page_title: Christoph Cloëtta
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Christoph Cloëtta / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: The Cloetta brothers' chocolate factory in Niels Hemmingsens Gade in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Christoph Cloëtta was a Swiss-born Danish chocolatier and founder of the Brødrene Cloëtta chocolate factory. The company was granted a royal warrant in 1993. Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888.
context_section_description: On 3 November 1862, Christoph Cloëtta and his two brothers opened a chocolate factory under the name Brødrene Cloëtta (Cloëtta Brothers) in which he soon came to play a dominat role in the company. The factory was initially based in a building at Sortedam Mill outside the city but was after a few years moved to a building at Niels Hemmingsens Gade 32. This led to a period with rapid growth. Brødrene Cloëtta was IN 1983 granted a royal warrant.
  In 1873 they also opened a chocolate factory in Malmö. It was headed by  Nuttin Cloëtta. It was followed by a chocolate factory in Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1896.
caption: Brødrene Cloëtta's chocolate factory in Niels Hemmingsens Gade
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