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Additional machinery had also been called in to help remove the roof, as it was stopping water from reaching the fire.<ref name="halasz" /> The facades were in danger of collapsing as the fire burned,<ref name="brady" /> since the building is mostly made of wood.<ref name="milne">{{cite news |last1=Milne |first1=Richard |title=Denmark's historic stock exchange goes up in flames |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f9ec9d26-81eb-40d9-9127-737f2d498c75 |access-date=16 April 2024 |publisher=[[Financial Times]] |date=16 April 2024 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416104326/https://www.ft.com/content/f9ec9d26-81eb-40d9-9127-737f2d498c75 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
Additional machinery had also been called in to help remove the roof, as it was stopping water from reaching the fire.<ref name="halasz" /> The facades were in danger of collapsing as the fire burned,<ref name="brady" /> since the building is mostly made of wood.<ref name="milne">{{cite news |last1=Milne |first1=Richard |title=Denmark's historic stock exchange goes up in flames |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f9ec9d26-81eb-40d9-9127-737f2d498c75 |access-date=16 April 2024 |publisher=[[Financial Times]] |date=16 April 2024 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416104326/https://www.ft.com/content/f9ec9d26-81eb-40d9-9127-737f2d498c75 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Historic paintings from the building's substantial art collection,<ref name="kirby" /> as well as historic furniture,<ref name="halasz" /> were rescued from the burning building by staff, emergency workers, and passers-by.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68824189|title=Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames|date=16 April 2024|via=www.bbc.com|access-date=16 April 2024|archive-date=16 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416092632/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68824189|url-status=live}}</ref> Among them |
Historic paintings from the building's substantial art collection,<ref name="kirby" /> as well as historic furniture,<ref name="halasz" /> were rescued from the burning building by staff, emergency workers, and passers-by.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68824189|title=Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames|date=16 April 2024|via=www.bbc.com|access-date=16 April 2024|archive-date=16 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416092632/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68824189|url-status=live}}</ref> Among them were ''[[From Copenhagen Stock Exchange]]'' by [[Skagen Painters|Skagen Painter]] [[Peder Severin Krøyer]] and ''[[Det danske handelskammer komite og adm. direktør 1995]]'' by {{ill|Thomas Kluge|da}}.<ref name="maleri">{{cite web | title=Særligt maleri reddet ud af brændende Børsen | website=TV2 ØST | date=16 April 2024 | url=https://www.tv2east.dk/naestved/saerligt-maleri-reddet-ud-af-braendende-boersen | language=da | access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Historisk P.S. Krøyer-maleri reddes ud fra brændende Børsen |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2024-04-16-historisk-ps-kroeyer-maleri-reddes-ud-fra-braendende-boersen |access-date=16 April 2024 |work=[[TV 2 (Denmark)]] |publisher=[[TV 2 (Denmark)]] |date=16 April 2024 |language=da |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416072024/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2024-04-16-historisk-ps-kroeyer-maleri-reddes-ud-fra-braendende-boersen |url-status=live }}</ref> The nearby [[National Museum of Denmark|National Museum]] immediately sent 25 employees to help retrieve the art.<ref name="brady">{{cite news |last1=Brady |first1=Kate |title=Fire consumes Copenhagen's 400-year-old stock market building |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/16/copenhagen-fire-old-stock-exchange-denmark/ |access-date=16 April 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=16 April 2024 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416141112/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/16/copenhagen-fire-old-stock-exchange-denmark/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Everyone in the building was able to leave, and there were no casualties.<ref name="kirby">{{cite news |last1=Kirby |first1=Paul |title=Historic Copenhagen stock exchange in Denmark goes up in flames |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68824189 |access-date=16 April 2024 |agency=BBC News |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=16 April 2024 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416073708/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68824189 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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With the fire still burning, [[Brian Mikkelsen]], CEO of the [[Danish Chamber of Commerce]], which owns the building, said that it would be rebuilt.<ref name="milne" /> [[Troels Lund Poulsen]], Denmark's [[Vice-Prime Minister (Denmark)|Deputy Prime Minister]], compared the fire to the [[Notre-Dame fire]] five years earlier.<ref name="halasz" /> |
With the fire still burning, [[Brian Mikkelsen]], CEO of the [[Danish Chamber of Commerce]], which owns the building, said that it would be rebuilt.<ref name="milne" /> [[Troels Lund Poulsen]], Denmark's [[Vice-Prime Minister (Denmark)|Deputy Prime Minister]], compared the fire to the [[Notre-Dame fire]] five years earlier.<ref name="halasz" /> |
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Revision as of 22:02, 16 April 2024
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 The building based in Copenhagen, Denmark, before the spire and roof were destroyed in the 2024 fire. | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Dutch renaissance |
| Town or city | Copenhagen |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | DK-84 55°40′32″N 12°35′2″E / 55.67556°N 12.58389°E |
| Construction started | 1619 |
| Completed | 1640 |
| Client | Christian IV |
| Owner | Danish Chamber of Commerce |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Lorentz and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger |
Børsen (Danish for "the Exchange"), also known as Børsbygningen ("The (Stock) Exchange building"), is a 17th-century stock exchange in the center of Copenhagen. The historic building is situated next to Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament, on the island of Slotsholmen.
Built under the reign of Christian IV in 1619–1640, the building is considered a leading example of the Dutch Renaissance style in Denmark. It is a protected building for conservation purposes.[1]
Børsen, a popular tourist attraction, was most noted for its distinctive spire, shaped as the tails of four dragons twined together, reaching a height of 56 m (184 ft). On 16 April 2024, the building was severely damaged by a fire, which toppled the spire.[2]
History
Børsen was planned by Christian IV as part of his plan to strengthen Copenhagen's role as a centre for trade and commerce in Northern Europe. A site on the north side of the embankment which connected Copenhagen to the new market town Christianshavn, which was planned on reclaimed land off the coast of Amager. The king charged Lorenz van Steenwinckel with the design of the new building, but Steenwinckel died shortly thereafter. The assignment was then passed on to his brother, Hans van Steenwinckel.[3]
The site first had to be prepared since the embankment had not yet stabilized. Construction of the building began in 1620 and was largely completed in 1624 with the exception of the spire (installed in 1625) and details of the east gable (completed in 1640). The dragons that made up the spire, designed by the fireworks master of Christian IV, were supposed to protect the building from enemies and fire.[4] The building contained 40 trading offices at the ground floor and one large room at the upper floor. The building was in use as a marketplace during the late 1620s.[3]
In 1647, Christian IV sold the building to the merchant Jacob Madsen for 50,000 Danish rigsdaler.[5] Frederick III later reacquired the building from Madsen's widow, who could no longer afford to maintain the building.[3]
The building was restored by Nicolai Eigtved in 1745.[6]
19th and 20th centuries
The interior of the building was renovated in 1855, and the interior was renovated by architect Harald Conrad Stilling.[7] In 1857, Frederick VII sold the building to Grosserer-Societetet[4] for 70,000 rigsdaler.[5]
The building housed the Danish stock-market until 1974. In 1918, unemployed anarchists attacked Børsen, an attack that went into the Danish history books as stormen på Børsen (Storm on the Stock Exchange).[8]
21st century
As of 2018, the building serves as the headquarters of the Danish Chamber of Commerce (Dansk Erhverv).[9]
2024 fire
On the morning of 16 April 2024, fire spread throughout the building, resulting in the collapse of its iconic Dragespir ("Dragon Spire") at around 08:32.[10][11] The fire happened during renovation work in the main building's copper roof, but the cause of the blaze was unknown. About half of the building was destroyed by the afternoon.[12] The scaffolding around Børsen also caught fire. The scaffolding around the building made it harder for the 40 firefighters[13] on the scene to reach the flames, and the copper roof preserved the heat.[14] Military personnel were also on site to support the fire-fighting efforts.[13]
Additional machinery had also been called in to help remove the roof, as it was stopping water from reaching the fire.[13] The facades were in danger of collapsing as the fire burned,[14] since the building is mostly made of wood.[15]
Historic paintings from the building's substantial art collection,[16] as well as historic furniture,[13] were rescued from the burning building by staff, emergency workers, and passers-by.[17] Among them were From Copenhagen Stock Exchange by Skagen Painter Peder Severin Krøyer and Det danske handelskammer komite og adm. direktør 1995 by Thomas Kluge.[18][19] The nearby National Museum immediately sent 25 employees to help retrieve the art.[14] Everyone in the building was able to leave, and there were no casualties.[16]
With the fire still burning, Brian Mikkelsen, CEO of the Danish Chamber of Commerce, which owns the building, said that it would be rebuilt.[15] Troels Lund Poulsen, Denmark's Deputy Prime Minister, compared the fire to the Notre-Dame fire five years earlier.[13]
Cultural references
- Børsen is the location where Holm-Hansen hands the Bedford Diamonds over to an Arabian sheik in the 1974 Olsen-banden film The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang.[20]
See also
- Copenhagen Stock Exchange
- Slotsholmsgade
- Danish Brotherhood in America Headquarters
- Construction and renovation fires
- List of building or structure fires
- List of destroyed heritage
References
- ^ "Sag: Børsen". Fredede og bevaringsværdige bygninger. Kulturstyrelsen. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "LIVE Brand i Børsen i København". DR (in Danish). 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "The History". Børsbygningen. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ a b Børsbygningen.dk, ejet af Dansk Erhverv – The Danish Chamber of Commerce Archived 2018-07-20 at the Wayback Machine hentet 8. maj 2021
- ^ a b Green, Theodor (2019). Børsen i København. Lindhardt og Ringhof. ISBN 978-8726296501.
- ^ "Hvor langt skal man spole tilbage?". www.arkitektforeningen.dk. Arkitektforeningen – Danish Association of Architects. 14 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ G. F. Hetsch (1 January 1928). "To Breve fra Architekten, Professor G. F. Hetsch til Architekten H. C. Stilling [1815-1891]. Meddelt af Gustav Hetsch". Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift (in Danish): 4–13. ISSN 0300-3655. Wikidata Q107323506.
- ^ "Børsen, Stormen på (1918)" (in Danish). Leksikon.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "Danish Chamber of Commerce". www.danskerhverv.dk. Danish Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Børsen i København står i brand: '400 års kulturarv i flammer'" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Børsen står i flammer: Det ikoniske dragetårn er kollapset" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Fire destroys Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire". Associated Press. 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Halasz, Stephanie; Mortensen, Antonia; Said-Moorhouse, Lauren (16 April 2024). "Spire collapses after fire rips through Copenhagen's old stock exchange". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Brady, Kate (16 April 2024). "Fire consumes Copenhagen's 400-year-old stock market building". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ a b Milne, Richard (16 April 2024). "Denmark's historic stock exchange goes up in flames". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ a b Kirby, Paul (16 April 2024). "Historic Copenhagen stock exchange in Denmark goes up in flames". BBC. BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames". 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "Særligt maleri reddet ud af brændende Børsen". TV2 ØST (in Danish). 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Historisk P.S. Krøyer-maleri reddes ud fra brændende Børsen". TV 2 (Denmark) (in Danish). TV 2 (Denmark). 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Film 6 Olsen Bandens sidste bedrifter / Der (voraussichtlich) letzte Streich der Olsenbande". olsenbande-homepage.de (in German). Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
External links
Media related to Børsen at Wikimedia Commons
