Sorø Pharmacy ( Danish: Sorø Apotek) is located on Storgade in

Sorø Sorø () is a town in Sorø municipality on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand in east Denmark with a population of 8,433 (2025).

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. The current buildings date from the 1840s and were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1949.

History

17th century

Sorø Pharmacy was established on 20 March 1606 by Anders Christensen (1551–1606); but he died in November that same year, and a royal license was subsequently not issued to a new pharmacist. Magnus Hosum Klein

Joachim Burser, who was a professor at

Sorø Academy Sorø Academy ( Danish: ''Sorø Akademi'') is a boarding school and gymnasium located in the small town of Sorø, Denmark. It traces its history back to the 12th century when Bishop Absalon founded a monastery at the site, which was confiscated by ...

, reopened the pharmacy in January 1631. The pharmacy was continued after Burser's death by his widow, son and grandson. His grandson Johannes Burser chose to close it when he opened the Swan Pharmacy in

Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand (Denmark), Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Ka ...

on 30 April 1673.

18th century

The pharmacy in Sorø was reopened by Christian Ludvig Martini on 22 March 1748, and he operated it until his death in 1779. He was succeeded by Magnus Hosum Klein (1745–1815), who also served as the town's postmaster.

19th century

Søren Christian Ørsted, the father of

Hans Christian Ørsted Hans Christian Ørsted (; 14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851), sometimes Transliteration, transliterated as Oersted ( ), was a Danish chemist and physicist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields. This phenomenon is known as ...

and

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Anders Sandøe Ørsted (21 December 1778 – 1 May 1860) was a Danish lawyer, politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark in 1853–1854. Biography He studied philosophy and law at the University of Copenhagen and was ...

, acquired the pharmacy in December 1807. The Ørsted family left Sorø in 1811–12, when Ørsted became a pharmacist in

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 53,354 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

. The new owner of Sorø Pharmacy was Hans Egede Glahn (1783–1874). He ceded it to his son, Heinrich Christopher Glahn (1820–1899), in 1850. The latter sold it to Harald Ulrik Viktor Clausen in 1893.

Building

The pharmacy has been located at the corner of Storgade and Vestergade since the 1780s, but the current building complex dates from the 1840s, when the original half-timbered buildings were rebuilt in brick. It consists of an L-shaped two-storey brick building at the corner, two one-storey side wings and a one-storey rear wing. The buildings surround a central courtyard. The L-shaped main building contained the shop and a residence for the pharmacist. It has large shop windows facing the street. The ceiling of the former dining room was decorated by Christian Dalgaard in the 1890s. The buildings were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1949.

References

External links

Official website

Pharmacy Garden
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