{{Short description|Building in Copenhagen, Denmark}} {{Infobox building | name = Krak House | native_name = Kraks Hus | image = Kraks Hus (Copenhagen) 01.jpg | image_alt = | caption = | former_names = | alternate_names = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = | architectural_style = Neoclassical | structural_system = | cost = | location = Copenhagen, Denmark | client = | owner = Nordea | current_tenants = Danish Centre for Culture and Development. | landlord = | coordinates = {{coord|55|40|37.7|N|12|34|24.73|E|type:landmark_region:DK|display=inline,title}} | altitude = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = 1796 | inauguration_date = | demolished_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | url = | references = }} The '''Krak House''' (Danish: Kraks Hus) is a Neoclassical property overlooking the square Nytorv (No. 17) in the Old Town of in Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name from the publishing house Kraks Forlag which was based there for many years. The Danish Centre for Culture and Development, a self-governing institution under the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is based in the building.
==History== ===Origins=== [[File:Cjrostoan Gedde - Vester Kvarter No. 134 - No. 137.jpg|thumb|left|No. 137 seen on a detail from Christian Gedde's map of Copenhagen's West Quarter, 1757.]] The property was listed as No. 113 in the city's West Quarter owned (Vester Kvarter) in the Cadastre of 1689. It was at that time owned by procurator Christoffer Munk. In 1the new cadastre of 756, it was listed as No. 137 and belonged to a ''justitsråd'' named Fischer.<ref name="KJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/index.php/e-boger/22-bog/matrikel/175-vester|title=Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008: Vester Kvarter|language=Danish|website=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref>
At the time of the 1787 census, No. 137 was home to two households. Catrine Orups. a 63-year-old widow and the owner of the property, resided in the building with a maid and a poor 11-year-old girl. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid720659|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Catrine Orups|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Christian Gotlob Proft (1736- 1793), a bookdealer, resided in the building with his wife Christine Rothe, their six children (aged five to 23), the wife's sister Christine Lovise Rothe, a clerk, a lodger and two maids.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid720662|title=Folketælling - 1787 - Christian Gotlob Prost|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref>
===The new building=== The property was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795, together with most of the other buildings in the area. The current building on the site was built for merchant Hans Jessen in 1795-1796.<ref name=indenforvoldene>{{cite web|url=http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/nytorv%207.html|title=Nytorv 7|language=Danish|website=indenforvoldene.dk|accessdate=27 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114003114/http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/nytorv%207.html|archive-date=14 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was in the new cadastre of 1806 listed as Western Quarter, No. 117 and had by then been acquired by Hans Christian Møller.
At the time of the 1801 census, No. 137 was home to four households. Nobleman Arnoldus von Falkenskiold of Sæbygård (1743-1819), a military officer with rank of colonel, resided on one of the apartments with his wife Elisabeth von Sehested-Falkenskiold, their four children (aged six to 19), a housekeeper (''husjomfru''), two maids, a coachman and a male servant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid985203|title=Folketælling - 1801 - Arnoldus Falkenschiold|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Christian Proft, a bookdealer (son of C. G. Proft), resided in another apartment with his wife Jacobine Høvinghof, their two children (aged three and five), the clerk Adolph Nitsche and the student Friderich Proft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid985214|title=Folketælling - 1801 - Christian Proft|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Georg Friderich Leopold von Bøtticher, a captain in the Norwegian Regiment, resided in a third apartment with one maid and one lodger (soldier).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid985222|title=Folketælling - 1801 - Georg Friderich Leopold v Bøtticher|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Knud Larsen, a beer seller (''øltapper''), resided in the basement with his wife Karen Hillebrandt, their three children (aged three to 13) and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid985225|title=Folketælling - 1801 - Knud Larsen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref>
The property was listed as No. 113 in the new cadastre of 1806. It was at that time owned by Hans Christian Møller.
===1729s and 1830s=== thumb|The Krak House seen on a painting from 1839 The historian E. C. Werlauff lived in the building from 1823 to 1825. He was employed at the Royal Danish Library from 1798 and worked there for the next 65 years, replacing D. G. Moldenhawer as Chief Librarian in 1823. The writer and poet Henrik Hertz lived in the building from 1836 to 1837. Poul Martin Møller, writer and professor of philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, was a resident in the building from 1837 until his death just over one year later.
===1749 census=== At the time of the 1840 census, No. 137 was home to 40 people in 13 households. Ole Peter Nielsen, a distiller, resided on the ground floor with his wife Caroline Marie Petersen and a six-year-old foster son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748100|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Ole Peter Nielsen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Jens Hansen Grønberg, a master joiner, resided on the first floor with his wife Marie Elisabeth Olsen and their four children (aged two to 15).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748103|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Jens Hansen Grønberg|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Anne Marie Møller, a 25-year-old woman employed with neddlework, was also resident on the first floor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748109|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Anne Marie Møller|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Niels Johan Salquist, a workman, resided on the second floor with his Maria Elisabeth Salquist and their three children (aged two to 11).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748110|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Niels Johan Salquist|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Sophia Munck, a 68-year-old widow, was together with one lodger (needleworker) also resident on the second floor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748115|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Sophia Munck|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Anne Cathrine Lassen, a 67-year-old laundry woman, resided in the garret with one lodger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748117|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Anne Cathrine Lassen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Søren Philipsen, a watchman, was also residing in the garret with his wife Conradine Philipsen and their two children (aged two and four).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748119|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Søren Philipsen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> The tenants of the side wing included a trompeteer and a workman on the ground floor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748123|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Hans Heinrich Ohlsen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748124|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Hans Nielsen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> a cotton weaver and a seamstress on the first floor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748129|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Johan Steffen Jawoitzky|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748132|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Dorthea Marie Vrangel|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> a laundry woman on the second floor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748138|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Dorthea Marie Frantsen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> and a workman on the third floor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid4748140|title=Folketælling - 1840 - Christian Johansen Dahl|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref>
===1850 census=== The property was home to 26 26 residents in five households at the 1850 census. Poul Sörensen Refs, an innkeeper, resided one the ground floor with a waiter, a caretaker, two lodgers, a housekeeper and a maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194067|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Poul Sörensen Refs|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Philip Bendixen, a merchant (''grosserer''), resided on the first floor with his wife Henriette Bendixen født Solden, three daughters (aged 14 to 20), one maid and one lodger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194075|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Philip Bendixen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Dorthea Christine Hoff, widow of a ''justitsråd'', resided on the second floor with two unmarried daughters (aged 28 ad 34), one maid and two lodgers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194082|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Dorthea Christine Hoff|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Carl Frederik Svendsen, a former mailman, resided alone in the garret.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194088|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Carl Frederik Svendsen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> Peder Hansen m a grocer (''høker''), resided in the basement with his wife Caroline (née Larsen), their two children (aged seven and 11) and one maid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid7194089|title=Folketælling - 1850 - Peder Hansen|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>
===20th century=== 160px|left|thumb|Assuranceselskabet Folket's building, 1900 thumb|The building on 14 August 1908 The insurance company Assuranceselskabet Folket was based in the building at the turn of the century. The building was listed on the Danish Registry of Protected buildings and Places in 1918. It was purchased by the publishing house Kraks Forlag in 1920 and used as its new head office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kraksfond.dk/forskellige_adresser.htm|title=Nytorv 7|language=Danish|website=Kraks Fond|accessdate=27 October 2016}}</ref> The company restored the building in 1986-1988 with the assistance of the architect Søren Cock-Clausen. In 1998. Kraks Forlag moved to a new headquarters in Virum north of Copenhagen. The associated foundation, Kraks Fond, moved to Ved Stranden 16 and is now based in Fæstningens Materialgård.
==Architecture== thumb|200px|Nytorv 15-19 The house consists of three storeys and a cellar. The seven-bay facade is tipped by a triangular pediment over the three central bays.
==Today== The Danish Centre for Culture and Development, a self-governing institution under the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is based in the building. Other tenants include Fable Media and hydralab.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://118.dk/?where=Nytorv+17%2C+1450+K%C3%B8benhavn+K|title=Nytorv 7|language=Danish|website=118.dk|accessdate=27 October 2016}}</ref>
==See also== * Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309131432/http://www.cku.dk/en/ Danish Centre for Culture and Development] * [http://kulturjensen.blogspot.dk/2009/07/jeg-fler-kbenhavns-centrums-mennesker.html Source] * [http://www.boghandlereidanmark.dk/index.php?id=967&beskrivelsesnummer=299&p_mode=beskrivelse&cHash=940dfaf74509e65272b1e376194aff24 Source]
{{Copenhagen historic houses}}
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