Rosenborg Brøndanstalt

Rosenborg Brøndanstalt was a mineral spa and mineral water factory located in Gothersgade in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Rosenborg Brøndanstalt in circa 1888

History

Rosenborg Brøndanstalt was founded on 23 March 1831 at the initiative of Jonas Collin, medical doctor Ole Bang, and Johan Georg Forchhammer to provide the citizens of Copenhagen with an alternative to visiting spas abroad.[1] First Frederick VI and later Christian VIII contributed to the project by donating a strip of Rosenborg Castle Gardens along Gothersgade. The buildings were built to a design by royal building inspector Jørgen Hansen Koch in 1833.

The popularity of the institution peaked in the 1880s. The mineral spa attracted some 700 guests a year, while the mineral water factory produced two to three million quarter bottles a year which were sold through pharmacies across the country.[2] The product range included mineral water, limonade and tonic water.[3]

In 1929, Rosenborg Brøndanstalt acquired the mineral water factory Sødring & Co. in Østerbro. The activities of the two companies were moved to a new factory at Bispevej 25 in Bispebjerg the same year.[4]

The company was in 1950 headed by Svend Sørensen (1908–). Board members were professor Carl Faurholt (1890–), director L. Tholstrup (1896–) and lawyer J. C. Bang (1913–).[5]

References
  1. "Vandkur i Kongens Have". hovedstadshistorie.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. "Rosenborg Brøndanstalt" (in Danish). DTU. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. "Rosenborg Brøndanstalt". hovedstadshistorie.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. "Sødring & Co" (in Danish). DTU. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. "Rosenborg Brøndanstalt". coneliand.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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