Alfred Benzon A/S

Alfred Benzon A/S was a wholesaler of chemicals based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its former headquarters at Halmtorvet 29 in Vesterbro was converted into apartments in 2006.

History

Akfred Benzon's factory at Vesterbrogade 72 in 1883

The company was founded by Alfred Nicolai Benzon (1823-1884) on 1. January 1849 when he acquired the pharmacy Svane Apotek on Østergade in Copenhagen and in the same time established a wholesaling business. In 1863 he established a chemical factory at Kalvebod Beach. Om 1877 he established Teknisk Materialhandel at Ny Østergade 4.

After Alfred Benzon's death in 1884 his company was passed on to his sons Alfred Benzon (1855-1932) and Otto Benzon (1856-1927).

Akfred Benzon's site at Halmtorvet in Copenhagen

Alfred Benzon Jr.'ss son Bøje Benzon (born 1891) and Otto Benzon's son Niels Benzon (born 1893) became partners in the company in 1928. The factory and warehouses in Copenhagen was expanded several times and a department in Malmö was established in 1909. It was later followed by departments in Odense in 1932 and in Aarhus in i 1937.

The company became a limited company (A/S) in 1936. Niels Benzon gave up his share of it but became the sole owner of Svaneapoteket as well as the subsirary A/B Alfred Benzon & Co. in Malmø.[1]

Medicinalco A/S acquired the pharmaceutical factory Alfred Benzon A/S' wholesaling business in 1959. It was operated under the nameMecobenzon A/S. In 1991 it was merged with Nordisk Droge and Kemikalie A/S under the name Nomeco. Monberg & Thorsen acquired all share sin Alfred Benzon A/S in 1965-1986 and the two companies merged in 1990.

Legacy

Akfred Benzon's former headquarters at Halmtorvet 29 in Copenhagen

The company's headquarters from 1908 at Halmtorvet 29 was converted into apartments in 2007-08. The building features a trompe l'oeil mural on one of its gables. Two older buildings from 1864 and 1867 has also survived.


Yje Alfred Benzon Foundation supports medical researchers and pharmacists.

References

  1. ↑ "Alfred Benzon A/S" (in Danish). coneliand.dk. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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