Geismars

In 1866, 26-year-old C. F. Geismar travelled from hometown Nyborg on Fyn and arrived in Copenhagen with a simple ambition: To produce and sell fine and light textiles of the highest quality to the Danes. C. F. Geismar was a man with a very delicate sense of quality - and he spotted a need for it in the capitol.He established Geismars Væverier (Geismars’ Weaving Mills) and opened his first textile shop in Hovedvagtsgade no. 6, in the heart of Copenhagen. Once the fabrics rose in demand, he quickly expanded the business with its own textile production, starting with a hand weaving studio in Amager.