Lorentz Petersen


Lorentz Petersen was a leading wine retailer founded in 1788 by Lorentz Petersen and based at Store Kongensgade 66 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was granted status of Purveyor to the Court of Denmark in 1865 and existed until the early 1970s.

History

The company was founded on 28 October 1788 by captain Lorentz Petersen. Lorentz Petersen's wine business was after his death continued by his son Vilhelm Junius Lorentz Petersen, An elder son Christian Petersen, had established his own wine company in 1808 and been appointed as royal wine merchant.
The Lorentz Petersen firm was after Vilhelm Junius Lorentz Petersen's death in 1863 continued by hiss grandson Lorentz Christian Petersen. In 1865, it was granted status of Purveyor to the Court of Denmark.
In 1873, Lorentz Christian Petersen made Julius I. Hansen and Johannes Ferdinand Theodor Erlewein were all made partners in the company. Julius I. Hansen was from 1892 the sole owner of the company. In 1904, he sold it to Alfred Valdemar Reyn and Hans Jørgen Wengel.

In 1915, A. V. Reyn and H. J. Wengel vinhandlerfirmaet acquired the competing firm F. V. Raaschou & Søn, .
The two companies were in 1937 merged and converted into a limited company under the name A/S Lorentz Petersen og F. V. Raaschou & Søn.
Baron Julius Wedell-Wedellsborg and M. S. Poulsson. were managing directors of the company in 1950 and board members were C. L. David, Svend T. Bruun and Kirsten Kühl. Lorentz Petersen closed after being acquired by in the early 1970s.

Location

The company was from its foundation based at Store Kongensgade 66.