Connecting Denmark and Asia. Preserving the EAC Legacy.
The EAC Foundation supports initiatives, activities and projects that contribute to maintaining, strengthening and developing commercial and cultural relations between Denmark and Asia – through direct financial support or activities organised by Asia House.
In addition, the Foundation supports activities aimed at preserving East Asiatic Company’s historical legacy and promoting knowledge of the company’s business history.
The Foundation does not provide financial support for individual students, internships or general humanitarian projects.
ØK-Fonden støtter initiativer, aktiviteter og projekter, som bidrager til at vedligeholde, styrke og udvikle kommercielle og kulturelle relationer mellem Danmark og Asien – gennem direkte finansiel støtte eller aktiviteter organiseret af Asia House.
Derudover støtter Fonden aktiviteter, der har til formål at forvalte ØK’s historiske arv og formidle kendskabet til selskabets erhvervshistorie.
Fonden giver ikke økonomisk tilskud til individuelle studerende, praktikophold eller generelle humanitære projekter.
1900s: The EAC establishes itself as the largest enterprise listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
1912: The EAC’s Selandia enters service as the world’s first diesel-powered ocean-going motorship — a landmark moment in maritime history.
1930s: The EAC and its subsidiaries span six continents.
1940s: The EAC employs a global workforce of approximately 40,000.
1951–53: The hospital ship Jutlandia is deployed to Korea, serving as a floating medical facility and becoming part of Danish cultural memory.
Until 1974: The EAC remains the largest company in Scandinavia.
2005: The EAC donates Asia House to the EAC Foundation. In the years that follow, EAC subsidiaries are gradually divested, returning some of the most substantial dividends in Danish business history to shareholders.
Today: Asia House carries the EAC legacy forward as a meeting place for those who believe, as H. N. Andersen did, that Denmark’s future is connected to Asia and the world.
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