Københavns Hørkræmmerlaug was one of five merchant's guilds in Copenhagen, Denmark. It organized citizens with citizenship (borgerskab) as hørkræmmer, a type of retailer with license to deal in a wide range of specified products.
History Københavns Hørkræmmerlaug's first royal charter was granted by Frederick IV in 1722.
The hørkræmmer shops were typically located close to the city gates or the city's principal marketplaces.
In 1742, Københavns Hørkræmmerlaug acquired a 20-year monopoly on trade with Iceland. In 1758, it was discontinued due to the guild's harsh treatment of the Icelandic population.
Membership Citizenship as a hørkrlmmer required that the candidate was 25 years old and had been an apprentice for seven years. The latter requirement did not apply for sons of a hørkræmmer who could become a hørkræmmersvend (trained employee of a hørkræmmer) from the age of 18, provided that they had worked in their father's shop.
Hørkræmmer shops were licensed to deal in a wide range of products. These included flax, hemp, hobs, bar iron, untreated steel, tar, pitch, whale oil, salt, salted meet, salted and cured fish, masonry heaters, coal, Russian leather and whetstones.
Aldermen 17261747: David Johan Berendz (Berndt) 1747-: Hans Christian Brock 17901798: Børge Nicolai Fogh 1798-: Tgøger From Caspar Müller
Notable members This list is incomplete.
Name Citizenship Location Notes Christopher Jensen Fogh 1722- 1822- Skindergade 45 David Johan Berendz 1722- Oluf (Ole) Hansen Aagaard 1722- Bertel Jegind 1723- Nyhavn 65 Jacob Hørgensen Klog 1824- Nørregade 53 Hans Christian Brock 1726- Olud Mandix Hans Wesling 1757- Skindergade 45 Christen Nielsen Waage 1753- Admiralgade 25 Hams Pedersen Scane 1768- Thøger From 1775 Rosenborggade 1 Christian Stæhr 1777 - Amagertorv 1 Christian Jørgensen - 1787 - Nyhavn 3 Peter Andreas Valentin - 1787 - Lille Strandstræde 18 Peder Waagens - 1787 - Vestergade 1 Mads Jacobsen Tvermoes 1798- Kultorvet Christian Bechmann - 1801 - Læderstræde 36 Andreas Christen Lund - 1801 - Snaregade 14 Isack Bergeskou - 1801 - Snaregade 10 Wulf Jacob Berns - 1801 - Læderstræde 11 NielsFrederik Høffding - 1801 - Nørregade 1 Hector Fr. Janson Worsøe - 1830 - Bestergade 16 Vilhelm Anders Syndergaard - 1840 - Højbro Plads 17 Gector Frederik Hansen - 1860 - Nyhavn 13 Salomon Heimann David - 1860 - Kompagnistræde 32 Hans Johanes Rønne - 1860 - Kompagnistræde 20
Further reading Jensen, Sigurd: EN LAVSSAG FRA CA. 1840, Historiske Meddelelser om København. Urtekrømmerlaiget Guilds Irtekræmmerforeningen
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