Købmagergade 7
Købmagergade 7 is a listed commercial property on the pedestrianized shopping street Købmagergade in Copenhagen, Denmark. History. 18th century. The property was in the late 17th century part of two separate properties. One of them was by 1689 as No. 114 in Frimand's Quarter owned by Johan Gottfried Becker. The other one was as No. 115 in Frimand's Qyarter owned by merchant ("kræmmer") Lambert Mandel. The two properties were together with most of the other buildings in the area destrioed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728 and subsequently merged into a single property. The current building  on the site was constructed in 1729 by master mason Simon Sørensen, master carpenter J. Pedersen and master mason Philip de Lagne for ironmonger Oluf Hegelund. The property was by 1756 as No. 101 in Frimand's Quarter owned by merchant ("kræmmer") Peder Wasserfald. It was heightened with one floor in the 1790s. Blankensteiner & Søn, 1801–1844. The property was in the new cadastre of 1806 listed as No. 68. It was by then owned by Johan Georg Blankensteiner. He had in 1791 opened a shop at the corner of Købmagergade and Østergade, It had relocated to what is now Købmagergade  8 in 1801. It specialized in artistic images, galantry items (gifts) and toys. From 1803 the sortiment also comprised nautical charts and devices. By 1806 J.G. Blankensteiner was listed as the owner of the building. In , Hans Christian Andersen mentions buying a puppet theatre in the period 1819-22. He used it for entertaining the Dahlén family in their home at Badstuestræde 18 (then No. 124). Carl August Blankensteiner, the founder's son, joined the company in the early 1830s. It therefore changed its name to Blankensteiner & Søn. He continued it alone following his father's death in 1835. On  18 March 1844, the shop relocated to the corner of Amaliegade and Toldbodvej and from then on focused exclusively on nautical charts, books and devices. N. F. Larsen, 1845–1875. The shop at Købmagergade was taken over by the glovemaker N.F. Larsen in 1845. The company had been founded on 1 April 1843 by Niels Frederik Larsen. Larsen lived in the building from 1871 until his death in 1881. The shop was continued by his family after his death. The company was then continued by his sons, Carl L. Larsen (born 1847) and Fr. J. Larsen (born 1854). The company was  converted into an and moved to Nørre Voldgade 38 in 1778. Two branches in Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne opened in 1890. N. F. Larsen later returned to Købmagergade 7. Later history. The Amdrup family, owner of Skindhuset, acquired N. F. Larsen in 1975. They closed the store but kept the building. The retail space was then taken over by royal florist Erik Berings. In 2017, the Amdrup family, sold the building to American property investor Hines. Today. In August 2018, it was announced that Jimmy Choo and Golden Goose Deluxe Brand will open two stores in the building. Købmagergade