Pilestræde 37

A large four-winged building complex surrounding a central courtyard occupied the half of the property that faced the more prominent street Købmagergade.

The half of the property that faced the quieter street Pilestræde was the site of a large garden complex.

[2] In 1783 the property was acquired by the master builder Johan Peter Boye Junge [da] (1735–1807), who was shortly thereafter granted royal permission to establish the new street Kronprinsensgade on the land.

[5] The actors Michael (1756–1818) and Johanne Rosing (née Olsen, 1756–1853) resided in the building towards Pilestræde from 1788 to 1797 and again from c. 1800–1801 to 1811.

[7] Johan Casper Theodor Wewer, a businessman (stadsmægler), resided in the building with his wife Anne Christine Jacobsen, their five children (aged 10 to 22) and two maids.

[8] Christian Wilhelm Lange, a government official with the title of justitsråd, resided in the building with his wife Anne Holck Heuenkirken, their two children (aged eight and 11), two daughters from his wife's first marriage (aged 15 and 19), a caretaker and a maid.

[11] Levin Meyer, a merchant, resided in the building with his wife Sara Davids, their two children (aged one and two) and two maids.

[17] Andreas Flinch, a xylographer, resided on the third floor with his wife Marie Sophie, five lodgers and one maid.

(O) Hertss, a tutor (institutbystyrer), resided on the fourth floor with three pupils aged 15 to 18, two other lodgers and one maid.

[19] F. J. Herligstedt, a master tailor, resided on the same floor with his wife Augusta Andrea, their two children (aged four and 11) and one maid.

[20] Anders Christensen, who worked at the Royal Danish Theatre, resided in the garret with his wife Bergithe and their two children (aged one and seven).

Jacob Trier resided on the first floor with his wife Cecilie Frederike (née David), one grocer (employee), one grocer's apprentice, one male servant, one maid and the widow Louise Augusta Custonier.

[24] Andreas Wagner, a pastry baker (konditor) with alcohol license, resided on the same floor with his wife Magdalene Sørensen, their two daughters (aged 10 and 12), one male servant and one maid.

[25] Morten Henrik Otto Møller, a barkeeper, resided on the same floor with his wife Henriette Bennedicte Rohmark, their six-year-old daughter and one maid.

Marie Møller, an unmarried woman with a pension, shared the other third floor apartment with the widow Anne Johanne Marie Kaufmann and the unmarried woman Andreas Christian Frederik Flinch.

[27] Søren Jacob Worm, a silk and textile merchant, resided on the fourth floor with his wife Thora Laurenta Worm, their two-year-old daughter, a widow with a six-year-old daughter, two students and two maids.

[29] Anders Christensen, a courier, resided in the garret with his wife Bergite (née Jagobsen) and their four children (aged two to 11).

It was recognized as the most elegant shop in Copenhagen and was even prior to its official opening visited by Christian VIII.

Henriette Koppel, a widow, resided on the fourth floor with her daughters Regina (teacher) and Sophia, one maid and the visitor Charlotte Louise Theodora Petersen.

The company imported products from England, France and the Netherlands, including Worcester sauce, sardines, truffles, office supplies, pencils and paper articles.

In the early 1930s, he and his friend Peter Freuchen founded the Danish Professional Boxing League.

No. 11 seen on a detail from Christian Gedde's map of Købmager Quarter, 1757.
Johan Peter Boye Junge
Andreas Flinch
Bing's shop at the corner of Pilestgræde and Sværtegade
The building with the new house number. Detail from Bing's membership target donated to the Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society .
The building viewed from Pilestræde