Københavns Skipperforening (), formerly Københavns Skipperlav (Copenhagen Skippers' Guild), is an organisation for skippers in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its former headquarters at the corner of Bremerholm and Holmens Kanal, a brick building from 1796, was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 23 December 1918 and was sold to Danske Bank in 1930. The association is now based at Australiensgade in Østerbro.
History
The Copenhagen Skippers' Guild was founded on 22 December 1634. The guild was to be consulted on all matters related to shipfaring to and from Copenhagen and also acted as a maritime court in connection with disputes.
The guild acquired a building at Lille Kongensgade 33 in 1665. It was a Renaissance-style building from 1605.
The guild sold its building on Lille Kongensgade in 1804 and it was later demolished in 1881–82. The new headquarters of the Skippers' Association was located at the corner of Holmens Kanal (No. 18) and Bremerholm (No. 39), at . It was built for the merchant Christen Larsen in 1796. The building has six bays towards Bremerholm, a single-bay chamfered corner and seven bays towards Holmens Kanal.
The guild changed its name to Københavns Skipperforening and a new set of statues was adopted in 1863. This happened in response to the new Maritime Trade Act of 1861 (Sønæringslov af 1861). Danske Bank acquired the building 1930, and the Skippers' Association then moved to Australiensgade in Østerbro.
Aldermen
No. Year Elderman 1. 1645–1657 Jørgen Ravn 2. 1657–1661 Morten Pedersen 3. 1661–1666 Thord Andersen 4. 1667–1681 Svend Mortensen 5. 1681–1682 Ole Olsen 6. 1681–1682 Kristen Kristensen 7. 1683–1685 Hans Gregersen 8. 1685–1694 Peder Madsen 9. 1694–1697 Peder Andersen Stud 10. 1697–1698 Isaach Boucher 11. 1698–1703 Frants Albertsen 12. 1703–1711 Peder Madsen 13. 1711–1716 Peder Hendriksen 14. 1716–1730 Kristian Kruse 15. 1730–1734 Iver Thomsen Grue 16. 1734–1735 Jørgen Kruse 17. 1735–1736 Ernst Brandt (interim) 18. 1736-1736 Peder Jonsen (interim) 19. 1736–1740 Jørgen Fenger 20. 1741–1754 Ernst Brandt 21. 1754–1769 Kristen Hellesen 22. 1769–1801 Jacob David Kiølsen 23. 1801–1824 Lorentz Peter Wall 24. 1824–1831 Niels Toucher 25. 1831–1844 Henning Rønne 26. 1844–1850 A. Stæger 27. 1850–1856 Christen Jacobsen Leth 28. 1857–1871 Claus Børnsen 29. 1872–1875 H.J. Baagøe 30. 1875–1884 J.L. Barfred 31. 1884–1900 Hans Frederik Munch Harboe 32. 1900–1914 Andreas Valdemar Knudsen 33. 1914–1931 Jacob C. F. Linnemann Møller 34. 1932–1944 Svend Prip 35. 1944–1971 H.L. Rosfeldt 36. 1971–1981 Knud Poulsen 37. 1981–1991 Anker Pdersen 38. 1991–2004 Anton Vognsen 39. 2004–2005 Bent Rasmussen 40. 2005–2008 Eigil Gøbel 41 2008–2016 Gunnar B. Sørensen 42. 2016– Leon Møller Jensen
References
External links
Official website