Nyhavn 67

Nyhavn 67
The house seen from the other side of the canal
General information
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Coordinates	55°40′46.29″N 12°35′34.43″E / 55.6795250°N 12.5928972°E / 55.6795250; 12.5928972Coordinates: 55°40′46.29″N 12°35′34.43″E / 55.6795250°N 12.5928972°E / 55.6795250; 12.5928972
Completed	1838

Nyhavn 67 is a listed property overlooking the Nyhavn Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The writer Hans Christian Andersen lived as a lodger with only short interruptions from 1848 to 1865.

History[]

18th and early 18th centuries[]

Thomasine Gyllembourg painted by Jens Juel in the 1790s

In the late 17th century, Nyhavn 51–69 was one large property. In 1689 it was by owned by judge Henrik Ehlers as No. 20. The current building was constructed in 1737 for merchant Jens Sørensen Bøsholt. By 1756 the property was owned by stadsmægler Carl Wilder as No. 34.

District doctor Johan Buntzen resided in the building from the 1780s and until his death in 1807.^[1] At the time of the 1787 census, Johann Buntzen resided in his building with his mother-in-law Christine Sandgaard, his five daughters (aged five to 14), the 21-year-old niece Elisabeth Burmester, four clerks working for him, a caretaker and three maids.^[2] The eldest of the five daughters, Thomasine, later known as Thomasine Gyllembourg, was engaged to her house teacher Peter Andreas Heiberg when she was just 15 years old and they were married at the Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society's premises outside the Western City Gate on 7 May 1790.^[3]

By 1801, Thomasine Heiberg had moved back to her father's house, now with the 10-year-old son Johan Ludvig Heiberg, after her husband had fled the country.^[4]

In the new cadastre of 1806, the property was again listed as No. 34. It was by then still owned by Johan Buntzen,

1734 census[]

At the time of the 1834 census, No. 34 was home to five households. Christian August Lassen, a high-ranking civil servant in the naval administration at , resided on the first floor with his wife Emilie Nannethe Cathala, their three children (aged two to 11) and two maids.^[5] Christian Bohn, a skipper, resided in the garret with his sister Johanne Bohn.^[6] Søren Christensen and Poul Friderig Gliorup, a first mate and a jurist, respectively, resided on the second floor.^[7] Christen Hansen Høyer, a skiper, resided on the ground floor with his wife Ane Christine Høyer and one maid.^[8] Dorthea Maria Christens, the proprietor of the tavern in the basement, resided in the associated dwelling with one lodger.^[9]

Anholm and Hans Christian Andersen[]

Anholm advertisement

The building was later acquired by ship captain Johannes Anholm. He ran the building as a boarding house under the name stadt Christiania. In 1846, he heightened the building with one floor.

As of 1 October 1949, Hans Christian Andersen rented three rooms on the second floor.^[10] Andersen mentions his home at Nyhavn 67 in a number of letters. He first mentions it in a letter to Bernhard Severin Ingemann where he comments on the magnificent view of Christianshavn, all of Holmen and of Børsen. In a letter written to Henriette Collin on 18 October 1860, Andersen mentions that he wants to move. One of his concerns is that there are too many clocks and he therefore asks her to look for a new apartment, preferably on Kongens Nytorv and the Garrison Square, where he can stay from 1 December. In a letter from 20 November 1860, Henriette Collin answers that Edvard (Collin) has booked a nice room for him at Hotel d'Angleterre overlooking the square. In a letter from 6 June 1861, Henriette Collin mentions that Mrs. Anholm has asked for his address and that she wants him to move back. Andersen end up accepting the offer but spends the summers in the countryside as a guest at various manor houses and the rooms in Nyhavn are then rented out to other lodgers. In a letter to Edvard Collin from 11 February 1866, Andersen mentions that he gave up his rooms at Nyhavn 67 back in September. He initially went on a journey to Sweden and then stayed at Hotel d'Angleterre before setting out on a new journey on 31 January. After his return to Denmark, Andersen stayed with the Melchior family at their country house Rolighed before lodging with Thora Hallager in Lille Kongensgade from 28 October 1856.^[11]

20th century to present[]

Nyhavn 67 photographed by Frederik Riise

Monberg & Thorsen co-founder purchased the building in the early 1940s. He carried out a comprehensive renovation of the building in 1944–1945 with the assistance of the architect Svend G. Høyrup (1897-1977).

Architecture[]

The house consists of five floors over a high cellar and is just three bays wide. The key stone above the main entrance features the name "1737" and the initials of the building's first owner. The terrace in front of the recessed fifth floor was created by Høyrup in connection with his renovation of the building for Monberg in the 1940s.

Today[]

Café H. C. Andersen is based in the ground floor. The upper floors contain apartments and offices. The building was sold for DKK 25 million in 2008.^[12]

Cultural references[]

s biographical Som Svalen (Like the Swallow) about Thomasine Gyllembourg begins when she is eight years old at lives in her father's house at Nyhavn 67.^[13]

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Nyhavn 67 at Wikimedia Commons

• Source about Hans Christian Andersen and Nyhavn 67
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