ICES HEADQUARTERS OF OLD ICES first office was located at Østbanegade 1 in Copenhagen. It consisted of five rooms on the ground floor of a building opposite Østerport Station. By the end of 1908, the ICES Secretariat moved to Jens Kofods Gade 2 in central Copenhagen, close to Nyboder. ICES had one apartment in the building on the ground floor. It remained in Jens Kofods Gade until 1924 when, together with the Danish Fisheries Commission, the headquarters moved to Strandvejen 34 near the Tuborg
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brewery. The house was known as Villa Eltham, but has since been demolished. Annual meetings of ICES Council were held at the villa from 1924 to 1936. In October 1936, the secretariat moved to Chalottenlund Castle, former residence of the then Crown Prince of Denmark (later King Frederick VIII). The space was shared with the Danish Institute for Fisheries and Marine Research (now DTU Aqua). In 1980, the secretariat moved back to central Copenhagen with offices at Palægade 2-4 near Kongens Nytorv, where it remained until 2004 and its move to the present location.
THE HISTORY OF ICES HEADQUARTERS
CURRENT ICES HEADQUARTERS
OVE SKOU SHIPPING COMPANY
HC Andersens Blvd. 44-46
In 1929, Ove Skou founded the Hovestadens Kulimport
HC Andersens Boulevard was originally named Vestre
coal importing company. And with a capital of DKK
Boulevard but changed in 1955 to commemorate the
100,000, he later founded his shipping company in 1935.
HISTORY OF THE BOULEVARD
150th birthday of author Hans Christian Andersen. By 1970, Ove Skou Shipping Company had greatly In 1903, the owners of title No. 285 in the Land Register
expanded with about 800 employees on their ships and
(master painter Severin O. Nielsen and architect J.L.
about 100 employees based at its offices.
Larsen) sought permission to construct a five-storey residential building with a basement. The property was
Ove Skou died in 1974. At that time, the shipping company
finished in 1904 and like many other official buildings in
was Denmark’s third largest, with 26 ships all painted with
the area it was constructed in a neo-classical style.
a distinctive white livery. The era of the Ove Skou group
A 1920s directory
Old signs and logos from Skou’s
listing residents of
company are still evident
the building
throughout the building.
Picture caption?
Copenhagen’s elite called it their home and actors from
may be over but it is remembered as the shipper with
The image from 1897 shows the Carlsberg art museum,
the Royal Theatre, merchants, architects and doctors
the most attractive fleet – the white swans – due to the
the Glyptotek, built on newly reclaimed land following
were among the residents.
distinctive freighters.
the levelling of the ramparts and the expansion of the medieval city. The area had previously been marshlands
In 1949, shipping magnate Ove Skou bought the property
and mainly occupied by timber merchants. In 1871, the
and in 1953, the building became the headquarters of the
construction of a boulevard was approved, the marsh
Ove Skou shipping company. Many remnants of that time
filled in and the land reclaimed. The project took 30 years
remain in the building today including porthole doors and
to complete and a new neighbourhood gradually emerged.
glass etchings.
Copenhagen residents were
In 1996, trade union federation HK took over the building and remained here until 2002. In 2004, property investors Jeudan bought the building for DKK 42 million and later that year ICES moved in to its current headquarters.
Old signs and
initially reluctant to move here
logos from
and many buildings are still
Skou’s company
occupied by official institutions
are still evident throughout the building.
such as the police headquarters and Royal Academy.