The Harboe family Lecture by Peder Harboe. Historical Association for West Zealand

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Peder Harboe tells about his great-great-grandfather, Pastor Niels Madsen Harboe from Magleby - an enterprising priest who ran a farm, a grocery store and a brandy distillery and built the Skælskør Steam Mill in 1853. Peder Harboe, a former pharmacist in Korsør, tells the story of the Harboe family based on the story of his great-great-grandfather. Pastor Harboe in Magleby was a priest who knew more than his Lord's Prayer. He married into a fortune and inherited a brandy distillery. Parish priest Niels Madsen Harboe (1786-1861) from Magleby Parish near Skælskør was a prominent figure He was an enterprising businessman who, in addition to his ministry as a priest, ran a farm, a grocery store, a distillery and built the impressive Skælskør Steam Mill in 1853. His family has left its mark on Skælskør for several generations. - Date: 30 September 2026 - Time: 19:00–21:00 - Venue: Skælskør Bibliotek & Borgerservice - Address: Vestergade 4, Skælskør, Denmark - Admission: From DKK 75