J. E. Ohlsens Enkes

J. E. Ohlsens Enkes was a Danish seed company, founded in Copenhagen in 1804.

At the time of its 150th anniversary in 1954, it was the oldest and largest distributor of horticultural seeds in Scandinavia, with branches in Odense, Aarhus, Aalborg, Nykøbing Falster, Malmö, Stockholm, Gävle, Oslo and New York City.

The company was founded on 5 March 1804 when Friederich Neumann established a market garden in the Østerbro suburb of Copenhagen.

[2] The company was after her death continued by their son Niels Ernst Albert Ohlsen (1851-).

The work which created new cultica[clarification needed] at Clausdal was from 1937 headed by the Swedish horticulturalist G.

[4] At the time of its 150th anniversary in 1954, it was the oldest and largest distributor of horticultural seeds in the Nordic countries.