# Collin House > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Collin_House > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Collin_House.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_House > Source revision: 1343741515 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **Collin House** ([Danish](/source/Danish_language): *Den Collinske Gård*) is a listed [Neoclassical](/source/Neoclassical_architecture) property at [Amaliegade](/source/Amaliegade) No. 9 in the [Frederiksstaden](/source/Frederiksstaden) district of central [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), [Denmark](/source/Denmark). It takes its name after Jonas Collin, a prominent civil servant and leading [patrons](/source/Patronage) of the arts during the [Danish Golden Age](/source/Danish_Golden_Age), who owned the building from 1838 to 1861. He was a close friend and loyal supporter of [Hans Christian Andersen](/source/Hans_Christian_Andersen) who often visited the house. ## History ### Early history The house was built for chair maker Peder Svendsen in 1752. In the new [cadastre](/source/Cadastre) of 1756, it was listed as No. 71 V. It was owned at that time by a brewer named Lauritz Jørgensen.[1] On [Christian Gedde](/source/Christian_Gedde)'s map of St. Ann's East Quarter from 1757, it was marked as No. 311. In the new [cadastre](/source/Cadastre) of 1806, the property was listed as No. 155 in St. Ann's East Quarter. It had been acquired by the physician and surgeon [Heinrich Callisen](/source/Heinrich_Callisen) by that time. He has been described as the "father of surgery" in Denmark.[2] The property had been acquired by 1787 by the surgeon Henrich Callesen in the [Royal Danish Navy](/source/Royal_Danish_Navy). He lived there with his wife Maria Amalia née Walker, their four children (aged four to nine), a daughter from his first marriage (aged 14), his first wife's sister Juliane Marie Braun, two maids, a female cook, a coachman and two lodgers.[3] ### Collin family In 1838, it was acquired by [Jonas Collin](/source/Jonas_Collin). He had resided until then in [an old and somewhat ramshackle house](/source/Grandjean_House) on [Store Strandstræde](/source/Store_Strandstr%C3%A6de). Allegedly, Jonas Collin decided to move when it rained through the ceiling and onto the table in the presence of [Bertel Thorvaldsen](/source/Bertel_Thorvaldsen).[4] On 3 October, Collin arranged a housewarming which was attended by some of the leading Danish artists of the time, including Bertel Thorvaldsen and [Hermann Ernst Freund](/source/Hermann_Ernst_Freund), [Johan Ludvig](/source/Johan_Ludvig_Heiberg_(poet)), [Hans Christian Andersen](/source/Hans_Christian_Andersen) and [Johanne Luise Heiberg](/source/Johanne_Luise_Heiberg). Jonas Collin and his wife lived on the two lower floors.[5] Their son Theodor Collin was also part of the household at the time of the 1845 census.[6] Their daughter Ingeborg and her husband [Adolph Drewsen](/source/Adolph_Drewsen) resided on the second floor.[7] The building was later home to the company [M.J. Grønbech & Sønner](/source/M.J._Gr%C3%B8nbech_%26_S%C3%B8nner) whose old headquarters at [Bag Børsen](/source/Slotsholmsgade) 76 was demolished in connection with an expansion of [Slotsholmen](/source/Slotsholmen). The company relocated to [Kristianiagade](/source/Kristianiagade) 9 in 1947.[8] ## Architecture The house consists of three floors and is seven bays wide. It is pulled back from the street and thus breaks fundamentally with [Nicolai Eigtved](/source/Nicolai_Eigtved)'s strict guidelines for the architecture of [Amaliegade](/source/Amaliegade) and [Frederiksstaden](/source/Frederiksstaden). The authorities long hoped to see a new building at the site that filled out the hole in the row of houses and therefore rejected an application from the owner to build a fence on the street in 1768. The fence seen today was built in connection with a renovation of the house where the three-bay wall dormer seen today replaced a triangular pediment dating from when the house was built.[1] An arched gateway opens to a narrow, cobbled yard. A small building at the far end of the courtyard is also listed. ## Today The building fronting the street contains an apartment on each floor. NoriDane Foods, a [Nortura](/source/Nortura)-owned meat trading company, is based in the rear wing (No. 9B). ## See also - [Grandjean House](/source/Grandjean_House) - [Jan von Osten House](/source/Jan_von_Osten_House) ## References 1. ["Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008: Sankt Annæ Øster Kvarter"](https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/index.php/e-boger/22-bog/matrikel/171-skta-oester) (in Danish). *Selskabet for Københavns Historie*. Retrieved 10 November 2021. 1. ["Sag: Store Kongensgade 110"](https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub?sag=3100206) (in Danish). *Kulturstyrelsen*. Retrieved 1 January 2021. 1. ["Folketælling - 1787 - Henrich Callesenl"](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid646628) (in Danish). *Danishfamilysearch.dk*. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 1. ["Grandjeans gård – Store Strandstræde 3."](http://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/?page_id=13601) (in Danish). *hcandersen-homepage.dk*. Retrieved 1 August 2016. 1. ["Amaliegade 9-9a-b"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160807132930/http://indenforvoldene.dk/amaliegade%209-9a-b.html) (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Archived from [the original](http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/amaliegade%209-9a-b.html) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016. 1. ["Folketælling -1845 - Amaliegade 155"](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1845/sogn2887/placenamelist/?pname=Amaliegade+155) (in Danish). *danishfamilysearch.dk*. Retrieved 28 January 2021. 1. ["Noter til brev nr. 245:"](http://wayback-01.kb.dk/wayback/20100504144446/http://www2.kb.dk/elib/mss/hcabio/note5.htm) (in Danish). *wayback-01.kb.dk*. Retrieved 12 January 2021. 1. ["Historie"](https://www.groenbech-holding.dk/gronbech-sonner/) (in Danish). Grønbech Holding. Retrieved 5 January 2018. ## External links - [Den Collinske Gård](https://web.archive.org/web/20160807132930/http://indenforvoldene.dk/amaliegade%209-9a-b.html) at indenforvoldene.dk - [Drawing](http://kunstbib.dk/samlinger/arkitekturtegninger/vaerker/000049856) of the fence - [Correspondence](https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/937201.pdf) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Collin House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_House) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_House?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.