Sven and Lene Grønlykke

Sven Grønlykke began his career in sales of farming machines and later made a move into production of foam rubber for the furniture industry with factories in Germany, Sweden, Norway and Spain.

[1] In 1953 he married Lene (born Meyer Petersen), who was a journalist, and after making a fortune from the sale of their business empire the couple acquired the ASA Filmudlejning in Copenhagen in 1964 to pursue a career in film-making as well as Løgismose Castle on the island of Funen in 1965.

[2] The couple had plans to open a restaurant in the Basque Country but instead ended up buying the run down Falsled Kro, located not far from their Funen estate, turning it into a boutique hotel and French-style gourmet restaurant.

In 1976 they opened the restaurant Kong Hans Kælder in Copenhagen together with the writer Klaus Rifbjerg and his wife Inge.

In 1981 they released their third and last film, Thorvald og Linda, a drama set among railway workers in Jutland in 1912.