# Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring

Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring, founded in 1731, was the first Danish provider of fire insurance in Denmark. It existed as an independent enterprise until 1976 and is now part of Tryg. The company's last headquarters was the Gustmeyer House at Ved Stranden 14 in central Copenhagen.

## History

The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 devoured around 28% of the buildings in Copenhagen. The merchants Hans Henrik Bech (c. 1699 – 1783) and Hans Hansen Berg (1688–1736) proposed a fire insurance scheme and Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring was founded by royal resolution on 26 January 1731. The fire insurance was instrumental in speeding up the rebuilding of the city since lending out money for construction projects became less risky. The first building was insured on 21 December 1731 by Otto Blome at Amagertorv 4.
Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring was originally only active in the market for fire insurance of buildings located inside the City Walls but from 1889 it gradually opened up for fire insurance on buildings in Frederiksberg and a number of surrounding districts.
The company was based in the Gustmeyer House at Ved Stranden 14 and its last CEO was Frits Pedersen. The company merged with Danmark/Tryg/Fremtiden G/S under the name Tryg Forsikring in 1976.

### Directors

| | Director | Term |
| 1. | Lauritz Rasmussen | |
| 2. | Christopher Jensen Lund | |
| 2. | Hans Hansen Berg | |
| 3. | Hans Hansen Berg | |
| 4. | Peder Arfversøn | 13 September 1731 – 12 March 1737 |
| 5. | Gans Breckwoldt | |
| 6. | Niels Prydtz | 17 March 1737 – |
| 7. | David Johan Berenctz | |
| 8. | Jens Gregersen Klitgaard | |
| 9. | Nicolai Wesling | 12 March 1737 – 7 March 1740 |
| 10. | Kjeld Wendal | 12 March 1739 – 7 March 1740 |
| 11. | Hans Nygaard | – 13 August 1739 |
| 12. | Hans Henrich Bech | 13 August 1739 – 12 September 1842 |
| 14. | Nicolaes von Hütten | 7 March 1740 – 14 March 1743 |
| 15. | Ole Hansen Aagaard | 7 March 1740 – 14 March 1743 |
| 16. | S'ren Jørgensen | 7 March 1740 – 14 March 1743 |
| 17. | Rasmus Sternberg | 12 September 1742 – 6 September 1745 |
| 18. | Rasmus Munch | 12 September 1742 – 6 September 1745 |
| 19. | Bjørn Mørch | 14 March 1743 – 10 March 1746 |
| 20. | Winand Thyme | 1743 – |
| 21. | Hans Christian Brock | 14 March 1743 – 10 March 1746 |
| 22. | Friderich Lunge | 6 September 1745 – 17 October 1748 |
| 23. | Jacob Jørgensen Klog | 6 September 1745 – 17 October 1748 |
| 24. | Bertel Jegind | 10 March 1746 – 14 October 1749 |
| 25. | Thomas Carstensen Bargum | 10 March 1746 – 14 October 1749 |
| 26. | Schønning Andersen | 10 March 1746 – 14 October 1749 |
| 27. | Lorentz Lorentzen | 16 October 1748 – 29 October 1751 |
| 28. | Peter Boertmann | 17 October 1748 – 29 October 1751 |
| 29. | Jogan Herman Stenberg | 14 October 1749 – 29 March 1751 |
| 30. | Hans Henrik Garben | 14 October 1749 – 4 December 1755 |
| 31. | Christopher Klog | 14 October 1749 – April 1750 |
| 32. | Æars Jensen Fint | |
| 33. | Jacob Rohde | 21 March 1751 – |
| 34. | Niels Hansen Seuersløw | 29 October 1751 – January 1751 |
| 35. | Frederik Barfred | 29 October 1751 – |
| 36. | Oluf Mandix | 4 December 1755 – |
| 37. | Svend Købke | 19 March 1762 – 10 May 1771 |
| 38. | Peter Nicolai Schøtt | 19 March 1762 – |
| 39. | Jens Pedersen Juelbye | 19 March 1762 – 29 November 1776 |
| 40. | Didricg Barthold Beckman | 24 July 1767 – 29 November 1776 |
| 41. | Jens Wedege | 25 November 1768 – 26 April 1781 |
| 42. | Hans Christian Bech | 2 March 1770 – 1771 |
| 43. | Christian Poul Frese | 10 May 1771 – 8 April 1775 |
| 44. | Christian Hansen | 10 May 1771 – 5 February 1784 |
| 45. | Aage Kaasbøll | 29 November 1776 – 5 February 1784 |
| 46. | Jens Lauritzen | 29 November 1776 – 9 May 1787 |
| 47. | Peter Thomsen | 26 April 1781 – 9 May 1787 |
| 48. | Christian Ludvig Butz | 26 April 1781 – 21 September 1787 |
| 49. | Jørgen Thomsen Bech | 5 February 1784 – 12 May 1791 |
| 50. | Jens Johansen Mylius | 5 February 1784 – 12 May 1791 |
| 51. | Lars Larsen | 9 May 1787 – 7 May 1793 |
| 52. | Andreas Lausen Collstrop | 9 May 1787 – 26 June 1794 |
| 53. | Andreas Skibsted | 6 March 1786 – 16 April 1790 |
| 54. | David Christian Emanuel Wulff | 6 March 1897 – 16 April 1790 |
| 55. | Rasmus Kirketerp | 16 April 1790 – 27 May 1795 |
| 56. | Knud Christensen | 12 May 1791 – 27 May 1795 |
| 57. | Hans Peder Kofoed | 8 May 1793 – 1795 |
| 58. | Valentin Madsen | 25 January 1684 – 19 June 1795 |
| 59. | Børge Nicilai Fogh | 25 June 1684 – |
| 60. | Jens Lang(e) | 27 May 1795 – |
| 61. | Thøger From | 19 June 1684 – 19 June 1795 |
| 62. | Peter Andresen | 19 June 1795 – |
| 63. | Jørgen Frederik Bøgh | 25 January 1684 – |
| 64. | Johan David Vogel | 19 June 1795 – |
| 65. | Hans Wassard | 25 January 1684 – 19 June 1795 |
| 66. | Caspar Friderich Fiedler | 25 January 1684 – |
| 67. | Johan Nicolai Tetens | |
| 68. | Frantz Philip Nicolai Lange | |
| 69. | Ole Pedersen Holm | |
| 70. | Niels Hoftved | 12 August 1795– 23 November 1799 |
| 71. | Jens Nielsen Kornbeck | 12 August 1795 – 21 April 1796 |
| 72. | Rasmus Hansen Lange | 13 June 1796 – 8 September 1802 |
| 73. | Andreas Jensen Hbidbjerg | 19 March 1800 – 9 October 1811 |
| 74. | Frederik Horn | |
| 75. | Johan Peter Boye Junge | 3 May 1805 – 22 February 1807 |
| 76. | Johan Købke | 24 September 1805 – 1o June 1816 |
| 77. | Peter Meyn | 3 April 1807 – 11 April 18+8 |
| 78. | Christian Magdalus Thestrup | 11 December 1796 – |
| 79. | Johan Boye Junge | 17 February 1819 – 6 June 1814 |
| 80. | Just Michael Aagaard | 19 October 1811 – |
| 81. | Peder Malling | 31 July 1816 – |
| 82. | Peter Rabe Holm | 16 October 1816 – 23 October 1823 |
| 83. | Erich Møller | 19 October 1819 – 1825 |
| 84. | Michael Skibsted | 3 October 1823 – 26 October 1826 |
| 85. | Holger Peter Sommer Clausen | 11 November 1824 – |
| 86. | Andreas Rudolph Hornbech | 27 October 1825 – 21 February 1861 |
| 87. | Knud Engelbreth Langberg | 27 October 1825 – 23 March 1835 |
| 88. | Jonas Collin | 6 June 1826 – 12 August 1845 |
| 89. | Jacob Ferdinand Wilse | 26 October 1826 – 19 December 1829 |
| 90. | Christian Ludcig Lassen | 11 April 1828 – 9 May 1839 |
| 91. | Peter Ewald Beyer | 10 December 1829 – 21 April 1841 |
| 02. | Jørgen Peter Bech | 6 July 1933 – 12 December 1840 |
| 93. | Christian Georg Nathan David | 0 December 1840 – 22 November 1843 |
| 94. | Tage Algreen-Ussing | 10 November 1841 – 16 March 1870 |
| 05. | Hans Peter Hansen | 22 November 1843 – 15 September 1881 |
| 96. | Johan Henrik Kornbech | 21 February 1861 – 12 January 1871 |
| 87. | Alexander Christian Øst | 16 January 1862 – |
| 98. | Jacob Christian Jacobsen | |
| 99. | Gotfred Berggreen | |
| 100. | Julius Andreas Blom | 12 January 1871 – 30 September 1885 |
| 101. | Christian Ludvig August Herforth | 21 December 1762 – 30 September 1885 |
| 102. | Christian Rimestad | 30 September 1885 – 4 October 1894 |
| 103. | Harald Hartvig Kayser | 30 September 1885 – 10 October 1895 |
| 104. | Garald Ludvig Vestergaard | 1904 – |
* Knud Engelbreth Langberg
* Christian Hansen
* Jens Lauritzen
* Christian Ludvig Budtz
* Lauritz Rasmussen
* (1751–1770) Frederik Barfred
* (1784–1791) Jørgen Bech
* (1787–17893) Lars Larsen
* Andreas Collstrup
* Rasmus Kirketerp
* Knud Christensen
* Hans Peder Kofoed
* Peter Andresen
* J. D. Vogel
* Casper Friederich Fiedler
* Peter Rabe Holm