Christiansen (automobile manufacturer)

Christiansen
legal form
founding	1896
resolution	1901
Seat	Copenhagen , Denmark
management	Hans Christian Christiansen
Branch	Workshop and automobile manufacturer

Christiansen tricycle from 1899

Christiansen four-wheel prototype from 1899 in the Danmarks Tekniske Museum in Helsingør

Christiansen was a Danish manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Hans Christian Christiansen (* 1876; † 1918) ran a bicycle repair shop in Copenhagen since 1896 . In 1899 he started producing automobiles. Production in this company ended in 1901. Hans C. Christiansen and AE Fonnesbech-Wulff founded the Dansk Automobil & Cyclefabrik on February 25, 1901 .

vehicles

The first model, and at the same time the only model of which several copies were made, was a tricycle with a tubular frame, with the individual wheel at the rear. A built-in motor from Cudell provided the drive . The single cylinder engine had 4.5 hp .

A prototype with four wheels followed shortly afterwards , which has been preserved. The single cylinder engine had a displacement of 567 cm³ . The vehicle with the body shape vis-à-vis offers space for four people.

Vehicles of this brand can be seen in the Danmarks Tekniske Museum in Helsingør and in the Autoseum in Simrishamn .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5 .
• George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Web links

Commons : Christiansen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed on December 22, 2013)
• ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Internet site with information on Hans Christian Christiansen (Danish, from page 8) (PDF; 4.9 MB) )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} ( page no longer available , search in web archives: website with information on Hans Christian Christiansen (Danish, from page 8) (PDF; 4.9 MB) )
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .