The silversmith of the North since 1904 — Art Nouveau hollowware to Ilse Crawford; the Amagertorv flagship gleams like a vault opened for visitors.
Best for Silver hollowware & Nordic jewelry
Georg Jensen, a sculptor turned silversmith, opened his Copenhagen workshop in 1904 and built the case that silver could carry modern art: his Art Nouveau hollowware and jewelry — grapes, blossoms, hammered surfaces — won international acclaim, and the designers he gathered made the smithy a movement. The house's collaborative model produced landmarks across a century: Johan Rohde's Acorn cutlery, Henning Koppel's biomorphic pitchers, Arne Jacobsen's steel, Vivianna Torun's open bangle watch. The Amagertorv flagship on Strøget presents jewelry, watches, hollowware, and home silver in the house's home city, where the silversmithy tradition continues. The silver jewelry — Möbius rings, Torun bangles, Koppel pieces — is the accessible entry; the hollowware is the museum-grade summit. Danish design's entire twentieth century can be read in this one company's catalogue.
The Amagertorv store displays museum pieces beside current stock; ask to compare a vintage-pattern piece with its modern production — the continuity is the house's proof.
Silkegade 13 / Kronprinsensgade 9, Copenhagen K / Online
Maria Black is a Copenhagen house for ethically produced abstract jewellery — sinuous rings, chokers, bangles in 14ct gold and recycled silver, lab-grown diamond huggie hoops. Founded in 2010; International shipping is available.
A Dutch Renaissance jewel in the King's Garden — Christian IV's 17th-century pleasure palace houses the Danish Crown Jewels, coronation thrones, and royal portraits in a fairy-tale setting.
Best for The Crown Jewels, the King's Garden, and the Dutch Renaissance architecture.
Trine Tuxen Jewelry is a Copenhagen house for handcrafted jewellery inspired by organic nature shapes — flower, seashell, vegetable-form pendants, earrings, bracelets in 925 sterling silver with 14ct gold plating. Founded in 2012.
Best for Handcrafted organic-form jewellery in sterling silver and gold plate