Christoph Cloëtta


Christoph Cloëtta was a Swiss-born Danish chocolatier and founder of the Brødrene Cloëtta chocolate factory. The company was granted a royal warrant in 1993. Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888.

Early life and education

Cloëtta was born on 24 September 1836 at Bergün in Graubünden, Switzerland, the son of local farmerNuttin Cloëtta and Jacobea Janett. Christoph and his brothers Bernhard and Nuttin moved to Copenhagen. They started out by operating various smaller Swiss-style Konditoreis.

Career

On 3 November 1862, Christoph Cloëtta and his two brothers opened a chocolate factory under the name Brødrene Cloëtta in which he soon came to play a dominat role in the company. The factory was initially based in a building at Sortedam Mill outside the city but was after a few years moved to a building at Niels Hemmingsens Gade 32. This led to a period with rapid growth. Brødrene Cloëtta was IN 1983 granted a royal warrant.
In 1873 they also opened a chocolate factory in Malmö. It was headed by Nuttin Cloëtta. It was followed by a chocolate factory in Kristiania in 1896.

Personal life and legacy

Cloëtta married Ida Friis, a daughter of war secretary Nis Fritz Friis and Axeline Louise Adelaide Tuxen, on 14.5.1869 in Købelev.
Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888. He is one of the businessmen depicted on Peder Severin Krøyer's monumental 1895 proup portrait painting From Copenhagen Stock Exchange in Børsen. He died on 30 May 1897 and is buried at Assistens Cemetery. His gravestone features a bronze portrait relief.
The company was continued by his widow and son Fritz Bernhard Cloëtta.Fritz Bernhard Cloëtta was from 1901 the sole owner of the company. The operations were that same year moved to a new building at Hørsholmsgade 20 in Nørrebro. The company moved to Glostrup in the first half of the 1950s and is now headquartered in Ljungsbro, Sweden.

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