Carl Adolph Feilberg (1810–1896)


Carl Adolph Feilberg was a Danish businessman. He founded Falkonergårdens Fabrikker on the Falkonergården estate in Frederiksberg in 1842. He was the paternal uncle to the Australian indigenous-rights activist Carl Adolph Feilberg, the Danish priest and folklorist Henning Frederik Feilberg, the planter and photographer Kristen Feilberg, and the journalist and restaurateur Frederik Laurentius Feilberg, aka "Lorry" Feilberg.

Early life and education

Feilberg was born on 20 August 1810 in Copenhagen, the son of Henning Frederik Feilberg and Louise Brummer. His father was a high-ranking civil servant who worked for the Bank of Denmark. He studied engineering at the College of Advanced Technology.

Career

Feilberg bought Falkonergården, a former royal falconry. He established a soap and wax candle factory under the name Galkonergårdens Fabrikker at the site in 1842.

Personal life

Feilberg married Albertine Hagen. The couple had no children. His brother, Nicolai Laurentius Feilberg, a priest, was the brother-in-law of the painter Christen Købke. Købke painted his portrait and painted his last nature studies on the Galkonérgården estate.
Feilberg died on 8 January 1896. He is buried in Frederiksberg Old Cemetery.