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HELLERUP & GLØDEFRI TÆNDSTIKFABRIK A/S
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1921 - 1960
Heimdalsgade 37 - 39, Copenhagen

The merger between Hellerup and Glødefri on the 20th of December 1921 , where Hellerup closed and all machines were moved over to Glødefris factory in Heimdalsgade . Also in the new company , Hellerup & Glødefri Tændstikfabrik the Swede Ivar Kreugers company  was the owner with almost 100% of the shares. Board composition changed frequently over the next 20 years , where among others Kreugers right hand, Krister Littorin a transitional sat on the board , just as he did in HE Gosch & Co. . Hellerup & Glødefri lowered their prices continuously and published competitive brands ( brands at lower prices than the other ) .

After the 1st of January 1931 where Tændstikfabrikkernes Salgscentral was created as a sub-company to Handelsselskabet Hafnia ,  Hellerup & Glødefri sold only their matches through this company , who also took on the sale of Gosch 's brands and the brands that Hafnia imported from Sweden.

As Ivar Kreuger died in 1932 , it was officially that the Swedes owned Hellerup & Glødefri and after some years of negotiations they were merged with HE Gosch & Co. , the Swedes , however, chose to keep a production at the factory in Heimdalsgade .

There was then quiet concerning the factory, which in 1938 replaced the label with Crown Prince Christian to portrait of King Christian X , until the 23rd of November 1944 , when the factory was bombed by the Germans . The factory was rebuilt and on the 22nd of November 1945 the foundation stone for the new plant could be placed . Although many employees , particularly women, had got a job elsewhere during the standstill period , the factory was soon again in good production.

In 1946 it was decided that Hellerup & Glødefri , and HE Gosch & Co., to refrain remuneration for Hellerup & Glødefri 30,000 kroner annually , to be allowed to exploit the Swedish patented stick machines, a special way to transfer money to the parent company .

In 1950, production reached up to his highest ever , 95,000 boxes a day, almost 50 % higher than two years earlier. The following year was held this high production.

In 1955 Monopoly Control spotted the match industry and began to examine the ownerships . Without success , they tried to get the Swedes to register ownership , so it was officially announced that they were the ones who owned the two match factories in Denmark . Also, the press began to take an interest in the matter and in 1957 and 1958 were often written about the Swedes' role in the Danish matchstick industry.

In 1960, they took one final decision and merged the two factories, closed Hellerup & Glødefri down, discontinued Handelskompagniet Hafnia and concentrated the production and sales in Islands Brygge .





THE DANISH MATCH MUSEUM   


1838 - Benjamin Hellmann
1840 - Rohmell´s fabrikker
1841 - Ramsing & Stonor
1842 - Hans Andreas Reuter
1842 - Anne Marie Granberg
1843 - Hans Diderich Schmilau
1843 - Frederik Georg Kølbel
1843 - Carl Axel Hörner
1843 - Carl Peter Rolff
1843 - Christian Peter Beck
1843 - Christophersen og Nielsen
1843 - Johan Carl Müller
1844 - Svovlstikkefabrikken Møllegade
1844 - Arnold Theofilus Müllertz
1844 - Carl Ferdinand Gundorph

1844 - Hassing og Smith
1844 - Carl Frederik Kryger
1844 - Peter Conradsen
1844 - Philip Åkermann
1845 - Niels Thuesen
1846 - Niels Sørensen
1847 - Rasmus Rasmussen
1847 - Søren og Jørgen Brummer
1848 - Frederik Hansen
1850 - Greens fabrikker
1850 - Carl Johan Staal
1850 - Peder Andersen
1853 - Gümoes & Beeken
1853 - Johan Wilhelm Otto
1857 - Carl Abraham Metz
1858 - Anders Sørensen & Co.
1862 - Sørens Larsen Sørensen

1864 - Randers Tændstikfabrik
1864 - Rasmus Langeland Mathiesen
1864 - Hintz & Co
1864 - Ludvig Hintze
1865 - Aalborg Svovlstikkefabrik
1865 - Peter Nielsen
1865 - Hans Jørgensen Svovlstikkefabrik
1865 - Adolph Madsen
1865 - Andreas Bernhard Bryndum
1866 - Carl Meyling
1866 - Lund & Hartmann
1867 - Johan Wilhelm Krause
1868 - Peter Christian Petersen

1868 - Kjær & Gottlieb
1872 - Pallesen & Davidsen
1875 - Kronen og Nørrebros tændstikfabrik
1876 - H.E. Gosch & Co
1884 - Tændstikfabrikken Merkur
1886 - Maare Tændstikfabrik
1890 - Norden og Godthaabsvej

1897 - Københavns Tændstikfabrik
1899 - Internationalt Tændstikkompagni

1901 - Tændstikfabrikken Glødefri
1901 - Købmændenes Tændstikfabrik
1901 - Københavns Tændstikfabrik & Merkur
1904 - Hellerup Tændstikfabrik

1907 - Otto Miram
1908 - KET & Union Allumettière
1916 - Frantz Nehammer
1921 - Hellerup & Glødefri
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