Henrik Kyhl

Henrik Larsen Kyhl (8 August 1793 – 12 February 1866) was a Danish clockmaker, politician and the second managing director of Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen.

Kyhl was born on 8 August 1793 in Søsum at Ølstykke, the son of wheelmaker Lars Henrik Hansen (c. 1764 – 1812) and Maren Jensdatter (c. 1773 – 1841).

A tower clock presented at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 attracted considerable attention.

In 1935, he was a co-founder of the Society for the Freedom of the Press (Selskabet til trykkefrihedens rette brug).

In 1844 and again in 1846, he was an alternate member of the Roskilde Constituent Assembly (Stænderforsamling), where he argued in favour of a free constitution.

Kyhl's tower clock in the Church of Our Lady, Nyborg