The Aarhus-based wholesale company Holst & Knudsen (founded 1904) was a leading Danish supplier of porcelain to hardware stores across the country.
In the early 1930s, foreign exchange controls almost stopped the import of the cheap German porcelain.
These events caused Holst & Knudsen to establish their own production of porcelain.
Porcelænsfabrikken Danmark was therefore established by the company in a former sugar refinery close to Lyngby railway station in 1936.
[1] Christian Elving from Karakter registered the tradenames "Porcelænsfabriken Danmark" and "Lyngby Porcelæn" in 2011 and bought all rights and renderings from the old company in 2012.