Country Denmark Opened 1751 Architectural style Rococo | Completed 1751 Owner Jeudan Construction started 1749 | |
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Location Frederiksstaden, Copenhagen Client Wilhelm August von der Osten Similar Barchmann Mansion, Gustmeyer House, Lindencrone Mansion, Mathias Hansen House, Hansen Mansion | ||
The Prince Wilhelm Mansion (Danish: Prins Wilhelms Palæ) is a historic property on the corner of Sankt Annæ Plads and Amaliegade in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is owned by the property investment company Jeudan which is headquartered in the building.
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History
The mansion was built from 1749 to 1752 by Wilhelm August von der Osten within the former grounds of Sophie Amalienborg which were now up for redevelopment into the new Frederiksstaden district.
The house was later purchased by Charles August Selby, an English-born merchant involved in trade on the Danish West Indies. In 1804, he sold it to the Imperial Roman Vice consul Romeis. Then in 1826 it was acquired by King Frederick VI who put it at the disposal of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel. He lived there until his death in 1867.
After that, the building came to new use. The Nobel Prize-winning medical doctor Niels Finsen for a while lived in the building as a young student and is now commemorated with a plaque on the building's facade. In 1878, it was acquired by a restaurateur, Lars Larsen, who ran it asm event venue under the name Larsens Lokaler. He later changed the name back to Prins Wilhelms Palæ which have rise to the popular name Prins Larsens Palæ. The Medical Society for Women (Danish: Kvindelig Læseforening) was founded in the building's great hall on 28 November 1907.
In the 1920s, the building came to serve as headquarters for the oil company Det Danske Petroleums Aktieselskab (later Danish Esso) and later Statoil's activities in Denmark.
Today
The building is now owned by the property company Jeudan.