Hagen & Sievertsen

Hagen & Sievertsen was a packaging and printing business based in Odense, Denmark. The company became particularly associated with lithographic printing for pharmaceutical packaging and with richly decorated prescription envelopes supplied to Danish pharmacies. Its work occupied a specialized position between commercial printing and the production of practical paper packaging for the pharmacy trade. The available historical account contains an unresolved date inconsistency. It identifies 1961 as the company’s founding year, while also stating that the business was initially established in rented premises on Vestergade in central Odense in 1851, relocated to larger premises on Nedergade in 1867, and expanded those premises with a new factory in 1888. Because these dates cannot be reconciled from the supplied reference alone, the founding year is left unspecified in this dossier. The nineteenth-century chronology nevertheless indicates that the firm had developed into an established printing operation by the late 1800s. Hagen & Sievertsen initially focused on lithographic printing connected with pharmaceutical packaging. As its facilities and capabilities expanded, the business also entered book and illustration printing. Its production combined functional packaging with elaborate visual decoration, a characteristic that helped distinguish its envelopes and other printed materials in the Danish market. The company’s role as a major supplier to Danish pharmacies made it part of the infrastructure through which prescriptions and pharmaceutical products were packaged and distributed. The business’s physical development reflected its growth. It began in rented central-Odense premises and later moved to a larger site on Nedergade. A factory addition was built in 1888, and one of the buildings was a four-storey structure equipped with an elevator. This expansion suggests a substantial production and storage operation, although the available material does not provide reliable figures for employment, revenue, ownership, or output. Beyond pharmaceutical packaging, Hagen & Sievertsen’s documented activities included the printing of books and illustrations. These adjacent capabilities placed the firm within the broader Danish lithographic and commercial-printing sector. No current website, parent company, listed status, ticker, present owner, or confirmed operating status is identified in the supplied sources. The reference describes the company in the past tense, but does not establish a definite closure date.

Hagen & Sievertsen was an Odense printing and packaging enterprise whose best-documented specialization was lithographic work for pharmaceutical packaging. The company was also a major supplier of prescription envelopes to Danish pharmacies, many of which were described as richly decorated. This combination of packaging production and decorative printing gave the business a distinctive role in the Danish pharmacy supply chain. The chronology in the available account begins with premises on Vestergade in central Odense. The source states both that the company was founded in 1961 and that it was initially based in rented premises there in 1851. Because the later dates—relocation in 1867 and factory expansion in 1888—fit the nineteenth-century sequence but conflict with the stated 1961 founding date, no definitive founding year is recorded here. The discrepancy should be checked against archival or bibliographic sources before being used in a finalized historical chronology. In 1867, according to the reference, Hagen & Sievertsen moved to larger premises on Nedergade. The move indicates that the business had outgrown its initial accommodation and required more extensive production facilities. The Nedergade site subsequently expanded through the construction of a new factory in 1888. One of the buildings was a four-storey structure with an elevator, an unusual and notable feature in the description of the premises and an indication of the scale or logistical requirements of the operation. The company’s early and central competence was lithographic printing on pharmaceutical packaging. Lithography allowed the production of detailed and visually elaborate printed surfaces, making it suitable for the decorated envelopes and packages associated with Hagen & Sievertsen. The firm’s products were not limited to pharmaceutical materials, however. As the business grew, it also moved into book and illustration printing, broadening its activity within the commercial-printing sector. Its prescription envelopes were especially important to the company’s identity and market position. By supplying Danish pharmacies, Hagen & Sievertsen served a large network of professional customers rather than relying solely on general consumer printing. The envelopes combined a practical function with graphic decoration, reflecting the period’s use of printed paper goods as both containers and expressions of institutional identity. The available material does not document later ownership, mergers, leadership, revenue, international activity, or a closure date. It describes Hagen & Sievertsen as a business that was historically active in Odense and uses past-tense wording, but that alone is insufficient to assign a confirmed defunct status. Further research may be found in Ervin Nielsen’s article, “Hagen & Sievertsen, Odense: litografisk anstalt og stentrykkeri,” published in Fabrik og bolig in 1988, issue no. 2, pages 34–41, with illustrations.

• 1888

  Factory expansion

  [1]Hagen & Sievertsenen.wikipedia.org

  A new factory was added to the Nedergade premises. The site included a four-storey building equipped with an elevator.

• 1867

  Relocation to Nedergade

  [1]Hagen & Sievertsenen.wikipedia.org

  Hagen & Sievertsen reportedly moved from its initial Vestergade premises to larger facilities on Nedergade.

• 1851

  Early premises in central Odense

  [1]Hagen & Sievertsenen.wikipedia.org

  The historical account places the business in rented premises on Vestergade in central Odense. The source also presents 1961 as a founding year, creating a chronology that requires verification.

A specialized Danish lithographic printer and packaging supplier serving the pharmaceutical and pharmacy trade, with additional capabilities in book and illustration printing.

• Packaging and lithographic printing

  Pharmaceutical packaging

  Hagen & Sievertsen specialized in lithographic printing for pharmaceutical packaging. The work combined the practical requirements of paper packaging with detailed and decorative printed design, forming the company’s principal documented area of specialization.

• Pharmacy packaging

  Prescription envelopes

  The company was a major supplier of prescription envelopes to Danish pharmacies. These envelopes were often richly decorated and represented one of Hagen & Sievertsen’s most recognizable product categories and customer-facing applications.

• Commercial and publishing print

  Books and illustrations

  After establishing its pharmaceutical-printing activities, Hagen & Sievertsen also entered book and illustration printing. The available source does not identify specific titles, editions, or illustration projects.

1. 1Hagen & Sievertsenen.wikipedia.org