What is the meaning of the swastikas at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen, Denmark?

What is the meaning of the swastikas at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen, Denmark?

9/15/2016 1:19:37 PM

Regarding the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek:

The collection is built around the personal collection of Carl
Jacobsen (1842–1914), the son of the founder of the Carlsberg
Breweries.

According to the same source, parts of the museum were originally Carlsberg’s private villa. The rest of what is now the museum then formed around the villa.

The Carlsberg Group’s official website states:

The Swastika is an ancient symbol of prosperity and goodness
in Sanskrit. In 1881 Carl Jacobsen made it the symbol of the beer
produced in his brewery ‘Ny Carlsberg’ which was a competitor to his
father’s ‘Old Carlsberg’ brewery.

Carl had a profound interest in
ancient Greece and Rome where the symbol was also often used.

In 1940 Carlsberg stopped using the swastika symbol for good.

Apparently, the particular type of gates referred to in OP are from 1882. As you suggest in OP, this was certainly before the Swastika had acquired the negative associations it presently carries (in the West.)

Gate from 1882.
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There are also other Swastikas and Sauwastikas in the museum:

Swastika in ceiling.
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Swastika in concrete.

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The emphasis is mine in both quotes.

9/13/2016 1:50:16 PM

The Carlsberg brewery started using the swastika as their logo in 1881. After the nazis adopted the swastika as their most prominent symbol, Carlsberg stopped using it some time in the 1930ies, but it is still in place on some of their older buildings, e.g. at the Glypotek musuem.

Here is an example of an old Carlsberg beer bottle label:

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