Christian Kyhl

Christian Vilhelm Wilcken (Wilken) Kyhl (1762-1827) was a Danish gunsmith and inventor.

He served as Royal Armourer (Rustmester) at the Arsenal in Copenhagen and headed the Kronborg Small Arms Factory at Helsingør.

On 11 September 1797, he purchased the property at Ny Vestergade 9 in Copenhagen from engraver Hans Qvist.

They had five children: Marie Sophie (1799-1833), Abigael Margrethe (1801-), Thomas Herman (1803-1820), Frederik (1805-1874) and twin sisters Dorothea Johanne (1805-) and Cicilie Christiane (1806-).

[2] His former property at Ny Vestergade 9 in Copenhagen was listed in the Danish Registry of Protected Buildings and Places in 1932.

The key stone with the house number and the relief of the two crossed pistols