Johan Frederik Classen

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Norwegian-Danish industrialist, businessman and General (1725-1792)

Business ProfessionalsLived 1725 to 1792 · aged 67

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Languages9

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Classen was a commissioner of the Moss Cannon Foundry.

Depiction of Frederiksværk at the time of Classen.

Classen built the manor house of Corselitze during the period of 1775-1777.

Bust of Classen by Johannes Wiedewelt, 1803.

The Classen Library in Copenhagen

Awards 1

Noble Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

Connected to Johan 6

Rochus Friedrich LynarAlso won Noble Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

Karl Adolf von PlessenAlso won Noble Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

Ernst Heinrich von SchimmelmannAlso won Noble Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

Ulrik Adolf HolsteinAlso won Noble Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

Conrad HolckAlso won Noble Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

Carl von AhlefeldtAlso won Noble Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

About this person

Johan Frederik Classen, frequently also J. F. Classen, was a Danish-Norwegian industrialist, major general, landowner and founder of Det Classenske Fideicommis. He served as chancellery adviser to King Frederik V. Classen built the manor house Arresødal in 1773, he renovated the Neoclassical manor house Corselitze in 1777, and built the General's Summerhouse by the Corselitze Forest.