Heering House

Heering House
Heerings Gård
The building seen from across the canal
General information
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Country	Denmark
Coordinates	55°40′19.95″N 12°35′23.08″E / 55.6722083°N 12.5897444°E / 55.6722083; 12.5897444
Completed	1785
Client	Hans Peder Kofoed
Owner	Nordea Foundation
Design and construction
Architect	G. E. Rosenberg

The Heering House (Danish: Heerings Gård) i a Neoclassical house overlooking Christianshavn Canal in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name after Peter Heering who owned it from 1838 until his death in 1875 and it continued to serve as headquarters for his company, Peter Heering, until 1977. The building is now home to the Nordea Foundation, the owner since 1999, as well as six residences available to foreign researchers and specialists, and a museum dedicated to banks and saving banks.

A brewery built in the grounds in 1753. In 1785 it was acquired by Hans Peder Kofoed, a sea captain from Bornholm, who built a house towards the street, probably with the assistance of the architect G. E. Rosenberg, where he lived with his family until his death in 1812. After that his wife, Marie, and an adopted son from Saint Croix. When Marie Kofoed became a widow in 1812, she involved herself in philanthropical work in the local community, supporting unmarried women and widows of seamen financially, and continued to live in the house until her own death in 1838.

The house was then purchased by Peter Heering who needed more space for his expanding business enterprises. He had begun a production of Cherry Heering liqueur in 1818 which had gained world-wide success. In 1833 he had also made a move into shipping, acquiring a schooner built in Svaneke on Bornholm. And by 1858, his company, Heering Line, operated a fleet of ten merchant ships which sailed on South America and the Mediterranean Sea.

After Peter Heering's death in 1875, the property remained in the Heering family for another four generations.

In 1977 the property was purchased by the Private Bank in 1977. Parts of the building was then rented out to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1999 the property changed hands once again when it was acquired by the Nordea Foundation. From 2008 to 2011 it underwent a DKK 100 mio. renovation.