page_title: Carl Lund (industrialist)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Carl Lund (industrialist) / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Carl Lunds Fabrikker at present day Danasvej in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Carl Lund was a Danish industrialist. He was the founder of Carl Lunds Fabrikker. Carl Lunds Vej on Amager in Copenhagen is named after him.
context_section_description: Lund in 1872 became the co-owner of a small factory which produced lacquered sheet metal products. P. C. Elfstrøm, who would later become the managing director of the Raadvaddam Factory north of Copenhagen, had founded the factory in 1859. A new factory had just been inaugurated at Bernstorffsvej (now Danasvej) in Frederiksberg. In 1874, Lund became the sole owner of the company. The company grew rapidly under his management and the product range was expanded to all types of lacquered, tin plated and enamelware products. The company obtained a dominant position on the Danish market, also meeting with success in the Norwegian and Swedish markets after established a subsidiary in Malmö in 1879. He constructed a factory, which in circa 1889 was converted into a limited company. Lund retired in 1896 from the position as CEO to become a board member.
caption: Carl Lunds Fabrikker
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