy, 1919. Store Kongensgade 25 - Kongelig Hof Apotek.jpg
The interior of the pharmacy, 1919.

In July 1971, Nlødstrup Dahl took Niels Arne Helmgrün as a partner. The pharmacy was the next year moved to another building a little further down the street at No. 45-

The pharmacy moved to its current location at Store Kongensgade 45 in 1970. [3]

List of owners

Today

The pharmacy has been owned by Susanne Trøck-Nielsen since 1994.

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References

  1. "Aprotekets historie" (in Danish). Kongelig Hof Apotek. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Gottfried Becker" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon . Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. "Kongelig Hof Apotek". receptkuverter.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 February 2018.