# Niels Brock House > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Niels_Brock_House > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Niels_Brock_House.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Brock_House > Source revision: 1343901575 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Building in Copenhagen Niels Brock House Niels Brocks Gård The Niels Brock House Interactive map of the Niels Brock House area General information Location Copenhagen, Denmark Coordinates 55°40′28.75″N 12°35′27.86″E / 55.6746528°N 12.5910722°E / 55.6746528; 12.5910722 Inaugurated 1780 Client Niels Brock The **Niels Brock House** is a historic property located at [Strandgade](/source/Strandgade) 36 in the [Christianshavn](/source/Christianshavn) neighbourhood of [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), [Denmark](/source/Denmark). The property comprises the former warehouse at **[Wildersgade](/source/Wildersgade) 51** on the other side of the block as well as a number of side wings in the yard. The building takes its name after the businessman [Niels Brock](/source/Niels_Brock) for whom it was adapted in the 1780s. Other notable former residents include the historian [Peter Vilhelm Jacobsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Vilhelm_Jacobsen&action=edit&redlink=1) [[da](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vilhelm_Jacobsen)] (1799–1848) and the businessman [Christian August Broberg](/source/Christian_August_Broberg). The entire complex was listed in the [Danish registry of protected buildings and places](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Christianshavn) in 1918. ## History ### Early history No. 42 seen on a detail from [Christian Gedde's map](/source/Gedde's_maps_of_Copenhagen) of Christianshavn Quarter, 1757. The property was listed as No. 25 in Christianshavn Quarter in Copenhagen's first [cadastre](/source/Cadastre) of 1689. It was at that time owned by *magister* Peder Møller. The property was listed as No. 42 in the new cadastre of 1756 and was then owned by one *[etatsråd](/source/Etatsr%C3%A5d)* Lund.[1] ### Niels Brock Niels Brock Lene Brock, née Bredal The house was built for [Niels Brock](/source/Niels_Brock) in 1780.[2] Brock's household consisted of nine people in 1787. He resided in the building with his housekeeper M. C. Adolph, his bookkeeper Jens Perch, two clerks, a female cook, a maid, a coachman and a caretaker.[3] The property was again home to nine residents at the 1801 census.[4] After Brock's death, the house was administered by [Grosserer-Societetet](/source/Grosserer-Societetet); the proceeds were used for grants for Efterslægtens Skole.[5] ### Niels Brock Hansen The property was listed as No. 40 in the new cadastre of 1806. It was at that time owned by Niels Brock Sommerfeldt (1772–1821). His father, Hans Nicolai Sommerfeldt, was a teacher at Randers Latin School and Niels Brock was his godfather. His sister Helene was married to another Niels Brock, namely Niels Brock Hansen, who owned [Strandgade 24](/source/Strandgade_24). One of their brothers was commodore Søren Siemsen Sommerfeldt (1661–1827), whose grandson Wilhelm Ferdinand Sommerfeldt would more than half a century later establish the wine retailer Kjær & Sommerfeldt a few houses down the street at Strandgade 27. ### Christian August Broberg Painting of C. A. Broberg in the [Geering House](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geering_House&action=edit&redlink=1) in Copenhagen The merchant and politician [Christian August Broberg](/source/Christian_August_Broberg) (1811–1886) resided in the building from 1837 to 1880. The nearby street Brobergsgade is named after him. The historian and writer [Peter Vilhelm Jacobsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Vilhelm_Jacobsen&action=edit&redlink=1) [[da](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vilhelm_Jacobsen)] (1799–1848) lived in the building from 1846 to 1848.[2] Broberg occupied the entire building at the 1860 census. He lived there with his wife, their four children, two housekeepers (*husjomfruer*), a female cook, a maid, a male servant and a caretaker.[6] ### 1880–1900 Wildersgade 51 in 1913. The property was acquired by master mason A. Aagaard before 1880. His property was home to 27 residents at the 1880 census. Carl August Broberg still resided on the first floor with his wife Camilla Broberg, their three children (aged five to eight), his two unmarried sisters Anna and Marie (aged 36 and 43), a nanny, a nurse, two female cooks, one male servant and one maid.[7] ### Styhr & Kjær The next owner of the property was Styhr & Kjær, a trading house founded on 2 August 1866 by Rasmus Selgen Styhr and Peter Bernhard Kjær. Sthyr & Kjær sold the property to J. J. Carøe, a leading importer of tea and spices led by Henri Odewahn and K. Gram. They undertook a comprehensive restoration of the building with the assistance of the architect [Bent Helweg-Møller](/source/Bent_Helweg-M%C3%B8ller). ## Architecture The house was renovated by the architect [Bent Helweg-Møller](/source/Bent_Helweg-M%C3%B8ller) in 1917–1918. The complex also comprises the warehouse at [Wildersgade](/source/Wildersgade) 51 on the other side of the block and a side wing along the north side of the courtyard that separates the two buildings.[8] ## Gallery - The building seen from the yard. - The side wing. - Wildersgade 51 - Side wing of Wildersgade 51. - Southwest side of the yard. - Rear side of Wildersgade 51. - Clock on the rear side of Wildersgade 51. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-KJ_1-0)** ["Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008 - Christianshavns Kvarter"](https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/index.php/e-boger/22-bog/matrikel/163-christianshavn). *Selskabet for Københavns Historie* (in Danish). Retrieved 12 July 2021. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-indenforvoldene_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-indenforvoldene_2-1) ["Strandgade 36-36a-d/Wildersgade 51"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170510083724/http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/strandgade) (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Archived from [the original](http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/strandgade-36-36a-d-wildersgade-51) on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Folketælling - 1787 - Niels Brock"](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid427474). *Danishfamilysearch.dk* (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Folketælling - 1801 - Niels Brock"](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/cid1059190). *Danishfamilysearch.dk* (in Danish). Retrieved 16 February 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-kvinfo_5-0)** Knud Bokkenheuser (2019-09-18). [*Christianshavn*](https://books.google.com/books?id=J3exDwAAQBAJ&dq=Henri+Odewahn&pg=PT118) (in Danish). Lindhardt og Ringhof. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788726185188](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788726185188). Retrieved 1 February 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Folketælling - 1860 - Strandgade, No. 40, Løbe No. 36"](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1860/sogn2879/placenamelist/?pname=Strandgade%2c+No.+40%2c+L%c3%b8be+No.+36). *Danishfamilysearch.dk* (in Danish). Retrieved 28 February 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Folketælling - 1880 - Strandgade 36, Murermester A. Aagaard"](https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1880/sogn2879/placenamelist/?pname=Strandgade+36%2c+Murermester+A.+Aagaard). *Danishfamilysearch.dk* (in Danish). Retrieved 28 February 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Sag: Niels Brocks Gård"](https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub?sag=3102128) (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. 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