page_title: Anker Heegaard
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Anker Heegaard / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Anker Heegaard's headquarters in Havnegade in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Steffen Peder Anker Heegaard was a Danish industrialist. His company was headquartered in Havnegade in Copenhagen and operated two manufacturing sites in Nørrebro and Frederiksværk. Products included cast ironware, steam engines and agricultural machines. He was a member of Copenhagen City Council from 1868 to 1885 and president of Industriforeningen from 1871 to 1876.
context_section_description: Heegaard  and his elder brother Christian August Heegaard (1810–79) continued their father's business after his death in 1837.
   
  Anker Hegaard became the sole owner of the iron foundry in 1847. The company had by then also moved into the market for industrial and agricultural machines. It gradually developed into one of the largest of its kind in the country, In 1857, he acquired Frederick's Works in Frederiksværk inn auction for 188,000  Danish rigsdaler from the government. He installed a steam engine and constructed a harbor at the site. That same year he also acquired a ceramic manufactory in Blågårdsgade in Copenhagen which specialized in salt-glazed pipes. The site was then converted into an iron foundry. The company constructed a new head office and storage facilities at Havnegade 37 in 1870. A wide selection of its products, from enameled pots and other kitchenware to machines, was featured on the 1972 Nordic Exhibition.
caption: Anker Heegaard's headquarters in Havnegade in Copenhagen
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