Anthon Berg

Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Confectionery production
Founded	1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Founder	Anthon Berg Gustav Anthon Berg
Headquarters	Ballerup , Denmark
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Chocolates
Parent	Toms International
Website	www.anthonberg.dk

Anthon Berg is a Danish chocolatier^[1] and the name of a corporate division within Toms International. The company produces a diverse variety of chocolate products.^[2] The title "Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court" was awarded to Anthon Berg^[3] in 1957.^{[citation needed]}

History

Cocoa became known in Denmark around the 18th century. For years it was seen mostly as a pharmaceutical product; the Danish founders of the leading chocolate houses, Toms, Trojel and Meyer, were all pharmacists.^[4]

As marzipan was already a coveted delicacy in Denmark, Anthon Berg, a Danish greengrocer, decided to try his hand at making marzipan.^[5] With his own name as a trademark, he created a crafts shop on the Old Strand in Copenhagen. In 1884, he bought a confectionery business and with his son Gustav as assistant, began producing filled dessert chocolates.^{[citation needed]}

The marzipan had initially been made by Anthon Berg in order to appease queuing and waiting customers. In 1898, it was put into production as an independent product.^{[citation needed]} In 1901, Gustav took over the business and expanded nationwide with approximately 200 employees.^{[citation needed]}

In 1938, when Gustav Berg died, Kai Berg became director.^{[citation needed]} In 1954, Toms (Victor B. Strand) bought the company, which was at this time in Teglværksgade on Østerbro. In 1962, the entire production was consolidated at the Toms plant in Ballerup, designed by Arne Jacobsen.^{[citation needed]}