Rasmus Kirketerp

Rasmus Kirketerp (8 September 1747 27 February 1830) was a Danish businessman and bank manager. He owned the property Nyhavn 49 in Copenhagen.

Early life Kirketerp was born on 8 September 1747 in Randers, the son of Hans Kirketerp (1711–1769) and Sidsel Margrethe Brock (1723–1803).

Career 8 rigsdaler species banknote signed by Rasmus Kirketerp, Christian Wilhelm Duntzfeldt and Lars Larsen. On 9 June 1777, Kirketerp was granted citizenship as a wholesaler (grosserer) in Copenhagen. In the same year, he became a member of Grosserer-Societetet. In the late 1770s and early 1780s, he is mentioned as one of the largest merchants in the city.

Rasmus Kirketerp died on 27 February 1830. The sons Hans and Niels Kirketerp were both wholesalers (grosserere) in Copenhagen. Hans Kirketerp (1779–1858) was married twice, first to Mette Colstrup (a daughter of timber merchant Andreas Colstrp) and then to Marie Christine Sundorph (a daughter of Søren Christian Sundorph). He lived at Sankt Annl Plads 15. In 1836, he bought Høegholm at Grenå in Jutland.