Iver Qvistgaard

Iver Qvistgaard (28 October 1767 8 October 1829) was a Danish civil servant, landowner and mayor of Copenhagen. He owned Aagaard Manor at Holbæk and the country house Wesselsminde at Nærum. He also engaged in a number of other speculative investments on the turbulent property market during the Napoleonic Wars.

Early life and education Qvistgaard was born at Gerdrup, the son of and Martha Qvistgaard (née Rehling). His father had bought Lyngbygaard and Gerdrup in 1740. He increased his holdings with the acquisition of Espe in 1773. Qvistgaard acquired a degree in Latin and law from the University of Copenhagen in 1789. He then went on a Grand Tour through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and England. In 1790–1792, he continued his studies at the University of Göttingen. He published (Gøttingæ, 1792) prior to his departure.

Career In 1793, after working for some time as a volunteer in the Danske Kancelli, he was employed as a chancellery secretary in Copenhagen. He unsuccessfully aspired to become a diplomat.

Personal life

On 19 September 1796, Qvistgaard married Ellen Maria Dinesen (1777–1827), daughter of former town bailiff and councilman in Roskilde Anders Dinesen (died 1793) and Severine Dorothea Kraft. Her brother Jens Kraft Dinesen owned Gyldenholm Manor.

Qvistgaard was a member of the Royal Danish Society of National History . He died on 8 October 1829 at Guldagergaard.