Københavns Hørkræmmerlaug
thumb|The front page of the royal charter from 1722.
Københavns Hørkræmmerlaug was one of five merchant's guilds in Copenhagen, Denmark. It organized citizens with citizenship (borgerskab) as hørkræmmer, a tyoe of retailer with license to deal in a wide range of specified products. 

History
Københavns Hørkræmmerlaug first royal charter was granted by Frederick IV in 1722.

The hørkræmmer shops were typically located close to the city gates or the city's principal marketplaces.

In 1742, Københavns Hørkræmmerlaug acquired a 20-year monopoly on trade with Iceland. In 1758, it was discontinued due to the guild's harsh treatment of the Icelandic population.

Membership
Citizenship as a hørkrlmmer required that the candidate were 25 years old and had been an apprentice for seven years. The latter requirement did not apply for sons of a hørkræmmer who could become a hørkræmmersvend (trained employee of a hørkræmmer) from the age of 18 provided that they had worked in their father's shop.

Hørkræmmer shops were lixensed to deal in a wide range of products. These included flax, hampe, hobs, bar iron, untreated steel, tar, birch, whale oil, salt, salted meet, salted and cured fish, masonry heaters, coal, Russian leather and wheetstones.
 
Aldermen
 17261747: David Johan Berendz (Berndt)
 1747-: Hans Christian Brock
 1790198: Børge Nicolai Fogh
 1798-:Tgøger From
 Caspar Müller

Notable members
This list is incomplete

 Name  Citizenship  Location  Notes  Christopher Jensen Fogh   1722-     1822-  Skindergade 45   David Johan Berendz  1722-     Oluf (Ole) Hansen Aagaard  1722-      Bertel Jegind  1723-  Nyhavn 65   Jacob Hørgensen Klog  1824-  Nørregade 53   Hans Christian Brock  1726-   Olud Mandix      Hans Wesling  1757-  Skindergade 45    Christen Nielsen Waage  1753-  Admiralgade 25   Hams Pedersen Scane  1768-      Thøger From  1775  Rosenborggade 1    Christian Stæhr  1777 -  Amagertorv 1   Christian Jørgensen  - 1787 -  Nyhavn 3     Peter Andreas Valentin  - 1787 -  Lille Strandstræde 18     Peder Waagens  - 1787 -  Vestergade 1    Mads Jacobsen Tvermoes  1798-  Kultorvet    Christian Bechmann  - 1801 -  Læderstræde 36  Andreas Christen Lund  - 1801 -  Snaregade 14  Isack Bergeskou  - 1801 -  Snaregade 10  Wulf Jacob Berns  - 1801 -  Læderstræde 11  NielsFrederik Høffding  - 1801 -  Nørregade 1   Hector Fr. Janson Worsøe  - 1830 -  Bestergade 16  Vilhelm Anders Syndergaard  - 1840 -  Højbro Plads 17   Gector Frederik Hansen  - 1860 -  Nyhavn 13  Salomon Heimann David  - 1860 -  Kompagnistræde 32  Hans Johanes Rønne  - 1860 -  Kompagnistræde 20 

Firther reading
 Jensen, Sigurd: EN LAVSSAG FRA CA. 1840, Historiske Meddelelser om København.
 Urtekrømmerlaiget
 Guilds
 Irtekræmmerforeningen

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Category:1722 establishments in Denmark
Category:Organizations based in Copenhagen
Category:Economy of Copenhagen