[citation needed] He was a driving force and the first leader of the Landøkonomisk Forsøgslaboratorium on Rolighedsvej in 1883.

Freuchen, then the principal, instilled an interest in natural sciences to Niels and later, he went on to take up a teaching position in physics and mathematics.

An 1892 copy of the bust was created for the Royal Danish Society for Agriculture (Det Kongelige Danske Landhusholdningsselskab).

Another copy has more recently been installed in the Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture in Foulum, Tjele, Denmark.

NJ Fjordsgade skole (School) in Aarhus is named after Niels Johannes Fjord.