List of Industrial Heritage Sites of Denmark


Industrial Heritage Sites of Denmark refer to a list of 25 heritage sites in Denmark that was designated by the Danish Agency for Culture in 2007. The list features Danish industrial buildings representing different eras, industries and geographical regions.

List

NameLocationYearDescriptionImageRefs
HolmenCopenhagen1790sFormer naval dockyard
Mølle RiverNorth ZealandSmall River in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen with many early industrial enterprises such as Brede Works and Rådvad
FrederiksværkNorth Zealand1750Industrial town founded by Johan Frederik Classen in 1750
CarlsbergCopenhagen1840sThe Carlsberg Brewery's original brewery site founded by J. C. Jacobsen
TASSO/Albani SiteOdense1850sThe former site of an iron foundry founded in 1856 and a brewery founded in 1859, featuring a combination of industrial buildings and workers' housing
Rud. RasmussenCopenhagen1876Still operating furniture manufactury established c. 1876 by Rudolf Rasmussen in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen
Holeby Sugar FactoryLolland1874Former sugar factory in Holeby which operated from 1874 until 1959
Hjedding DairySouth Jutland1882Denmark's first cooperative dairy, founded in Hjedding near Varde in 1882
Bornholm's quarriesBornholmBornholm's granite, sandstone, coal and kaolinite quarries that are not found elsewhere in Denmark
Grøns PakhusCopenhagen1863Denmark's first department store opened in Holmens Kanal by M. E. Grøn in 1863
Copenhagen WaterworksCopenhagen1859Denmark's first modern-style waterworks opened in 1859
Esbjerg Docklands and lighthouse systemEsbjerg
Copenhagen-Korsør RailwayZealand1847Denmark's first railway opened in two stages in 1847 and 1856
Brown and White Meat DistrictCopenhagen1879Copenhagen's meat district, first opened in 1879 and later expanded several times, including in 1932
Cathrinesminde BrickworksSouth JutlandBrickyard with a ring oven from 1892
Aalborg PortlandAalborg
Danish DistillersAalborg1931Industrial complex built in 1931 to designs by Alfred Cock-Clausen
H. C. Ørsted Power StationCopenhagen1920Denmark's first power station to use alternating current technology
The Five SistersAarhus1927Silos
DanfossSouth Jutland1931Factory founded in 1931 by Mads Claussen
HåndværkerbyenCopenhagen1931Post-World War II development for small companies in Valby
Lindø Dockyards and MunkeboOdense1959Shipyard from 1859 and an associated housing district
NovozymesCopenhagen1935Novo's first factory built in 1935–1969 to designs by Arne Jacobsen
Herning's textile industryCentral Jutland
Coop DanmarkCopenhagen1963FDB's headquarters and warehouses in Albertslund