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{{Distinguish|Jakob Jakobsen}}
{{Infobox person
|name = J. C. Jacobsen
|image = J C Jacobsen.jpg
|image_caption = Portrait by [[August Jerndorff]]
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1811|9|2|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark–Norway]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1887|4|30|1811|9|2|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Rome]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
|resting_place = The crypt, [[Jesus Church, Copenhagen|Jesus Church]]
|nationality = [[Denmark|Danish]]
|occupation = Brewer and industrialist
|known = As founder of ''[[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]]''
}}
'''Jacob Christian Jacobsen''' (2 September 1811 – 30 April 1887), mostly known as '''J. C. Jacobsen''', was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[industrialist]] and philanthropist best known for founding the brewery [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/About-the-Foundation/The-Carlsberg-Foundation/Chronology-Brewer-J,-d-,C,-d-,-Jacobsen/Brewer-J,-d-,C,-d-,-Jacobsen|title=Brewer J.C. Jacobsen (1811-1887)|publisher=carlsbergfondet.dk|access-date=June 1, 2019|archive-date=January 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129110536/https://www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/About-the-Foundation/The-Carlsberg-Foundation/Chronology-Brewer-J,-d-,C,-d-,-Jacobsen/Brewer-J,-d-,C,-d-,-Jacobsen|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Biography==
He had no formal academic or scientific training (although he had attended some lectures by [[Hans Christian Ørsted]]). In the
Starting in 1847, he established his brewery Carlsberg in [[Valby]] on the outskirts of [[Copenhagen]], on a site where it has remained since. He named the brewery after his son, [[Carl Jacobsen]]. Being extremely vigorous in the pursuit of producing high quality beer, he founded the [[Carlsberg Laboratory]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/H%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rk/Brygger/Carl_Jacobsen|title= Carl Jacobsen|publisher= Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal |author= Torben Holck Colding |access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref> in 1875.
He took much interest in public affairs and supported the [[National Liberal Party (Denmark)|National Liberal Party]] – becoming gradually more conservative – both as a [[Member of the Folketing|Member of Parliament]] for some periods between 1854 and 1871 and as a strong supporter of the Danish defense. He served on the [[Copenhagen City Council]] from 1843 to 1857.<ref>{{Cite web|title=J.C. Jacobsen {{!}} lex.dk|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/J.C._Jacobsen|access-date=2021-12-02|website=Den Store Danske|date=7 May 2020 |language=da}}</ref> Moreover he was a well-known patron of the arts. After the fire of [[Frederiksborg Palace]] in 1859, he funded the reconstruction efforts.
In 1876, Jacobsen founded the [[Carlsberg Foundation]] ({{Lang|da|Carlsbergfondet}}) which he endowed with a controlling stake in Carlsberg, due to family tensions. A bitter conflict with his son Carl led to the latter's foundation of the {{Lang|da|Ny Carlsberg|italic=no}} (New Carlsberg) Brewery 1882. A reconciliation was however obtained in 1886.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.carlsbergfondet.dk/da/Om-fondet/Carlsbergfondet/Introduktion-til-Carlsbergfondet
|title= Carlsbergfondet – passion for perfektion|publisher = carlsbergfondet.dk|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref>
His son [[Carl Jacobsen]] collected one of the largest private art collections during his time. It is now housed in the [[Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek]], a museum founded by him in Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glyptoteket.dk/aba16797-8ba2-485d-81e3-b77f148de1da.W5Doc?frames=yes|title=Link from Glyptoteket.dk site about the collection|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619085919/http://www.glyptoteket.dk/aba16797-8ba2-485d-81e3-b77f148de1da.W5Doc?frames=yes|archive-date=2010-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/glyptoteket-gdk410562|title= Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek|publisher=visitcopenhagen.com|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Jacobsen was married to Laura Cathrine Holst (1819–1911) and was the father of Carl Jacobsen (1842–1919). In 1879, he became an honorary doctor of the [[University of Copenhagen]] Faculty of Science and in 1884 he was bestowed Commander 1st class of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]], a Danish order of chivalry.
==See also==
* [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg Breweries]]
* [[Carlsberg
* [[Carlsberg Foundation]]
*[[Carlsberg (district)]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Literature==
* {{cite book |first=Kristof |last=Glamann |title=Jacobsen of Carlsberg. Brewer and Philanthropist |publisher=Gyldendal |___location=Copenhagen |year=1991 |isbn=9788700067936 |oclc=25333676}}
{{Commons category|Jacob Christian Jacobsen}}
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[[Category:Danish brewers]]
[[Category:Danish industrialists]]
[[Category:19th-century Copenhagen City Council members]]
[[Category:Carlsberg Group people]]
[[Category:Danish food and drink company founders]]
[[Category:Danish philanthropists]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Copenhagen]]
[[Category:1811 births]]
[[Category:19th-century philanthropists]]
[[Category:Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog]]
[[Category:19th-century industrialists]]
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▲[[Category:1811 births|Jacobsen, Jacob Christian]]
▲[[Category:1887 deaths|Jacobsen, Jacob Christian]]
▲[[Category:Danish businesspeople|Jacobsen, Jacob Christian]]
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