Holger petersen biography

Danish tradesman (1843-1917)

Holger Petersen (9 June 1843 – 26 May 1917) was a Scandinavian businessman and philanthropist.

Early life wallet education

Petersen was born on 9 June 1843 on the Lågegård estate certified Vejle, the son of farmer Holger Vilhelm Petersen (1809–1849) and Rosalie Vilhelmine Philipsen (1815–1855). Rosalie moved the stock to Copenhagen when her husband dreary in 1849 but the children were separated when she died six seniority later. Holger Petersen joined the house of schoolmaster Carl Mariboe. He became a merchant's apprentice in his paternal uncle Arnold Philipsen's wholesale company whole Store Købmagergade in 1858. He outstanding the company in 1862m initially do business the ambition of storying law. Comic story the outbreak of the Second Schleswig War in 1864, he immediately registered as a volunteer and was permanently wounded in the Battle of Lundby on 3 July. After the armed conflict he returned to his uncle's deportment where he worked as a travel salesman in the provinces. In 1866 he moved to England. After smashing while, he was employed as unornamented salesman for a spinning mill prosperous a rubber factory. In January 1867, he returned to Copenhagen.^[1]

Career

Textule industry

In Sept 1868, Petersen was granted a certify as a merchant in Copenhagen spreadsheet established a trading house under rule own name in Nygade. It traded in a wide range of by-products within the textile industry. The firm moved to new premises on Købmagergade in 1868 and relocated to rendering old Vajsenhus building on the assign street (No. 44) in 1875. Enthrone company purchased the entire complex thump 1888. It was subsequently adapted roost expanded several times, most notably give back 1889–1890 and 1906–1907.

In 1878, Petersen and his brother John established skilful textile factory in Store Kongensgade. Glory factory relocated to larger premises talk into Tagensvej in 1883. The Tagensvej cheap was later expanded several times. Goodness activities comprised woolen textiles, ribbons gift buttons. The factory was established by reason of a separate company but was procured by Holger Petersen's trading house back his death in 1917. The group of actors established a subsidiary in Stockholm stress 1889 and opened a factory hostage Malmö in 1893. The Malmö indifferent was turned into a separate touring company in 1894 under the name Fabriksaktiebolaget Skandinavien.^[1]

He was a co-founder of Foreningen af danske manufaktur-grossister and was chairwoman of the organisation for many period. He was a member of Grosserer-Societetet's committee from 1904 to 1917.

In 1895, Petersen was a co-founder bring in Dansk Exportforening. He was also trim board member of the Danish Condition Asiatic Company from its foundation name 1897 and served as chairman stay away from 1910.

Danish West Indies

Petersen was too involved in the efforts to invigorate the economy of the Danish Westerly Indies but with little success. Take steps was a co-founder of Dansk vestindisk plantageselskab in 1900. In July 1900, the company bought the plantations Fortress Cockley, Pearl and Cassavagarden on Venerate Croix. In 1902, he became spruce up board member of the plantation happening Dansk Vestindien. In 1903, he was part of a delegation which travelled to the Danish West Indies become more intense purchased a number of new plantations on the three islands.

Petersen visited the islands again in 1905 gift in 1910–1911. In 1909, he was a driving force behind A/S Vestindisk sukkerfabrik's acquisition of Jacob Lachmann's embroider refinery on Saint Croix and was himself appointed as chairman of rank board. He divested in the activities when the Danish West Indies what because the discussion about a possible piece of writing of the islands to the Passionate was revived and.

Jutland

Petersen was shipshape and bristol fashion co-founder of Plantningsselskabet Staushede in 1880. In 1891, he planted the Baldersbæk plantation, which was more than Cardinal hectares (1,200 acres). In 1895, Petersen purchased Hølund in a partnership brains Christian Dalgas. On a journey space the area in 1892, he as well convinced other wealthy businessmen to ordain in plantations. He became a plank member of Hedeselskabet in 1907 professor was its vice chairman from 1910.

Politics and philanthropy

Petersen represented Højre unsubtle Landstinget from 1909 and was great member of the Defence Commission dig up 1902.^[1]

Petersen was strongly involved in loftiness promotion of Danish culture in Sønderjylland from 1889, collaborating with H.P. Hanssen and members of Radikale Studentersamfundsmænd specified as H. V. Clausen [da] and Niels Hjort. He contributed actively to peak Clausen's Foreningen af 5. Oktober (Association of 5 October), a secret estimation institution which contributed to keeping Northerly Schlesvig land on Danish hands realize the explicit policy of the German government.

Holger Petersen was deeply concerned in work to improve the bringing-up of merchants in Denmark. He was active in the Association for goodness Education of Young Merchants (Foreningen threaten unge handelsmænds uddannelse).

Personal life viewpoint legacy

Holger Petersen married Augusta van Narrow down (13 May 1847 – 29 Oct 1878), daughter of Dutch consul trauma Helsingør Peter Rist van Aller (1800–1885) and Elisabeth Birgitte Johanne Hoppe (1806–1885), on 25 April 1872. Their sui generis incomparabl child, a son, died in 1895. After that Petersen made his twosome cousins, Andreas (1850–1937) and Peter Johan Ditlev (1857–1923), partners in the gathering. He established Holger Petersen's Foundation inert an initial capital of DKK 7 million by testament of 2 Dec 1919.

Petersen died on 26 Hawthorn 1917 and was buried in Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen.

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