page_title: Frisch House
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Frisch House / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Nytorv 5 when the textile merchant Julius Tafdrup's company was based in the building in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: The Frisch House is a Neoclassical property overlooking the square Nytorv in the Old Town of in Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was designed by the artist Nicolai Abildgaard although it has later been expanded with an extra floor. A room on the first floor feature four Abildgaard paintings with scenes from Voltaire's Le Triumvirat.
context_section_description: The house was built in 1799-1803 for justitsråd Hartvig Marcus Frisch who was director of the Royal Greenland Trade Department. The building was designed by Nicolai Abildgaard.  Frisch lived in the building until his death in 1816.
  The building  was expanded with an extra storey by the architect August Klein in 1889-1890. The jurist Andreas Aagesen lived in the building from  1852. The politician Herman Trier lived on the third floor from  1892 to 1900. It was listed in 1918.
  The textile merchant Julous Tafdrup's building was for a while based in the building in the 1900s. He also operated a clothing store in the ground floor. The company later moved to Studiestræde and in 1913 to the property at Vesterbrogade 9B.
  Provinsbanken, Denmark's fifth largest bank at the time. purchased the building in 1988. It was subsequently restored. In 1990, Provinsbanken merged with Danske Bank and the property was later sold to Nordea. On 31 December 2014, Mordea sold Nytorv 5-5A together with neighbouring Nygade 1-3 and Knabrostræde 6-8 to Danica Pension for DFF 370 million.
caption: Nytorv 5 in December 1905 when it was owned by Julius Tafdrup
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