Amaliegade 49


Amaliegade 40, formerly known as Toldbodbørsen, is a Neoclassical property located at the corner of Amaliegade and Esplanaden in the Frederiksstaden district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

The property was built in 1788 by Andreas Hallander. The writer and stage director H. P. Holst lived in an apartment facing Esplanaden from 1838 to 1841.
Blankensteiners efterfølgers søkort og navigationshandel, a store that specialized in nautical charts, books and equipment, was for many years based in the ground floor. It was founded by 1Johan Georg Blankensteiner in 1858. Buck sold it tocaptain J. W. A. Jensen in 1903. It was acquired by Christian Bønnelycke in 1937 and existed at least until the 1950s.
The shipping company D/S Norden was from 1782 headquartered in the building. The company expanded its premises several times over the years before relocating to TuborgHavn in Hellerup in 2006.

Architecture

The building consists of three floors over a high cellar. The main facade on Amaliegade is seven bays long. It has rustication on the ground floor and Ionic order pilasters between the windows on the two upper floors. The three central bays are tipped by a triangular pediment with a relief of a seated woman holding a Monocular. The putto by her side was supposedly moulded by Bertel Thorvaldsen according to a drawing by Nicolaus Wolff. A gatein the left hand side of the building opens to a central courtyard. The facade on Esplanaden is also seven bays long but without decorative elements. The two facades are joined by a canted corner bay.

Today

-founder Christian Frigast, Danske Bank-chairman Ole Andersen, former Nordea-CEO Christian Clausen and Mærsk-chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe created an office community in the building in 2006.

Restaurant

Restaurant Grønbech og Churchill opened in the basement of the building with Rasmus Grønbech as head chef in March 2011 and received a star in the Michelin Guide in 2012. It kept its star until its closure in October 2016. Restaurant Esplanaden 48, a lunch restaurant, is now based in the basement.