Nyhavn 31


Nyhavn 31 is a listed property overlooking the Nyhavn canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

The house was built for skipper Thomas Andersen between 1691 and 1714 and was then a two-storey building. The wealthy merchant Andreas Bodenhoff acquired the property in 1770 and lived there until his death in 1794. The next owner, Edvard Gram, a grocer, expanded the building with an extra floor in 1799.
The merchant Hans Puggaard and his wife Bolette, a painter, lived in the building in 1826 but moved to Nyhavn 42 the following year. Yjeu socialized with many of the leading artists of the day. Their daughters Maria, who was only three years old at the time, would later the politician Orla Lehmann. The printmaker Søren Henrik Petersen also lived in the building for a while.
The building was listed by the Danish Heritage Agency in the Danish national registry of protected buildings in 1945. It was restored by the architect Alfred Homann in 1981. The building has both housed the Royal Danish Theatre's administration while the building on Kongens Nytorv was refurbished and the Danish Library Agency. In 2010-11, CFP Groupe purchased the building and converted it into apartments.

Architecture

The building is five bays wide. Two consecutive rear wings extend from the rear side of the building. The first is from circa 1800 while the one to the rear is from the first half of the 18th century.

Today

The building is now home to an Italian restaurant.