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1797: Asked permission to arm his ships alongside other Copenhagen merchants (Werner, Duntzfelt). Permission granted in 1798, to sail in "konvoj". | 1797: Asked permission to arm his ships alongside other Copenhagen merchants (Werner, Duntzfelt). Permission granted in 1798, to sail in "konvoj". | ||
Revision as of 09:23, 18 January 2017
Born 14.9.1725-29.8.1804
Family
Father: Christensen, Bertel, mother: Nielsdatter, Vibeke (Rasch 1964:10)
Son: Ryberg, Johan Christian (FT-1787)
Timeline
1750 - Upon some time spent in Aalborg studying the merchant business, Ryberg established himself as a merchant and a wholesale merchant in Copenhagen with Ryberg & Co.
1753 - First delivery of goods to Asiatisk Kompagni, 103 skippund hemp. (Rasch 1964:20)
1754 - First purchase of Chinese goods, tea from the DAC ship PRINSESSE LOVISE for 14,000 rigsdaler, mostly the inexpensive bohée tea. (Rasch 1964:20)
1773-1775 - Director of Asiatisk Kompagni. (Hof&Stat)
?: Member of Grosserer-Societetet (at least by 1797) (Werner, Duntzfelt)
1785: stepped down as director of the Westindian Company, as the company was no longer profitable, and Ryberg advised that the company be dissolved (Bruun III, 814).
1797: Asked permission to arm his ships alongside other Copenhagen merchants (Werner, Duntzfelt). Permission granted in 1798, to sail in "konvoj".
1803-1805: A total of 5 ships sailed en route to the East Indies for Ryberg & Co., in a total of 7 expeditions (Werner, Duntzfelt)
1808 (september): Count Schimmelmann asks Ryberg & Co. and a number of other merchant houses if they would be willing to supply the Crown with a loan, and is granted some of this (Werner, Duntzfelt)
1820: Ryberg & Co., (now known by the name Joh. Chr. Ryberg, Borries, v. d. Pahlen og Wilbroe) went bankrupt (Werner, Duntzfelt)
Property
Frederiksgave Gods on Fyn
Øbjerggaard
Køng (where he also established a linen manufacture, see ([1]) (in Danish)
The Dehnske Palæ, later Augustenborgske Palæ in Bredgade, Copenhagen
Kløckers Gaard in Store Kongensgade
Ships
Fregatskibet "Norge"
Ryberg came from a family of serfs (BibLek III). He was involved in almost all the various Danish initiatives concerning trade in the colonies and commercial ventures overseas (both the Faroe Islands, Iceland, the West Indies, India, China and West Africa) (BibLek III) (RA Moltke) (Icelandic National Archives research). Ryberg was also a collector of arts and books (Werner, Duntzfelt). Ryberg through [Ryberg & Co.] was reportedly amongst the group of merchants who made the largest imports from the East Indies, other main importers of Indian goods were: Coninck & Co., Duntzfelt & Co., Blacks Enke & Co., Fabritius & Wever and Andersen & Schmidt (Werner, Duntzfelt). The total imports of a total of 37 cargoes from India and China between 1797-1799 by Copenhagen merchants totalled 16.757.964 Rigsdaler, whereas the [Asiatic Company] brought goods to Copenhagen at the value of 9.051.300 Rigsdaler (Werner, Duntzfelt)
Other
Ryberg was a member of Det kongelige Kjøbenhavnske Skydeselskab. (Gram-Andersen & Fønss, 2014:266)
