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'''Borgersamfundet'''<br />
Probably at least a hundred members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Clio'''<br />
67 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Constantia'''<br />
18 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''De forenede Venner'''<br />
57 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Den borgerlige Enighed'''<br />
89 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Den engelske Klub'''<br />
1785 - Members are mostly nobility and merchants. The number of member could not exceed 80. Smoking was not allowed (!) (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1943:455)

'''Den nye Forening'''<br />
243 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Det nyttige Selskab, Bergen''' see [[Det nyttige Selskab]] 
Startes as a  "landhusholdningsselskab", a type of patriotic society, on 18 October 1774 in order to "help industry, information for citizens, agriculture and fishing" [http://www.detnyttige.no/ Website] Note that the logo says 11 October, and not 18 October, for the date of the establishment. 

'''Det bestandig borgerlige Selskab'''<br />
149 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Det borgerlige Selskab'''<br />
168 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Det førende Musikalske Selskab'''<br />
103 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Det dramatiske Literaire Selskab'''<br />
75 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Det skiønnes muntre Dyrken'''<br />
32 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Det venskabelige Selskab'''<br />
195 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Drejers Klub'''<br />
Began  in the apartment of [[Drejer, Jacob Hansen]] in 1775 in Copenhagen. Discussion about political developments that later led to real-life politics. (Beck 1981:241)

'''Enigheden'''<br />
204 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Harmonien'''<br />
1786 - The most esteemed society among the ladies because it gives a concert every Wednesday and a ball every 14 days. Established in 1778, for years the most important club in Copenhagen. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1943:455)

226 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Kongens Klub'''<br />
150 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

'''Kronprinsens Klub'''<br />
Etablished in 1790 when the crown prince and princess entered Copenhagen. Located at Østergade and was one of the finest and most expensive societies. The club held many concerts until it was dissolved in 1795. The motto of the club was "Troskab og Lighed".(Grandmamas Bekendelser, p. 34)

'''Thalia'''<br />
Was located at the corner of Østergade and Christen Bernokowsgade in the beginning of the 19th century. (Also called 'Det dramatiske Selskab Thalia'. Hist. Medd. Kbh 1943:458)

56 members in 1820. (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1929:276)

''Øresundsselskabet''<br />
Founded around the time of the French Revolution. (Helsingør i Sundtoldstiden II:294)

1792 - bought a house on the corner of Sofiegade and Hestmøllestræde in Elsinore. One of its members was [[Fritz, Fritz Jacobsen]] .(Helsingør i Sundtoldstiden II:294)