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Carlsberg Foundation

Logo: carlsbergfondet.dk4

Danish not-for-profit organization

Carlsberg Foundation (Danish: Carlsbergfondet) is a Danish not-for-profit organization that was founded by J. C. Jacobsen in 1876, by allocating some of his shares in the Carlsberg Brewery to fund and operate the Carlsberg Laboratory and the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Palace. The foundation has since expanded to fund scientific research, and via the Tuborg Foundation to fund social works.2 It employed 35 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1876Founded1
  • HeadquartersH.C. Andersens Boulevard 35, Denmark1
  • Websitewww.carlsbergfondet.dk
  • Legal formerhvervsdrivende fond1
  • Kind of organizationCharitable fund1
  • LEI549300TCRGPALF0XHY693
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressH.C. Andersens Boulevard 35, 1553 Copenhagen, Denmark3
  • Registered withDanish Business Authority, 602235133

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Carlsberg Laboratory
Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons6

Carlsberg Foundation (Danish: Carlsbergfondet) is a Danish not-for-profit organization that was founded by J. C. Jacobsen in 1876, by allocating some of his shares in the Carlsberg Brewery to fund and operate the Carlsberg Laboratory and the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Palace. The foundation has since expanded to fund scientific research, and via the Tuborg Foundation to fund social works.2

Corporate structure

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What it owns

What Carlsberg Foundation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by J. C. Jacobsen in 1876.1

The foundation was started to run Carlsberg Laboratory. To finance its works the foundation received a portion of shares in Carlsberg Brewery. J.C. Jacobsen's wish was to create a foundation with firm obligations to the natural sciences and direct responsibility for the running of a corporate enterprise. In 1878 the foundation started to manage and fund the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Palace. In 1887 after the death of J. C. Jacobsen the foundation inherited the remaining shares in the brewery. In 1902 Carl Jacobsen (J. C. Jacobsen's son) started the "New Carlsberg Foundation" to run his brewery, New Carlsberg. When the old and new Brewery merged, the obligations of New Carlsberg Foundation were added to those of the Carlsberg foundation, including the management and funding of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. In 1931 the foundation started a Scholarship programme named after J. C. Jacobsen. The foundation sponsored the Danish excavation of Tell Shemshara in Iraq in 1957. In 1991 the foundation took over the responsibilities of the "Tuborg Foundation", after Carlsberg acquired Tuborg brewery in 1970.

From Wikipedia’s article on Carlsberg Foundation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

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Board members and other officers (5)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 1876Founded Founded1

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