page_title: Christian Hasselbalch
section_title: Personal life and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Christian Hasselbalch / Personal life and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Christian Hasselbalch's property at Kejsergade 2 in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Christian Hasselbalch was a Danish industrialist and merchant. He founded Hasselbalch & Co.
context_section_description: Hasselbach married Marie Mathilde Frederikke Helms (23 April 1866 - 18 May 1951), a daughter of merchant Ehrenreich Christoffer Ludvig Moltke Helms  (1829–1902) and  Caroline Hansine Horsens (1821–1913), on 22 July 1885 in St. John's Church in Nørrebro. The marriage was later dissolved. They had three children: Alice grevinde Danneskjold-Samsøe; Hugo Helms Hasselbalch and Erik Helms Hasselbalck 
  Hasselbach lived in a villa at Kristianiagade 1 in Østerbro. He was created a Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1903, a 2-class Commander in 1910 and a 1st-class Commander in 1921. He was awarded Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn im 1906.
  Hasselbalch died in on 6 August 1925 and is buried at Vestre Cemetery in Copenhagen. After his death, his company, Hasselbalch & Co. (Dansk Gardin- og Textil-Fabrik and Dansk Farveri- og Merceriserings-Anstalt) was passed on to his son Hugo Helms Hasselbalch (1888–1957). He was also CEO of the companies  AB Svenska Gardinfabriken in Gothenburg and A/S Norsk Gardinfabrik in Halden. In 1955, the company was floated on the stock exchange. The curtains factory closed in 1962.
  The former head office of Hasselbalch's company is located at Kejsergade 2 in Copenhagen. The building is from 1904–05 and was designed by Valdemar Ingemann. The curtain factory's former buildings in Kongens Lyngby is located at Gammel Lundtoftegade. The complex dates from 1898 and is built in yellow bricks and. It was designed by Bernhard Ingemann. Lyngby Søndre Mølle's current building was built for the curtain factory by Valdemar Ingemann following a fire in 1902. The housing development for workers at the factory is today known as Hyldehaverne. Hasselbalch's former home is located at Kristianiagade 3. The house was built in 1897-98 ro design by Kristoffer Varming. The house is now part of the Russian Embassy. Hasselbalch's summer residence in Tungsted, villa Piniehøj, has been demolished. It was from 1899 and also designed by Varming.
caption: Kejsergade 2 in Copenhagen
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