Hans_Peder_Kofoed
Hans Peder Kofoed
Danish brewer, merchant and shipowner
Hans Peder Kofoed (c. 1 October 1743 – 3 January 1812) was a Danish brewer, merchant and shipowner who became wealthy from trade on the Danish West Indies.. He constructed the townhouse on Christianshavn in Copenhagen that is now known as the Heering House after a later owner. Late in his life, he also acquired the estates Holbæk Ladegård and Astrup near Holbæk and Roskilde. His widow, Marie Kofoed, established a memorial foundation in his name-