Kopenhagen Fur facts for kids
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Kopenhagen Fur was once the biggest company in the world for selling fur skins at auction. It was a special type of business called a cooperative, located in Glostrup, near Copenhagen, Denmark. At its busiest, the company could sort and pack 150,000 furs in just one day! In 2020, it was reported that Kopenhagen Fur was responsible for 40% of all the mink fur produced globally.
Kopenhagen Fur's main work involved raising, sorting, and selling mink fur. They also had special workshops and classes for fashion designers and researchers. Their Kopenhagen Studio had two locations: one in Copenhagen, Denmark, which had their workshop and marketing team, and another in Beijing, China, at Tsinghua University, where they trained fur designers.
History of Kopenhagen Fur
Most of the fur produced in Europe was sold by either Finnish Fur Sales in Finland or Copenhagen Fur Center (CFC) in Denmark. About 90% of the animal skins sold by CFC were mink. They also sold fox and fitch skins. Big international auctions were held five or six times each year.
In 1963, after three years of planning, the Empress Chinchilla part of CFC helped organize the worldwide efforts of chinchilla farmers. By 1979, the main fur auctions at CFC happened in January, March, May, and December. By 1999, around 500 buyers from 15 different countries would come to Copenhagen to bid on about 12 million mink furs.
Kopenhagen Fur became the world's largest auction house for fur skins and a central place for the international fur trade. When Copenhagen Fur Center stopped working with Saga Furs of Scandinavia, the company made some changes. The fur center changed its name to Kopenhagen Fur. They used the letter "K" instead of "C" to make the name unique and show its location.
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