Gjeddesdal

Gjeddesdal is a manor house located in Greve Municipality, some 20 kilometres west of central Copenhagen, Denmark.

Peder Benzon significantly increased the size of the estate, for instance by closing down all the farms in the village of Torslundelille.

He created a so-called stamhus from the estate with the effect that it could no longer be sold, mortgaged or divided between heirs but it was dissolved shortly thereafter.

In 1774, his widow, Caroline von Hoppe, sold the estate to Michael Wulff Gøye.

Gøye was interested in the enlightenment philosophy of the time and for the living conditions of the farmers on his land.

Tune Landbyskole was founded after the turn of the century Gøye's heirs sold Gjeddesdal to Jens Laurids Barfred in 1797.

He also established his own slaughterhouse on the farm, salting the meat and exporting it to France and the Netherlands.

Herman Lengerken Kløcker.
Heinrich Christian Valentiner
Gjeddesdal painted by Ferdinand Richardt , c. 1860