Nicolaus Henningsen

Nicolaus Henningsen is born in 1839 in Schleswig. In 1855, he begins his apprenticeship with pastry chef Georg Cantiery in Flensburg, completing his training four years later, in 1859.

At the age of 21, in 1860, Nicolaus Henningsen arrives in Copenhagen, where he works in various patisseries across the city.